Sustainability
Post-COVID-19 Recovery and Economic Transformation Will Be Increasingly Service-Sector-Led
The pandemic has greatly impacted the labor market, where the share of employment in services declined by 7 percentage points…
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Sustainability
New US$150 Million Program to Strengthen Kenya’s Resilience to Climate Change
The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$150 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit to support community identified…
Sustainability
Abidjan’s Declaration
Abidjan's Declaration: Following the Meeting of Heads of State and Government of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic…
Sustainability
Kenya’s Economy is Staging a Partial Recovery but Uncertainty Remains High and Prospects Hinge on the COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow by 4.5 percent in 2021, signaling a partial recovery from the…
Sustainability
Kenya Lands $130 Million for COVID-19 Vaccines
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $130 million additional financing for the Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response…
Sustainability
Kenya Gets $750 million Boost for COVID-19 Recovery Efforts
To reinforce Kenya’s resilient, inclusive and green economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, the World Bank approved $750 million in…
Sustainability
Young Kenyan Woman is Transforming Waste into Sustainable and Affordable Building Materials — Battling Kenya’s Plastic Waste
In Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, an estimated 2,400 tons of solid waste is generated every day, 20% of which…