World Bank | The Development Podcast

Meet the International Development Association (IDA) , the arm of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries —75 to be exact. It’s the largest single source of donor funds for basic services in these countries and aims to eliminate extreme poverty. IDA’s most recent replenishment, IDA20 , resulted in a historic $93 billion financing package for IDA countries for fiscal years 2022-2025...

How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune. On this episode of The Development Podcast , we hone in on voices across Africa about the experience of climate change and how it intersects with poverty, and we hear from Richard Damania , World Bank’s Chief Economis...

Migration is a development challenge . About 184 million people—2.3 percent of the world’s population—live outside of their country of nationality, and almost half of them are in low- and middle-income countries. In this episode of The Development Podcast , we explore the conversation around migration, from global economic imbalances, demographic changes, and conflict, to the opportunities it can...

The 2023 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings took place from April 10-16, amidst a backdrop of challenges: from stress in the banking sector, persistent inflation, rising debt, climate change and of course Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Addressing this instability, and looking to a future free from poverty, was at the heart of the discussions which involved dozens of contributors from acro...

What impact does unpaid care work have on women's economic prospects and growth? How can we support these everyday superheroes? In this episode of The Development Podcast , we explore the economics around this issue, whether women are tending to children or the elderly. What goes into this often invisible workload, and how do the burdens these women carry affect their every day lives? We draw from...