Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies—a key propellant of economic growth and higher living standards—have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade and ...

More developing economies are turning to off-budget and more complex borrowing arrangements in response to a tighter financing environment, making it harder to fully assess public debt exposures, ...

China’s economy maintained growth momentum in early 2025, with real GDP expanding by 5.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter. Policy support helped boost consumption and spurred a pickup in home ...

Rwanda's Journey to Job Creation A sunny June day in a Kigali market, a young girl named Joy sets out a small basket of oranges along the road. She had left school due to financial hardship, and now ...

Flows of foreign direct investment into developing economies have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade ...

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Rice feeds over half of the world’s population and sustains 144 million people—80 percent of them smallholder farmers. With a projected 30 percent surge in demand by 2050, the rice industry will only ...

This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms ...

Jobs and Growth. Jobs are the most reliable pathway out of poverty. Sustained and inclusive economic growth, driven by a productive private sector, creates more and better jobs and leads to increases ...

About the Finance and Prosperity Report. Finance and Prosperity is an annual World Bank report that examines financial sector developments and vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income countries.

The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by ...