ENVIRONMENT
Through an environmental improvement project in Kabwe, thousands of children are being tested—and treated—for lead exposure.
Through an environmental improvement project in Kabwe, thousands of children are being tested—and treated—for lead exposure.
The new CPF focuses on helping Nigeria achieve its goal of lifting 100 million people out of poverty by 2030.
The latest economic update says ambitious reforms are needed to set the country on a course to recovery after COVID-19.
The Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project (SWEDD), aims to empower women and adolescent girls in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
Vice President, Eastern and Southern Africa
Vice President, Western and Central Africa
The latest economic analysis for the region predicts predicts economic activity will decline by 3.3 percent in 2020, confirming the region’s first recession in 25 years.
Africa’s poorest countries saw little to no progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018.
With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
Read the World Bank’s plan to support African countries to strengthen the quantity, efficiency and impact of investments in people.
