The Lao Statistics Bureau and the World Bank today launched an initiative to upgrade the national statistical system and increase the use of key data in state planning and by independent researchers.

The core mission of the World Bank is a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Measuring poverty on a regular basis using timely and relevant data is critical to tracking progress toward this goal ...

The World Bank, alongside the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and partners like the International Trade Center, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the World ...

The global number of refugees has grown during most of the last decade, before declining slightly to 36.6 million at mid-2025, including people in refugee-like situations and other people in need of ...

Digitalization is a transformative force that can drive productivity-led growth and enhance the efficiency of critical services such as healthcare, education, financial inclusion, agriculture, social ...

The World Bank supported 64 countries in building cyber resilience between 2014 and 2024. Between 2015 and 2018, the World Bank helped establish Bhutan’s national Computer Security Incident Response ...