Economic Update
The latest analysis says more investment in health and education can provide the services youth need to reach their potential.
The latest analysis says more investment in health and education can provide the services youth need to reach their potential.
Learn more about the World Bank Group’s response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A new assessment identifies risk factors that lead to violence against women and children, and recommends ways to protect them.
This project aims to increase electricity access in rural areas of Uganda.
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.
