Social protection goes well beyond cash transfers; it includes policies and programs that bridge skill, financial, and ...

This study delves into the multifaceted challenges faced by Côte d’Ivoire students in technical and vocational education and ...

Africa is in the midst of a power crisis. Despite abundant low-carbon, a low-cost energy resource, Africa faces chronic energy shortages. The region s power generation capacity is lower than that ...

The paper examines the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 76 emerging and developing economies (EDEs) ...

This Knowledge Note presents two sets of analytical work to further our understanding of the links between public support in the agrifood sector and healthy diets. While the analytical work here is ...

Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance ...

This disaster risk finance (DFR) diagnostic was prepared by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in response to a request from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) for a ...

The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C. Key events will include the Development ...

Somalia is progressing its policy reform agenda while leveraging the momentum created by the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Despite multiple climatic shocks and a complicated ...

The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar. The country has a total population of 121,355 people, three-quarters of whom live on the main island of Mahé.

A coastal country in West Africa, Guinea shares borders with six countries (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire) and had a population of 14.53 million in 2024.