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Enhancing Cyber Resilience in Developing Countries

Stories & Blogs World BankJan 29, 2025(Results Brief )

Between 2014 and 2024, the World Bank supported 64 countries worldwide in building the foundations of cyber resilience.

Rebuilding Somalia: Renewing Social Contract in a Fragile State Amidst Revenue Challenges

Stories & Blogs World BankNov 22, 2024(News )

Efforts to enhance revenue show promising signs, with projections indicating an increase in the domestic revenue-to-GDP ratio to 4.5% by 2030

New Education Initiative to Support Sudanese Schools and Ensure Learning Continuity for Nearly Four Million Children

Stories & Blogs World BankNov 21, 2024(News )

A new World Bank-supported program aims to ensure educational continuity for nearly four million students across Sudan.

Empowering Girls through Education

Stories & Blogs World BankOct 11, 2024(News )

With nearly 122 million girls out of school worldwide, many of them in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, investing in the education and human capital of girls and young women remains a priority for the World Bank and is central to the institution’s

Gender-based Violence (GBV) Response Services in Ethiopia: Empowering Women and Girls in Conflict-Affected Areas

Stories & Blogs World BankOct 11, 2024(News )

Conflicts in Ethiopia have devastated communities, and the resulting loss of services and breakdown in social support systems have made it harder to access lifesaving gender-based violence response services.

Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes

Stories & Blogs UNOct 08, 2024(News )

As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure that they do not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias.

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

Stories & Blogs UNOct 04, 2024(News )

The World Health Organization (WHO) approves the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.

On African Women's Day, a reflection on women empowerment and remaining challenges in Angola

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 30, 2024(Blog )

This blog highlights both the progress that has been made and the paths that still need to be taken to achieve full gender equality.

The Gambia: UN salutes ‘monumental achievement’ as lawmakers uphold FGM ban

Stories & Blogs UNJul 15, 2024(Story )

Five senior UN officials have welcomed the decision by The Gambia to uphold its ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), calling it a critical win for women’s and girls’ rights.

Between Poverty and Fragility: Affordable and Accessible Health Centers in Mali.

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 11, 2024(Story )

“Previously, it was not uncommon for patients to travel between 3 and 5 kilometers to reach a community health center,…” recalls Mr. Zanga Dao, Secretary General of the Kati City Hall