Donors are currently considering future aid commitments as pledges made at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan in 2016 due to expire at the end of 2020.
MSMEs are crucial to Bangladesh’s financial and economic development. Close to 99 percent of non-farm enterprises in the country are MSMEs. Reexamining outdated policies and lifting institutional…
Public spending in Afghanistan is equal to more than half of the economy’s output. Government and international partners spend around $11 billion, in an economy that produces around $19 billion of…
In Afghanistan, a World Bank program aimed at lifting rural households out of extreme poverty has generated remarkable results.
A Bangladeshi woman participates in a local community council meeting. Credit: World Bank Sitting cross-legged under a mango tree’s shade in the middle of a village in Rajshahi district,…
Models walk the runway during regional conclave in New Delhi, India. Photo: World Bank For centuries, women in the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, India, embroidered richly-colored mirror-work…
Students line up to wash their hands before eating at Kanda Estate Primary School in Accra, Ghana. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank Human capital, that is the set of skills, health and knowledge…
South Asian countries’ exports are only one-third of what they should be, had they mirrored the experience of economies with similar characteristics. Without further integration into global…
Shamela Hakeem outside her home in Gazipur district's Shinglab village, Dhaka. Photo: World Bank In a tiny hamlet called Shinglab in Gazipur district, around 2 hours from Dhaka, you can see a…