In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set

In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. First is the eradication of chronic extreme poverty bringing the nu

After an extensive consultative process with governments and global partners, including civil society organizations and bilateral and multilateral organizations

Latin American countries are in the midst of a demographic transition and, as a consequence, a population-aging process. Over the next few decades, the number o

Long-term needs and sustained effort are underlying themes in this year's report. As with most of its predecessors, it is divided into two parts. The first look