2024 Key Development Challenges in Nine Charts

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2024 Key Development Challenges in Nine Charts

Discover the most pressing issues countries faced this year, and how we're working to overcome them.

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IDA21 Raises $100 Billion to Boost Development

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IDA21 Raises $100 Billion to Boost Development

Next 25 Years Could Prove Decisive for Poorest Economies

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Next 25 Years Could Prove Decisive for Poorest Economies

10 Ways the World Bank Boosted Climate Action in 2024

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10 Ways the World Bank Boosted Climate Action in 2024

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Data for Development

Essential data to guide decisions, monitor progress, and evaluate impact.

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92.76 million

people had enhanced access to broadband internet in fiscal year 2023-2024 with support from IDA.

Source: International Development Association, World Bank

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143.61 million

people received essential health, nutrition, and population services thanks to IDA in fiscal year 2023-2024.

Source: International Development Association, World Bank

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1.4 billion

more people could be fed if rainfed croplands are converted to sustainable irrigation.

Source: World Bank Group (2024), Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership Annual Report

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1 in 3

women globally experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by a non-partner.

Source: World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030

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World Bank Group Annual Report 2024

World Bank Group Annual Report 2024

Responding to intertwined challenges and becoming a faster, simpler, and more efficient World Bank Group.

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International Debt Report 2024

International Debt Report 2024

Developing countries faced record debt costs as their interest payments climbed to a 20-year high in 2023.

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