COVID-19
Learn more about the World Bank Group’s response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Learn more about the World Bank Group’s response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
As the sub-region faces various threats—including COVID-19—finance ministers vow to advance regional policies and investments.
The latest economic analysis says a secure Somalia is the path to more investments in the country’s development initiatives.
This project supports increased access to basic digital financial and government services targeting entrepreneurship and employment, particularly for women.
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.
Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.
