WASHINGTON, D.C., September 19, 2025—The World Bank Group, through its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, has closed its inaugural securitization transaction; successfully launching a new model to attract institutional private capital into emerging markets. This transaction marks the first tangible step in a larger effort to build an originate-to-distribute model for emerging market investments.
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Accelerating Investment: Challenges and Policies
Developing economies have an acute need for higher investment. Investment is the engine that builds productive capacity, modernizes infrastructure, sets the stage for job growth, and advances countries toward development and climate goals. Yet as development needs have expanded, investment growth has been in a deep slump—a call to action for policy makers, investors, and development practitioners.
Continue readingVirtual Global Supplier Webinar
World Bank is excited to host and share with you this announcement on the upcoming Virtual Global Supplier Webinar.
This session will provide an overview of upcoming procurement opportunities in Energy, Transport, and Water sectors, which account for over half of the international contracts in projects financed by the World Bank. You’ll also learn about recent enhancements to our procurement framework designed to make participation easier and more impactful for suppliers of all sizes.
Join us on October 9th in any of our two sessions available to accommodate global time zones:
🕘 Session 1: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (DC Time)
🕘 Session 2: 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM (DC Time)
Agenda Overview:
- Welcome Remarks
- Procurement Framework Updates
- Sector Opportunities: Water, Energy, Transport
- Supplier Resources
- Live Q&A
- Closing Remarks
🌍 The session is open to global suppliers of goods, works, services, and consultancy. We hope you will join us and share this invitation with companies in your network. Please note this session focuses on World Bank-financed investment projects – it will not address supplying directly to the World Bank or “Corporate Procurement.”
Register here:
🕘 Session 1: 9:00 AM (DC Time)
🔗 https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/weblink/register/r9cf4986523bea25bb84dd0ba8c248645
🕘 Session 2: 9:00 PM (DC Time)
🔗 https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/weblink/register/re147d66b8db52706158604a0547727a2
We look forward to your participation!
Can AI give small scale producers the right advice?
The World Bank has long recognized the critical importance of agricultural extension services – ranging from training and data to technology transfer – which make up the second-largest share of its agriculture portfolio. Yet farmers have often been slow to adopt the very methods and tools these services are designed to deliver—limiting their own productivity and the sector’s potential to create jobs.
That’s in large part because they depend on limited numbers of extension agents: the field advisors responsible for providing them with data, training and advice. Most countries have just one extension agent for every 1,000 to 2,000 farmers.
Continue readingVirtual Global Supplier Webinar
World Bank is excited to host and share with you this announcement on the upcoming Virtual Global Supplier Webinar.
This session will provide an overview of upcoming procurement opportunities in Energy, Transport, and Water sectors, which account for over half of the international contracts in projects financed by the World Bank. You’ll also learn about recent enhancements to our procurement framework designed to make participation easier and more impactful for suppliers of all sizes.
Join us on October 9th in any of our two sessions available to accommodate global time zones:
🕘 Session 1: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (DC Time)
🕘 Session 2: 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM (DC Time)
Agenda Overview:
- Welcome Remarks
- Procurement Framework Updates
- Sector Opportunities: Water, Energy, Transport
- Supplier Resources
- Live Q&A
- Closing Remarks
🌍 The session is open to global suppliers of goods, works, services, and consultancy. We hope you will join us and share this invitation with companies in your network. Please note this session focuses on World Bank-financed investment projects – it will not address supplying directly to the World Bank or “Corporate Procurement.”
Register here:
🕘 Session 1: 9:00 AM (DC Time)
🔗 https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/weblink/register/r9cf4986523bea25bb84dd0ba8c248645
🕘 Session 2: 9:00 PM (DC Time)
🔗 https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/weblink/register/re147d66b8db52706158604a0547727a2
We look forward to your participation!
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World Bank Issues EUR 90 million 7-Year Sustainable Development Bond for a Japanese Institutional Investor
Tokyo, September 9, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, AAA/Aaa) today issued an EUR 90 million 7-year Sustainable Development Bond due September 2032. National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Zenkyoren) was the sole investor in the transaction.
Continue readingNo, pollution is not an inevitable byproduct of development
Last year, Nairobi hosted the IDA Summit for Africa, as torrential rains triggered by El Niño phenomenon flooded the city. In recent years, East Africa has seen repeated cycles of devastating droughts and floods. These extreme weather events highlight the growing tension between climate pressures and development needs.
Continue readingTen years of progress and challenges: Insights into global child poverty
The past decade has seen slow but steady progress toward reducing the number of children who are living in extreme poverty worldwide. Yet despite this progress, children remain disproportionately affected by extreme poverty. They represent over half of the global population living on less than $3.00 per day, even though they make up only 30% of the total population.
Continue readingHow an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs
Highlights
- With World Bank support, over 1.15 million jobs were created as a result of the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP).
- Infrastructure investments in 117 cities helped improve living conditions for more than 6.6 million people, fueling employment and economic growth.
- Strengthened local governance and financial systems enabled cities to plan, deliver, and sustain job-generating urban development, even amid conflict and pandemic disruptions.
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