World Bank Group

Traffic on a highway in São Paulo, Brazil. © Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil

MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY

Breaking an Infrastructure Bottleneck in Brazil

A guarantee from MIGA — the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group — helped secure $300 million in private financing for a transport project in São Paulo, Brazil. The money, along with a $300 million loan from the World Bank, will help upgrade 650 km of roads and build two bridges.Read More »

The Kremenchug Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnieper river, Ukraine. © Victor Zablotskyi/World Bank

CLIMATE CHANGE

3 Countries Awarded Grants
for Carbon Pricing Work

Brazil, Ukraine, and Vietnam got $3 million each to implement plans to lower emissions and move toward low-carbon growth paths.

Students at a girls’ school dance to celebrate parent volunteers. © United Nations Relief and Works Agency

EDUCATION

Palestinian Refugee Students Achieve Above-Average Results

Palestinian students attending UN schools are achieving higher-than-average results in international assessments.

What's New

Release

Statement by Multilateral Development Banks, IMF on Infrastructure

Release

Statement on U.S.-China Climate Announcement

Article

For 800 Million Rural Poor, a Strong Commitment to Agriculture

Article

Program Helps Reduce Energy Bills, Protect Environment in China

Article

From Villains to Superheroes:
Ex-Gang Members Fight Crime

Article

Helping India Reimagine
Its Urban Future

Blogs

Danny Quah

Chinese Lessons: Singapore’s Epic
Regression to the Mean

Danny Quah

Thorsten Beck

Banking Union in Europe — Are We There Yet?

Thorsten Beck

Piotr Lewandowski

With Large-Scale Temporary Employment, Is Poland
the Next Spain?

Piotr Lewandowski

Karla Gonzalez Carvajal

A Major Shift to Save India’s Precious Lives

Karla Gonzalez Carvajal

Join the Discussion
World Bank Live »

IDA: World Bank's Fund
for the World's Poorest »

IEG Independent Evaluation Group »

Highlights

Audio: Migrant Money Is Key to Development

AUDIO

Migrant Money Is Key
to Development

Video: Children Helping Children

VIDEO

Children Helping Children

Video: Making Nutrition Work in Djibouti

VIDEO

Making Nutrition Work
in Djibouti

DATA

Start-up procedures to register a business (number)

Results

Bing-Ren Road in Panzhihua © World Bank

East Asia and Pacific

Improving Urban Functions

Project helped build and upgrade the infrastructure in four Chinese cities.

Seychelles is often affected by cyclones, flooding, and mudslides. © World Bank

Disaster Risk Management

Weathering Future Storms

Assessment helped quantify needs to increase resilience to future disasters in the Seychelles.

Events & Consultations

Nov. 13

Contracting and the Division
of the Gains from Trade

12:30-2 p.m., World Bank Headquarters

Through Nov. 21

Development Dialogue:
Clean Cooking Solutions
for Development Benefits

Ongoing

Consultations: World Bank
Safeguard Policies

Publications

DOING BUSINESS 2015

Going Beyond Efficiency

POLICY RESEARCH REPORT

A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and the Twin Goals

WORLD BANK GROUP

The World Bank Group A to Z

FOOD PRICE WATCH

Prices Hit Four-Year Low; Preparing
for the Next Food Price Crisis

In depth

World Bank Annual Report 2014

World Bank Annual Report

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. © World Bank

Tracking Progress
in Real Time

Countries Look to 2015 © World Bank

Countries Look to 2015

A man unloads medical supplies sent to Sierra Leone by UNICEF with funding from the World Bank Group. © Francis Ato Brown/World Bank

World Bank Group
Helps Fight Ebola