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Can AI give small scale producers the right advice?

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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.

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Virtual Global Supplier Webinar 

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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!

World Bank Issues EUR 90 million 7-Year Sustainable Development Bond for a Japanese Institutional Investor

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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. 

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Ten years of progress and challenges: Insights into global child poverty

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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.

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How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs

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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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The Global Sanitation Crisis: Pathways for Urgent Action

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The Global Sanitation Crisis: Pathways for Urgent Action report examines the risks that poor sanitation poses to people, economic growth, and the environment. It outlines practical steps that cities and countries can take to accelerate progress toward universal access to resilient, safely managed sanitation—promoting healthy communities, sustainable environments and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, thriving economies, resilient cities, job creation, and greater human productivity.

Download Report | Overview

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Delivering Jobs for People Living in Poverty

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Evidence from India, Niger, and Zambia shows lasting income gains and strong returns from economic inclusion programs— generating up to $3.8 in benefits for every $1 invested within 10 years.

Now more than ever, people need better access to jobs. In emerging markets, 1.2 billion young people will reach working age over the next decade—yet only 420 million jobs are projected to be created. That leaves hundreds of millions, many of them from poor and vulnerable communities, without a clear pathway to a stable income, dignity, and opportunity.

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New World Bank Operation Links Fiscal Sustainability and Forest Conservation in Amazonas

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WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2025 – The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a new operation to boost the environmental governance of the State of Amazonas by enhancing its fiscal sustainability, and mobilizing finance for forest conservation and a low-carbon bioeconomy. This will provide more economic opportunities and jobs for the State’s population, especially Indigenous Peoples, smallholders, and traditional forest-dwelling populations.

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