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Calls grow for independent inquiry after the bank’s internal watchdog found 21 cases of child sexual abuse by teaching staff

The paper titled “Progress on Sanitation in Rural India: Reconciling Diverse Evidence”, was published in September this year.

Young people in Africa have called on developed countries to double the funding for climate change adaptation in Africa.

According to a recent World Bank report, more than 40 percent of children under the age of five in Pakistan suffer from stunted growth. The situation is especially worrying for some villages in Sindh province, where 66 percent of under-fives are affected. Stunting is closely linked to brain development and…

Exclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals

Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans.

To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict and violence and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Chief Secretary-led high-level steering committee formed for World Bank-aided KERA project in agriculture sector

The World Bank issued a statement on 8 August 2023, announcing that it had effectively suspended all new public financing to Uganda over concerns with the country’s anti-homosexuality law, which “fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values”.