June 19, 2017//-Two years ago, world leaders convened in Addis Ababa for a remarkable first—the global community met to agree on ways to finance the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the objective of virtually eliminating extreme poverty.
The World Bank Group and the African Center for Economic Transformation are co-hosting a two-day forum in Accra on scaling up private investment in Africa.
The World Bank Group, ECOWAS and UEMOA are holding their Second Tripartite Meeting in Accra, Ghana 10-11 February 2015, to deliberate on issues pertinent to the socio-economic development of the ECOWAS Sub-region.
THE World Bank Group announced today an additional $100 million funding in its Ebola crisis response to speed up deployment of foreign health workers to the three worst-affected countries in West Africa.
A new World Bank Group report finds that Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest number of business regulatory reforms globally in 2013/14, with 74 percent of the region’s economies improving their business regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs.
THE World Bank Group today announced that it will nearly double its financing to $400 million to help the worst-affected countries address the emergency and build stronger health systems for the years ahead.
THE World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a $105 million grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts underway in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to help families and communities cope with the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak.
