A group of 30 students from Ngola Kanini Public Secondary School visited our World Bank office in Luanda this week. The students, ages 14-15 years, had the opportunity to interact with our…

Juan Carlos Alvarez |

We hosted a virtual capacity-building workshop in December 2022 that brought together members of civil society and non-government organizations, private sector representatives, and legal…

Natália Mazoni Silva Martins, Héloïse Groussard |

Human capital development is essential for sustained and inclusive growth. The wealth of modern nations depends not only on their natural resources: it also depends on their human resources.…

Nathalie Lahire, Ioana Botea, Eliane Mbende |

With the easing of curfew restrictions that were imposed almost two years ago to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, since the start of the year life has been returning to some semblance of…

Abdoulaye Seck |

Whether we seek to reduce poverty, boost economic growth, or otherwise increase the welfare of Angolans, the starting point is the same: empower girls.

Mamta Murthi, Jean-Christophe Carret |

One-hundred ventilators have arrived in Angola, and so, we breathe a sigh of relief for Angola’s health system

Benjamin Mutti, João Pires, Carmen Carpio |

When I was based in the field, I often noticed that many of the journalists working in Africa had not been specifically trained to report on development-related matters, which at times hobbled…

Haleh Bridi |

This is the second blog in a series on forest livelihoods in Africa. When driving through Sangha and Likouala in the northern part of the Republic of Congo, you cannot help but marvel at the…

Benoît Bosquet |

Namibe, Angola Photo by: Jbdonade/Flickr Can a shift towards a sustainable forestry ecosystem help to deliver the jobs and diversity that Angola’s economy needs?   The timber industry offers…

José Evangelista |

Preparing a recent project mission to Angola, I came across the country’s latest accomplishment: a gigantic new refinery to consolidate its national oil industry. Looking at that massive structure…

Thomas Dickinson |