Veronica, cocoa producer in Mexico. The Sustainable Productive Landscapes (TPS, “Proyecto Territorios Productivos Sostenibles”) initiative in Mexico, funded by a Global Environment Facility (GEF) ...

Gestión Social Local (GSL) is a people-centric, integrated municipal one-stop shop that, since 2019, has improved access to social protection for more than 10 million people (50 percent of the Chilean ...

Chronic Child Malnutrition remains a major development challenge in Ecuador. Although prevalence fell by 4.3 percentage points between 2018 and 2023, nearly one in five children under two (19 percent) ...

A homestead in Kanzenze, Bugesera District, Rwanda accessing electricity through a tabletsized solar panel, placed on the roof; a member of the homestead charging his phone using solar power. Photo: ...

Gender equality is central to the World Bank’s mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. In Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE), where women and girls face unique disadvantages ...

Since 2021, three World Bank-supported projects in Ethiopia have helped expand digital access significantly, benefiting more than seven million Ethiopians to date and facilitating the transition to a ...

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is set to potentially transform the labor market, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Studies about its possible impacts have generally focused on ...

A decade-long engagement between the Government of Cameroon and the World Bank has improved textbook availability and affordability for over 4 million children nationwide. Since 2014, a combination of ...

The World Bank SHIFT (Securing Human Investments to Foster Transformation) program sought to improve the rights and conditions of home-based workers (HBWs) and other vulnerable women working in ...

The World Bank supported Argentina’s isolated rural areas by increasing access to quality education. About one million students, evenly split by gender, were able to enroll, stay, and complete ...

Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities. The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit ...

Natural hazards, some fueled by a changing climate, have a devastating effect on children’s education and lives in every corner of the globe. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the ...