Cambodia’s education program supported by the World Bank’s General Education Improvement Project (GEIP) and two Higher Education Improvement projects (HEIP1&2) connects foundational learning to ...

Through a portfolio of projects – AGILE, NFWP, IMPACT, ANRiN, NASSP-SU, and NG-CARES – the International Development Association (IDA) is empowering adolescents and women, driving Nigeria’s human ...

Over 111,000 beneficiaries were trained in market-relevant short-term vocational skills through five rounds of project-supported programs. Eighty-five (85) percent of trainees were female or youth ...

Launched in July 2025, the Philippines Growth and Jobs Report (GJR) provides an evidence-based reform roadmap. Since the launch, the report has been key in promoting a national debate on accelerating ...

The World Bank has long sought to help reduce inequalities between women and men in the transport sector. Since 2017, the institution has further intensified its efforts to help address the challenges ...

• Investments in energy-efficient street lighting in 20 municipalities, with improved illumination over 5,000 km of streets by 2023. • 1.7 million citizens benefited from better street lighting ...

Sri Lanka’s Local Development Support Project (LDSP) empowered 134 local authorities in four lagging provinces to deliver community services. The Local Development Support Project (LDSP) enabled the ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

Kenya faces a growing youth employment challenge, with nearly 80 percent of its population under 35 working in informal, low-quality jobs that offer little security or opportunity for advancement.

Economic growth and job creation remain key challenges for Jordan, where the economy has only grown by an annual average of 2.5 percent over the past decade. Unemployment is persistently high (22.3 ...

In Yemen, nearly 800,000 people (of whom approximately 50 percent were women and girls) benefited from new or improved electricity service. Over 117,000 households gained electricity access via grid ...

The World Bank supported 64 countries in building cyber resilience between 2014 and 2024. Between 2015 and 2018, the World Bank helped establish Bhutan’s national Computer Security Incident Response ...