Western Europe

The World Bank in Western Europe

The World Bank Group (WBG) has established ambitious goals to galvanize international and national efforts to end extreme poverty within a generation and to promote shared prosperity. To achieve these goals and deepen public understanding, offices in Europe maintain dialogue in donor countries wi...

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World Bank’s CEO Kristalina Georgieva

Briefing at UNOG

World Bank’s CEO Kristalina Georgieva held a briefing at the United Nations Office (UNOG).

President Jim Yong Kim

Kim engages with MPs in Norway

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim met with members of the Norwegian Parliament in Oslo.

The Future of Development Finance

2030 Agenda

On Tuesday March 14, the second event of the series on The Future of Development Finance was held in Geneva.

Western Europe At-A-Glance

Europe and the World Bank Conceived toward the end of World War II at the Bretton Woods conference, the World Bank played an important role in the reconstruction of war-torn Europe. Its first loan, of $250 million, was made to France in 1947. This was followed by other reconstruction loans to the Netherlands, Denmark, and Luxembourg the same year. Today, the World Bank Group has e...

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Extreme Poverty

Data

Forcibly Displaced

This report, produced in close partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), attempts to sort fact from fiction to better understand the scope of the challenge and encourage new thinking from a socioeconomic perspective.

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Reports

Outlook Oct 04, 2016

EU Regular Economic Report

World Bank Oct 01, 2016

Fiscal Year 2016 Highlights

IDA Aug 04, 2017

Achievements around the World

Report Mar 07, 2017

Reaping Digital Dividends

The World Bank In Gender

Women's Entrepreneurship

Women: The Future of Africa

Award-winning photojournalist Stephan Gladieu traveled through Africa in 2015 documenting the lives of women. His images were unveiled on Feb. 23, 2016, at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, during the Le Monde Afrique conference on Women: The Future of Africa.