As the world grapples with complex global concerns like poverty, inequality, and climate change,
it’s the poorest communities that are often hardest hit and the most challenging to support.
To address these pressing issues, the World Bank Group has set ambitious goals to provide social protection measures to at least 500 million people by 2030, including 250 million women.
BAKU, 12 November 2024 – Multilateral development banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for countries to achieve ambitious climate outcomes.
Global Commodity Prices Set to Fall Through 2026 Amid Historic Oil Glut
WASHINGTON, October 29, 2024—Global commodity prices are set to tumble to a five-year low in 2025 amid an oil glut that is so large that it is likely to limit the price effects even of a wider conflict in the Middle East, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Even so, overall commodity prices will remain 30% higher than they were in the five years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we mark World Cities Day, we are reminded that livable cities are key to a livable planet.
For most of us, cities are our homes and workplaces. Today, nearly 60% of the world’s population lives in cities—a share that will rise to almost 70% by 2050. Cities are also a key driver of national growth and development, accounting for more than 80% of global GDP and almost 90% of private sector job creation.
This piece originally appeared in the Financial Times.
The world’s poorest countries are in a development crisis and need greater access to affordable financing (Opinion, October 1; and Letters, October 11).
IDA, the World Bank’s concessional financing facility for these countries, has a proven track record for providing this support and its upcoming replenishment is a moment for the international community to match their stated concern with a stepped-up financial contribution. We urge finance ministers of the G20 countries to lead this effort and increase contributions to the 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA21).
The World Bank Group’s journey to become a better, bigger, and more effective Bank has 
advanced at a rapid pace. That progress—and a new focus and ambition on jobs—was on full display at the Annual Meetings.
Guarantee will free up additional financing to support crucial projects
WASHINGTON, October 25, 2024—Japan signed a $1 billion portfolio guarantee agreement on Friday that will scale up financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for projects that address global challenges.
New targets aim to accelerate use of broadband internet, social protection programs, and capital by 2030
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2024 – The World Bank Group today took the first steps toward implementing Gender Strategy 2030, announcing a set of actions and concrete goals that aim to boost economic opportunities for more women.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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