Business Ready (B-READY) 2024 report assesses the regulatory framework and public
services directed at firms, and the efficiency with which regulatory framework and public services are combined in practice.
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Investing in women means investing in solutions for peace and progress
Unequal access to jobs and finance. Limited access to education and healthcare. Exclusion 
from decision-making. Risks of gender-based violence.
Women all over the world face these challenges, but even more so in countries facing fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) where restrictive gender norms are often amplified and entrenched.
The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the World Health Organization Step Up Cooperation on Pandemic Preparedness
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2024 — The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness. This cooperation will allow a scaling up of support to countries to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats through the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), the WBG’s financial and technical support, and WHO’s technical expertise and in-country capabilities. The RST allows eligible member countries to access long-term financing at low interest rates to help implement reforms that address structural challenges to the stability of the economy, such as those posed by pandemics, and to enhance countries’ health systems resilience.
East Asia and Pacific: Resilient Growth in Turbulent Times
Washington DC, October 7th, 2024 – Developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is continuing to grow faster than the rest of the world in 2024, but slower than before the pandemic, the World Bank said in its semi-annual economic outlook for the region – the East Asia and Pacific Economic Update.
Innovative financing solutions for improved nutrition
In spite of a commendable decline in stunting rates over the past 30 years, 148 million children 
worldwide remain stunted. The condition impairs their growth, health, development, and education and has long-term consequences for their future wellbeing.
Powering progress: How Digital Public Infrastructure is transforming Latin America and the Caribbean
As the digital revolution sweeps across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Digital Public 
Infrastructure (DPI) is at the heart of this shift. DPI refers to the essential systems that make digital services accessible to everyone. It’s the common digital plumbing that supports digital identities, payment systems, and data-sharing networks. But how is the LAC region progressing in building these critical digital services?
Financial system trends in six charts
Financial sector vulnerabilities in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) are largely divided along income lines. While vulnerabilities are low to moderate in higher-income EMDEs, half of lower-income countries face much higher risks. In addition, progress on financial development goals such as local capital market deepening has stalled in many countries. Advances, however, have been made on financial inclusion for individuals and in efforts to green the financial sector.
Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity
Five Ways the World Bank Group Will Achieve “Mission 300”
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Roughly 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity.
- The World Bank Group, together with the African Development Bank, has committed to providing access to electricity to 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
- Known as “Mission 300,” this ambitious plan is attracting widespread support.
Forests For Us: Dominica Harnesses Nature for Climate Resilience and Economic DevelopmentIndia incorporates green bonds into its climate finance strategy
The forest is for us… It is what we have. It helps us maintain our livelihoods.
Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton
President of the Commonwealth of Dominica
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