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Kazakhstan’s Irrigation Overhaul: Less Waste, Better Harvests

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  • From sunbaked fields in Makhtaral to rice paddies in Kyzylkum, a decade-long investment in water infrastructure is transforming how hundreds of thousands of farmers in southern Kazakhstan grow, irrigate, and thrive.
  • With World Bank support, Kazakhstan has modernized over 800 kilometers of canals and water management across four regions, improving irrigation and drainage services for more than 100,000 hectares of farmland.
  • For rural communities dependent on agriculture for their income, the impact of these efforts is immense — boosting yields, creating jobs, and securing water for generations to come.
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India: World Bank Program to Benefit 11 million People in State of Kerala with Wider Access to Health Coverage

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to improve the life expectancy and quality of life for 11 million elderly and vulnerable people in the state of Kerala through wider access to health coverage and resilient health systems.


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Digital technology is driving the future of jobs

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A farmer in Kenya uses mobile apps to get real-time harvesting tips, check market prices, and connect directly with buyers and lenders. A woman in Indonesia takes meal orders and arranges deliveries through social media. A small innkeeper in Jamaica lists rooms on booking platforms and manages reservations online. A street vendor in Dakar sells handmade jewelry across Africa using just her smartphone. And in Manila, a university student teaches math to high schoolers in remote areas via an online e-learning platform. 

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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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When we know we’re seen: How transparency nudges outcomes at the World Bank Group

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Jorge Luis Borges once imagined an infinite library, a space housing every book ever written and every book that could ever be written. A man wanders through this library in search of truth, only to increasingly lose his way. Until one day, he discovers a cracked mirror behind a forgotten shelf and ultimately finds himself. He realizes that true insight emerges from self-reflection.

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The world needs radical debt transparency

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Over the past two decades, many developing countries have made remarkable progress in reducing poverty, expanding access to education and health care, and investing in infrastructure. These gains were the result of sound national policies and coordinated efforts by the international community, often financed through responsible borrowing.

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Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Economies in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) are burdened by weak institutions and are particularly vulnerable to overlapping shocks—including conflict, natural disasters, commodity price swings, and global downturns. Nearly three-quarters of FCS economies have remained classified as such for over a decade, highlighting the persistence of their challenges and underlying fragility. Limited fiscal space further constrains these economies from responding to shocks and investing in essential services such as education, health, and infrastructure.

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Slovenia Increases Contribution to World Bank’s IDA by 30%

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The Radical Debt Transparency report—an update to 2021’s Debt Transparency in Developing Countries—shows that despite significant improvements in recent years, major debt transparency deficiencies continue to plague many developing countries. As the global financing environment tightens, several governments are turning to off-budget and increasingly complex debt instruments such as collateralized loans, private placements, and central bank swaps, that risk giving rise to new hidden debts. Gaps in legislative frameworks, institutional fragmentation, and limited oversight can contribute to debt reporting challenges, as seen in recent experiences. Transparency in debt restructuring processes also remains uneven. This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms, stronger oversight of unconventional debt, broader loan-level reporting, and greater use of automation and reconciliation tools.

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