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Each day, an estimated 137 women around the world are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings take place in Africa.
Each day, an estimated 137 women around the world are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings take place in Africa.
Learn more about the World Bank Group’s response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Using lessons from the fight against Ebola, the World Bank is helping countries mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
The goal of this project is to help build an effective social protection system that promotes social and productive inclusion.
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.
