"The Young Professionals Program (YPP) is an incredible opportunity where you can test new sectors and experiences. It emphasizes learning as much as you can to bring strong impact." ...

The Western and Central Africa Region of the World Bank is looking for dedicated professionals with a passion for international development to join our innovative and diverse staff. A career with the ...

The Indian economy continues to grow at a healthy pace despite challenging global conditions, according to World Bank’s ...

Education systems can skill young people for climate mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, climate change induced heat ...

Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is growing rapidly. Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate ...

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable ...

The HCI provides a new definition of human capital and quantifies the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers. Countries can use it to assess how ...

Despite an improvement in near-term prospects, the global outlook remains subdued by historical standards. In 2024-25, growth is set to underperform its 2010s average in nearly 60 percent of economies ...

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are primarily used to convert economies’ national accounts expenditures on GDP and its components into a common currency. PPPs control for differences in price levels ...

To help reduce poverty and vulnerability, we need more timely information on household welfare. Countries derive official measures of poverty from household surveys, which are only conducted every few ...

Healthy longevity means the state of good physical, cognitive, and social functioning throughout a person's lifespan. There's an opportunity to leverage an aging population for health, societal, and ...