World Bank - Japan Graduate Scholarships 2026: The JJ/WBGSP supports students admitted to 44 participating master's programmes offered by 24 universities across the United States, Europe, Africa, ...

Across low- and middle-income countries, tourism is increasingly seen as a powerful driver for economic growth, job creation, ...

Tourism can be a powerful driver of jobs, investment, and community development, but only when growth is carefully managed rather than measured by visitor numbers alone. Drawing on a decade of World ...

Risk is all around us, an inherent part of life. And in the world of development, there are also risks, including war, civil disturbance and expropriation. Junaid Kamal Ahmad: When Egypt did in fact ...

The World Bank yesterday put its total ongoing, approved development projects and lending operations in the country at over $16 billion spread across several interventions including education, health, ...

Anna Bjerde, the World Bank Managing Director of Operations, on Tuesday said Nigeria is now frequently cited globally as an example of steady and credible reform leadership.

WASHINGTON D.C., September 4, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a 5 billion Norwegian krone-denominated floating rate ...

The World Bank Group has officially opened its new, energy-efficient offices here, which will serve as the hub for its ...

of bonds backed by loans it gave companies across the developing world, part of its efforts to lure more institutional investors to regions where borrowers have a harder time raising cash. The ...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu seeks a deeper World Bank partnership to boost energy, agriculture, tourism, and human ...

WASHINGTON — The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent. That is the sobering ...