New World Bank Group Push to Revive Agriculture, Avert Hunger for over One Million People at Risk in Ebola-hit Countries

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

Significant new assistance planned for hardest-hit countries

Following alarming evidence of the spread of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, 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

This represents $170 million in new funding. With today’s announcement, the Bank will put $230 million...

New GDP Estimates Show International Support Vital to Speed Recovery

The World Bank Group (WBG) announced today that it would provide at least US$650 million during the next 12 to 18 months to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the devastating social and economic impact of the Ebola crisis and advance their longer-term development needs. The new WBG pledge brings the organization’s total financing for Ebola response and recovery efforts to date to US$1.62 billion.

The...

A hunger strike is launched in Guinea in protest against the military's presence in a village where an Ebola awareness team was murdered.

People of faith in countries struggling to combat the world's worst outbreak of Ebola should not meet in large numbers, the UK's Archbishop of York says.

JOB #141045
JOB TITLELead Specialist- Leadership and Learning
JOB FAMILYLearning
JOB TYPEProfessional & Technical
GRADEGH
LOCATIONWashington, DC
RECRUITMENT TYPEInternational Hire
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTEnglish [Essential]
CLOSING DATE01-Nov-2014

Background / General description:
Leadership, Learning, and Innovation (LLI) is a new WBG Vice Presidency (VPU) dedicated to building the capacity of staff and country partners to accelerate achievement of the twin WBG goals:  to eradicate extreme poverty by...

WASHINGTON, —The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a new US$45 million credit for Tanzania to improve the socioeconomic impacts of large and small-scale mining for the country and people. It will also help increase private, local, and foreign investments.
“This project shows the World Bank's commitment to support Tanzania’s efforts to allocate mining resources equitably, especially to the poorest through a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining," said Philippe...

Ahead of World Education Forum 2015, Bank Group says poor education quality has ‘serious consequences’ for ending extreme poverty
INCHEON, Republic of Korea, May 18, 2015 – On the eve of the landmark World Education Forum 2015, the World Bank Group announced that it will double results-based financing for education to US$5 billion over the next five years. The new financing is part of the Bank Group’s commitment to end extreme poverty in the world by 2030 by improving both the quality and...

“For the first time in the history of the World Bank Group, we have set a goal that aims to reduce global inequality.” — World Bank Group President Kim

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today called for economic growth that creates more just societies, and he defined the institution’s goal of boosting shared prosperity as the World Bank Group’s way of tackling the global challenge of inequality.

Speaking at Howard University in Washington DC on the eve of the World Bank/IMF Annual...

Good morning. Thank you, John, for that kind introduction. Thank all of you for coming, or watching on the Webcast. And thank you to CSIS for hosting us at your beautiful building. Before I begin, I want to pause to remember the 147 students at Garissa University College in Kenya who were senselessly murdered just a few days ago. Schools are sacred grounds, and all who study there should be safe. Let us reflect for a moment.

Just 15 years into the new millennium, economic development in...