Financial Sector

Indonesia will need to continue to develop its financial system if it is to break the middle-income ceiling.

Francesco Strobbe, Owen Nie, Habib Rab|

Last month, the World Bank issued a five-year outcome bond that aims to provide clean drinking water to around two million school children in Vietnam. A lack of clean drinking water causes an…

David Malpass|

In advance of the next meeting of the Sovereign Debt Roundtable on April 12, I want to provide a quick update on recent developments and reiterate my call for prompt action toward debt…

David Malpass|

Cities around the world experienced 5 percent increase in expenditures and 10 percent decrease in revenues during 2020, on average. Read the latest World Bank blog on the case of Pereira, Colombia…

Ivonne Astrid Moreno Horta|

Digital financial services are one way to help families manage school fee payments so they can keep their children in school.

Leora Klapper, Mansi Vipin Panchamia|
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Financial Sector