A new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is set to open in late December, making Senegal the first all-electric BRT system on the African continent.

Guangzhe Chen, Ousmane Diagana, Sérgio Pimenta |

Following his recent travels, World Bank Group President David Malpass shares a short summary of his trip to Senegal and Morocco last week.

David Malpass |

Water is the most essential human need and is critical for development, growth, and resilience. Clean water, safe sanitation, and good hygiene are necessary for achieving positive health outcomes…

David Malpass, Macky Sall |

MIGA EVP Hiroshi Matano explains why it's critical to support women's empowerment in the energy sector.

Hiroshi Matano |

The early success of the IDA PSW shows that even in the poorest countries and amid a pandemic, real progress is possible.

Sérgio Pimenta |

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on public health, societies, and economies around the world: it could push up to 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021.…

David Malpass |

In the past five years alone, public debt in the poorest countries has increased from 36% of GDP to 51% of GDP.

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu |

Houses under construction. © John Hogg/World Bank [[tweetable]]Affordable housing is a major challenge across West Africa, where fewer than 7 percent of households can afford to buy their own home…

Martin Spicer |

Smallholder female farmer in Nepal: Poverty Alleviation Fund II Project, Government of Nepal. Kofi Annan once said that ‘There is no tool more effective than the empowerment of women.’ This is…

Anuja Kar, Vanya Slavchevska |

Mbarak Mbigo helps his colleagues who are software developers at Andela, in Nairobi, Kenya. © Dominic Chavez/IFC We only have to look at the way we communicate, shop, travel, work and entertain…

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Jose Luis Irigoyen, Atul Mehta |