Sustainable Infrastructure Finance (+...)

Infrastructure Finance Forum: Europe 2026 Infrastructure Finance Forum: Europe 2026 brings together investors, lenders, and developers to explore regulation, risk, financing structures, and opportunities across Europe’s infrastructure and energy markets. https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/sustainable-infrastructure-finance Infrastructure enables quality of life in every economy by creating jobs, enabling access to healthcare and education, and connecting markets and consumers. Public budgets and support from multilateral development banks are not sufficient to eliminate poverty on a livable planet. Partnership between governments, philanthropies, donors and the private sector is necessary to ensure basic services for the millions of households left behind. The World Bank Group is responding to the global call to scale up future-fit resilient quality infrastructure investment needed to accomplish our mission. We leverage the full suite of WB/IFC/MIGA financing instruments to facilitate private sector investment in sustainable quality infrastructure.

Farming and Agribusiness (+...)

https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/farming-and-agribusiness AgriConnect Africa has the land, talent, and demand to become a global food powerhouse. One year into AgriConnect, 10 million farmers have already been reached. The next challenge: unlock investment, expand markets, and scale what works. Farming and agribusiness do more than just feed people. They power economic growth and reduce poverty. The food sector supports millions of jobs on the farm and has the potential to create many more across the supply chain, from production and processing to transport, trade and retail. The food sector matters because: In every economy, good nutrition underpins health, learning, and productivity. Over 300 million people around the world go hungry every day, while 2.8 billion can’t afford a healthy meal. The demand for food is expected to increase by 30% between now and 2050. This is an opportunity to create better-paying jobs while feeding people. In many countries today, the sector isn’t producing food efficiently or distributing it evenly. Lack of infrastructure, counterproductive policies, and financial risk continue to constrain the industry’s growth. At the same time, conflict, economic shocks, and extreme weather are disrupting production and markets.

Financial Services Sector (+...)

Bangkok Blueprint for Fraud-Resilient Financial Services This event launched the Bangkok Blueprint, a high-level framework for tackling cyber-enabled fraud through a whole-of-ecosystem approach. The World Bank Group and the IMF, in partnership with the Bank of Thailand, has developed 12 Key Considerations to guide policy alignment, global dialogue, and future action. https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/financial-sector Sound financial systems underpin economic growth and are crucial to the World Bank Group’s mission of eradicating poverty. Deep, liquid capital markets fund the investment required to support economic expansion, jobs, human capital, and infrastructure. 1.3 billion people around the world still lack access to financial accounts, despite rapid advances in digital financial services and mobile phone banking. Financial stability gives people the confidence to save and invest money, and allows robust banking systems and capital markets to support productivity by efficiently channeling funds toward their most productive uses and quickly move payments securely domestically and across borders. A healthy financial system helps governments raise capital and maintain social safety nets. Good access to finance enables people to thrive and better manage their family’s needs for food, shelter, healthcare, and education. It allows them to manage risks and start businesses.

Fragility, Conflict and Violence (+...)

https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/fragility-conflict-and-violence A World Bank Group Strategy for Engaging in Fragility, Conflict and Violence Affected Settings (2026-2030) Success in fragile, conflict and violent (FCV) contexts has become mission-critical for the World Band Group (WBG) because poverty is increasingly concentrated in countries classified as fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS): An estimated 400 million of the extreme poor will be living in fragile countries in the next 10 years. Fragility interacts with other threats like food insecurity, climate change and macroeconomic challenges, posing a critical risk to development outcomes. Conflict exacerbates existing fragility in harmful ways, such as by undermining already weak institutions and worsening food insecurity—hunger due to conflict is estimated to have nearly doubled between 2018 and 2023. 75% of acutely food-insecure people live in FCS. Seventeen of the top 25 countries most vulnerable to climate-related impacts (Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative index) are FCS. Fragile and conflict-affected situations make up nearly two-thirds of low-income countries, where intense conflicts along with institutional and social fragilities hinder progress toward middle-income status. Severe conflicts are estimated to lower GDP per capita by about 15% after five years. Fragility is not confined to borders – instability and violence can spread throughout regions, displaced people can spill over into neighboring countries, and wars can have far-reaching economic and geopolitical implications. Forced displacement is a developing world crisis, which must be addressed with collective action. By June 2025, 117.3 million were forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations.

The World Bank Group at COP17 on Biodiversity (+...)

The World Bank Group at COP17 on Biodiversity The World Bank Group is attending the Conference of the Parties (COP17) on Biodiversity in Yerevan, Armenia (October 19-30, 2026), under the theme "Taking Action for Nature." Explore how we are mainstreaming biodiversity into development programs, economic policy, and strategic investments across sectors and regions. https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/environment

Small AI, Big Impact How the World Bank Group is scaling practical AI for development (+...)

https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/digital-and-ai Digitalization is one of the most powerful development opportunities of our time. Connectivity, data, and digital tools are now essential to how hospitals deliver care, how farmers access markets, how teachers reach students, and how governments serve their citizens. With the right foundations—affordable internet, trusted data systems, and secure digital platforms—developing countries can unlock faster, more inclusive growth. Artificial intelligence and the broader data revolution are accelerating this shift. They are expanding what institutions can do, improving service delivery, and opening new economic pathways. Yet not everyone is benefiting equally. As of 2025, over 2 billion people - about a quarter of the world's population - remained offline, and internet use ranged from over 90% in high-income countries to just 23% in low-income countries. Meanwhile, 800 million people still lack official ID, limiting access to digital public services, finance, and healthcare.

The World Bank Group at UNCCC COP31 (+...)

The World Bank Group at UNCCC COP31 The World Bank Group is attending the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November 2026. At COP31, we will showcase how climate-smart development can create jobs, strengthen resilience, improve energy, water and food security, and support long-term growth, demonstrating that development and climate action go hand in hand. https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/climate-change