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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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Next 25 Years Could Prove Decisive for Poorest Economies
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The Development Podcast: 2024 in Review
Data for Development
Essential data to guide decisions, monitor progress, and evaluate impact.
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20 of 26
countries could remain poor, not progressing to middle-income status, through 2050 without course correction.
Source: World Bank (2025), Global Economic Prospects
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80+ percent
of the global population without access to electricity lives in Sub-Saharan Africa.
World Bank (2024), Tracking SDG7
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2.2 billion
people around the world lack access to safely managed drinking water services.
Source: World Bank Group (2024), Water for Shared Prosperity
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400 million
students have experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022.
Source: World Bank (2024), Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
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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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Climate-Smart Agriculture: From Knowledge to Implementation
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Jordan: Economic Opportunities for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities
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Scaling Up Locally-Led Climate Action