Across the region, the World Bank Group is supporting country-led reforms, strategic investments, and initiatives to strengthen power systems. In the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the ...

For the first time, the latest Women, Business and the Law report assesses not only the degree of equality in laws on the books, but also the extent to which those laws are enforced. Legal experts ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...