President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ...

The Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) is a landmark collaboration between the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, designed to deepen the two institutions’ collaboration on cofinanced public ...

Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services, and Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures ...

Axel van Trotsenburg is the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director (SMD), responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships. Read more Read more ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Meetings flagship event launched AgriConnect, a new initiative to transform small-scale farming into an engine of sustainable growth, jobs, and food security. President ...

The Financial Times and the World Bank Group have launched the second edition of the Africa Sustainable Futures Awards, a major annual programme that promotes innovative, long-term solutions to ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics—ABCDE—is a 36-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global ...

Panel discussion: Investors share their vision for what will stimulate private sector investment in Africa’s energy sector, government initiatives that would increase investor confidence, and consider ...

Join us live as Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), sign new partnership agreement to ...

Spring Meetings 2025 concluded with a call to action from Chairwoman Elisabeth Svantesson, urging countries to unlock private sector potential to create more and better jobs. The Meetings emphasized ...

The 2025 Global Digital Summit: 'Digital Pathways for All' has concluded. Recordings of all sessions are available on this page and on the World Bank Group's social media channels. This year’s summit ...