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Private capital for infrastructure: Resilience amid uncertainty, urgency amid gaps

Stories & Blogs World BankAug 14, 2025(Blog )

As the global economy continues to adapt to macroeconomic shifts, infrastructure investment remains a critical driver of job creation, long-term development opportunities and resilience.

Exploring How Zambia Can Leverage Energy Transition Minerals (ETM) for Economic Transformation

Stories & Blogs World BankAug 12, 2025(News )

Zambia's economy showed resilience in 2024, expanding by 4% despite challenges such as drought and power outages, largely due to growth in the mining sector and services.

Behind the scenes: How we work with creditors on debt transparency.

Stories & Blogs World BankAug 12, 2025(Blog )

Earlier this year, the World Bank conducted the second round of a Data Sharing Exercise with G-7 and Paris Club creditors.

IMF Executive Board Concludes Eighth Reviews under Cameroon’s Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility Arrangements and Third Review under Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement.

Stories & Blogs IMFJul 24, 2025(News )

The completion of the ECF-EFF reviews allows for an immediate disbursement of SDR 55.2 million (about US$75.7 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangements to SDR 593.4 million (US$793.8 million).

Digital technology is unlocking financial inclusion

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 17, 2025(Blog )

Mobile phones and the internet are revolutionizing financial inclusion, enabling more people to access and use digital financial services to manage their financial lives.

Empowering Ethiopia’s Entrepreneurs through Trade Finance

Stories & Blogs World BankJun 25, 2025(Story )

IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) is helping Ethiopian banks support local businesses and sustain livelihoods in rural and conflict-affected areas.

Democratic Republic of Congo Implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)

Stories & Blogs IMFJun 06, 2025(Story )

With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) — the Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented a key recommendation of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).

Further strengthening how we measure global poverty.

Stories & Blogs World BankJun 05, 2025(Blog )

For 35 years, the World Bank Group has measured global poverty to track progress toward eradicating what is considered the most severe deprivation of basic human needs—extreme poverty.

Preventing adverse effects while reforming fuel subsidies in Angola.

Stories & Blogs World BankMay 22, 2025(Blog )

Removing fuel subsidies in Angola will generate enough fiscal savings to compensate for increased production costs.

How to manage the economic trade-offs of public procurement policies in developing economies.

Stories & Blogs World BankMay 20, 2025(Story )

Procurement policies can help targeted firms and potentially address market failures, but their effectiveness depends on the specific context.