{"rows":10,"os":0,"page":1,"total":63390,"documents":{"MDQ2ZDlhNmY4ZmNjMDllZGQwYTdjZWM4NjA4NWY1M2Q4ZjJmNTMzMg2":{"id":"MDQ2ZDlhNmY4ZmNjMDllZGQwYTdjZWM4NjA4NWY1M2Q4ZjJmNTMzMg2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar/publication/south-asia-economic-update","count":"Bhutan,Bangladesh,India,Maldives,Nepal,Sri Lanka","descr":{"cdata!":"South Asia’s growth is expected to slow in 2026 amid headwinds from global energy market dislocation. Trade reforms could unlock further growth by reducing trade barriers, especially for emerging export sectors."},"keywd":"regions:South Asia,country:Bhutan,country:Bangladesh,country:India,country:Maldives,country:Nepal,country:Sri Lanka,subject:macroeconomic and structural policies,subject:jobs and development,subject:economic growth,subject:economic growth analytics,subject:trade,subject:public sector management,subject:migration policies and jobs,subject:climate change adaptation","lang":"English","admreg":"South Asia","title":{"cdata!":"South Asia Economic Update April 2026"},"topic":"Macroeconomic And Structural Policies,Jobs And Development,Economic Growth,Economic Growth Analytics,Trade,Public Sector Management,Migration Policies And Jobs,Climate Change Adaptation","cqpath":"/content/region/sar/en/publication/south-asia-economic-update","lnchdt":"2027-04-08T23:00:00Z","regionname":"South Asia","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Bhutan,Bangladesh,India,Maldives,Nepal,Sri Lanka","countcode":"BT,BD,IN,MV,NP,LK","conttype":"Publication","content":{"cdata!":" The World Bank’s latest economic outlook explores growth prospects for South Asia and provides analysis on how the region can benefit from the green energy transition."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" The World Bank’s latest economic outlook explores growth prospects for South Asia and provides analysis on how the region can benefit from the green energy transition."},"displayconttype":"Publication","originating_unit":"South Asia, SAR"},"ZGJmZWY5MTYwNjhlMWYwNDhjODg3MWE3YmQ3NzQ3ZmQwZTc4YjBlNw2":{"id":"ZGJmZWY5MTYwNjhlMWYwNDhjODg3MWE3YmQ3NzQ3ZmQwZTc4YjBlNw2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/06/18/world-bank-approves-additional-financing-to-strengthen-health-workforce-education-in-cambodia","count":"Cambodia","descr":{"cdata!":"World Bank Approves Additional Financing to Strengthen Health Workforce Education in Cambodia"},"keywd":"organization:World Bank,country:Cambodia,regions:East Asia and Pacific","lang":"English","admreg":"East Asia and Pacific","title":{"cdata!":"World Bank Approves Additional Financing to Strengthen Health Workforce Education in Cambodia"},"unit":"World Bank","cqpath":"/content/wb-home/en/news/feature/2026/06/18/world-bank-approves-additional-financing-to-strengthen-health-workforce-education-in-cambodia","lnchdt":"2026-06-18T14:06:29Z","regionname":"East Asia and Pacific","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Cambodia","countcode":"KH","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":"$13 million in new financing to expand competency-based education for health professionals The World Bank announced $13 million in additional financing on June 15, 2026, to enhance the quality of health services in Cambodia through improved training for health professionals. The funds will back Cambodia's Strengthening Pre-Service Education System for Health Professionals Project), bringing the total project investment to $34.5 million. The additional financing will accelerate the country's transition to competency-based education for health professionals and help close the gap between medical knowledge and clinical practice — a critical step toward building a stronger, more competent health workforce. While health service delivery has been expanding in the country, access to and quality of care still face significant challenges. This project addresses these challenges by reforming how health professionals are trained — moving away from rote, content-based instruction toward a model that emphasizes practical skills and real-world clinical competency. Since 2020, the project has demonstrated strong results bringing in 11 national competency-based curricula, training 85% of health faculty members, equipping skills laboratories and computer-based examination facilities, and standardizing 50 clinical practice sites. The rollout of competency-based education across health training institutions nationwide has helped strengthen the quality of education for health professionals. The additional financing will expand physical infrastructure at key health training institutions — including new construction and renovation at the Battambang Regional Training Center and the University of Health Sciences, equipping facilities with modern simulation equipment and accelerating the adoption of digital education systems. It will also support the strengthening of the national health training curriculum, standards, and competency-based exit examinations to ensure that graduating health professionals meet rigorous standards. The project's lifespan has been extended to mid-2029. “Cambodia has made important progress in strengthening the training of its health professionals, and this additional financing will help continue that effort,” said Tania Meyer, World Bank Country Manager for Cambodia. “A well-educated, competency-based health workforce is key to improving service delivery and strengthening the health system so it can better serve every Cambodian, in every corner of the country.” The financing is provided through an $11.5 million International Development Association credit and a $1.5 million trust fund grant (from Germany’s KfW development bank, complementing the Government of Cambodia's contributions. The Ministry of Health serves as the implementing agency."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":"$13 million in new financing to expand competency-based education for health professionals The World Bank announced $13 million in additional financing on June 15, 2026, to enhance the quality of health services in Cambodia through improved training for health professionals. The funds will back Cambodia's Strengthening Pre-Service Education System for Health Professionals Project), bringing the total project investment to $34.5 million. The additional financing will accelerate the country's transition to competency-based education for health professionals and help close the gap between medical knowledge and clinical practice — a critical step toward building a stronger, more competent health workforce. While health service delivery has been expanding in the country, access to and quality of care still face significant challenges. This project addresses these challenges by reforming how health professionals are trained — moving away from rote, content-based instruction toward a model th"},"displayconttype":"Feature Story","originating_unit":"East Asia and Pacific, EAP"},"NTBhMTBlODQ5NmUyM2U1ODcwYTdmMDg0NmI4NTNjODI5NjE4ZjI1Mw2":{"id":"NTBhMTBlODQ5NmUyM2U1ODcwYTdmMDg0NmI4NTNjODI5NjE4ZjI1Mw2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/km/news/feature/2026/06/18/world-bank-approves-additional-financing-to-strengthen-health-workforce-education-in-cambodia","count":"Cambodia","descr":{"cdata!":"World Bank Approves Additional Financing to Strengthen Health Workforce Education in Cambodia"},"keywd":"organization:World Bank,country:Cambodia,regions:East Asia and Pacific","lang":"Khmer","admreg":"East Asia and Pacific","title":{"cdata!":"ធនាគារពិភពលោក អនុម័តហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែម សម្រាប់​ពង្រឹងការអប់រំកម្លាំងពលកម្មសុខាភិបាល​ នៅកម្ពុជា"},"unit":"World Bank","cqpath":"/content/wb-home/km/news/feature/2026/06/18/world-bank-approves-additional-financing-to-strengthen-health-workforce-education-in-cambodia","lnchdt":"2026-06-18T14:06:29Z","regionname":"East Asia and Pacific","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Cambodia","countcode":"KH","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":"១៣ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក ជាហិរញ្ញប្បទានថ្មីដើម្បី​ពង្រីកការអប់រំផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពសម្រាប់អ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាល​   ធនាគារពិភពលោក បានប្រកាសផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមចំនួន ១៣ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក​ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៥ ខែមីថុនា​ ឆ្នាំ២០២៦ សម្រាប់​លើកកំពស់ស្តង់ដានៃសេវាសុខភាព​នៅកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈការ​ធ្វើឱ្យប្រសើរឡើងនូវការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលអ្នកជំនាញផ្នែកសុខាភិបាល។  មូលនិធិនេះនឹងគាំទ្រដល់គម្រោងរបស់​កម្ពុជា​ស្តីពី ការពង្រឹងប្រព័ន្ធអប់រំអ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាល​​មុនចូលបម្រើការងារ ដែលបង្កើនទឹកប្រាក់វិនិយោគសរុបដល់ទៅ ៣៤,៥ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក។ ការផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមនឹងពន្លឿនអន្តរកាល​របស់ប្រទេសទៅធ្វើ​ការអប់រំដោយផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពសម្រាប់គ្រូពេទ្យ និងជួយបង្រួញគម្លាតរវាងចំណេះដឹងផ្នែកវេជ្ជសាស្រ្ត និងការអនុវត្តផ្នែកព្យាបាល ដែលជាជំហានសំខាន់ឆ្ពោះទៅកសាងកម្លាំងពលកម្មសុខាភិបាល​កាន់តែរឹងមាំ និងកាន់តែ​មានសមត្ថភាពជាងមុន។   ការផ្តល់សេវាសុខាភិបាល​នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា​ត្រូវ​បាន​ពង្រីកក៏ពិតមែន ប៉ុន្តការទទួលបាន និងគុណភាពនៃការថែទាំនៅតែជួបបញ្ហាប្រឈមសំខាន់ៗ។ គម្រោងនេះព្យាយាមដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាប្រឈមទាំងនេះ តាមរយៈការកែទម្រង់ពីរបៀបដែលគ្រូពេទ្យ​ទទួល​បានការ​បណ្តុះបណ្តាល — គឺការងាកចេញ​ពីការបង្រៀនដែលផ្អែកលើការទន្ទេញ​មេរៀនស្ទាត់មាត់ ទៅរៀនតាមគំរូដែលសង្កត់ធ្ងន់លើជំនាញអនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង និងសមត្ថភាពព្យាបាលក្នុងពិភពពិត វិញ​។ ចាប់តាំងពីឆ្នាំ២០២០ មក គម្រោងនេះសម្រេច​បានលទ្ធផលគួរឱ្យ​កត់​សម្គាល់​ ដោយបង្កើតបានកម្មវិធីសិក្សាផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពថ្នាក់ជាតិចំនួន ១១កម្មវិធី,  វគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលបាន​ ៨៥% នៃសមាជិកមហាវិទ្យាល័យសុខាភិបាល, បំពាក់បន្ទប់ពិសោធន៍ជំនាញ និងកន្លែងពិនិត្យតាមកុំព្យូទ័រ និងកន្លែងអនុវត្តគ្លីនិកដែលមានស្តង់ដាចំនួន ៥០កន្លែង ។ ការដាក់អនុវត្តការអប់រំផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពទូទាំងស្ថាប័នបណ្តុះបណ្តាលវិជ្ជាជីវៈសុខាភិបាលទូទាំងប្រទេស បានជួយពង្រឹងគុណភាពនៃការអប់រំសម្រាប់បុគ្គលិកវិជ្ជាជីវៈសុខាភិបាល។  ការផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមនឹងពង្រីកហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធរូបវន្តនៅគ្រឹះស្ថានបណ្តុះបណ្តាលសុខាភិបាលសំខាន់ៗមួយចំនួន រួមទាំងការសាងសង់ និងការជួសជុលថ្មីនៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលបណ្តុះបណ្តាលតំបន់ខេត្ត​បាត់ដំបង និងនៅ​សាកលវិទ្យាល័យវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រសុខាភិបាល, បំពាក់គ្រឿងបរិក្ខារជាមួយឧបករណ៍ធ្វើត្រាប់តាមទំនើប, និងការពន្លឿនការចាប់យក​ប្រព័ន្ធអប់រំឌីជីថល។ ហិរញ្ញប្បទាននេះ​ក៏នឹងជួយ​ផង​ដែរដល់ការពង្រឹងកម្មវិធីបណ្តុះបណ្តាលសុខាភិបាល​ថ្នាក់ជាតិ, ស្តង់ដា និងការប្រឡងចេញផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាព ដើម្បីធានាថា អ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាលដែលបានបញ្ចប់ការសិក្សា បំពេញតាមស្តង់ដាបាន​យ៉ាងម៉ត់ចត់។ អាយុកាលរបស់គម្រោងត្រូវបានពង្រីកដល់ពាក់កណ្តាលឆ្នាំ២០២៩។  លោកស្រី Tania Meyer នាយកគ្រប់គ្រងធនាគារពិភពលោកប្រចាំប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា៖ “កម្ពុជា​បានធ្វើឲ្យមានការរីកចម្រើនសំខាន់ៗ​ក្នុងការពង្រឹងការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលអ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាល​របស់ខ្លួន ហើយ​ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមនេះ​នឹងជួយបន្តកិច្ចខិតខំនោះ”។ លោកស្រីមានប្រសាសន៍បន្ថែមថា៖ “បុគ្គលិកសុខាភិបាលដែលមានការអប់រំល្អ និងផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាព គឺជាចំណុចសំខាន់សម្រាប់ការកែលម្អការផ្តល់សេវា និងការពង្រឹងប្រព័ន្ធសុខាភិបាល ដើម្បីអាចបម្រើប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាគ្រប់រូប នៅគ្រប់ទីកន្លែងទូទាំងប្រទេសបានកាន់តែប្រសើរ”។  ហិរញ្ញប្បទាននេះត្រូវបានផ្តល់តាមរយៈឥណទាននៃសមាគមអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អន្តរជាតិចំនួន ១១,៥ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក និងជំនួយមូលនិធិត្រាស់​ចំនួន ១,៥ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក​ (ពីធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ KfW របស់ប្រទេសអាល្លឺម៉ង់ ដែលបំពេញបន្ថែមលើ​ថវិការួមចំណែករបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា។ ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាលមានតួនាទីជាទីភ្នាក់ងារអនុវត្តគម្រោងនេះ។ "},"content_1000":{"cdata!":"១៣ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក ជាហិរញ្ញប្បទានថ្មីដើម្បី​ពង្រីកការអប់រំផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពសម្រាប់អ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាល​   ធនាគារពិភពលោក បានប្រកាសផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមចំនួន ១៣ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក​ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៥ ខែមីថុនា​ ឆ្នាំ២០២៦ សម្រាប់​លើកកំពស់ស្តង់ដានៃសេវាសុខភាព​នៅកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈការ​ធ្វើឱ្យប្រសើរឡើងនូវការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលអ្នកជំនាញផ្នែកសុខាភិបាល។  មូលនិធិនេះនឹងគាំទ្រដល់គម្រោងរបស់​កម្ពុជា​ស្តីពី ការពង្រឹងប្រព័ន្ធអប់រំអ្នកជំនាញសុខាភិបាល​​មុនចូលបម្រើការងារ ដែលបង្កើនទឹកប្រាក់វិនិយោគសរុបដល់ទៅ ៣៤,៥ លានដុល្លារអាម៉េរិក។ ការផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានបន្ថែមនឹងពន្លឿនអន្តរកាល​របស់ប្រទេសទៅធ្វើ​ការអប់រំដោយផ្អែកលើសមត្ថភាពសម្រាប់គ្រូពេទ្យ និងជួយបង្រួញគម្លាតរវាងចំណេះដឹងផ្នែកវេជ្ជសាស្រ្ត និងការអនុវត្តផ្នែកព្យាបាល ដែលជាជំហានសំខាន់ឆ្ពោះទៅកសាងកម្លាំងពលកម្មសុខាភិបាល​កាន់តែរឹងមាំ និងកាន់តែ​មានសមត្ថភាពជាងមុន។   ការផ្តល់សេវាសុខាភិបាល​នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា​ត្រូវ​បាន​ពង្រីកក៏ពិតមែន ប៉ុន្តការទទួលបាន និងគុណភាពនៃការថែទាំនៅតែជួបបញ្ហាប្រឈមសំខាន់ៗ។ គម្រោងនេះព្យាយាមដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាប្រឈមទាំងនេះ តាមរយៈការកែទម្រង់ពីរបៀបដែលគ្រូពេទ"},"displayconttype":"Feature Story","originating_unit":"East Asia and Pacific, EAP"},"MDRlZTVjNmJiMmZhYzhmNmE3NjdkOTEwZDIwZmI3Nzg2OGMwMmVkYg2":{"id":"MDRlZTVjNmJiMmZhYzhmNmE3NjdkOTEwZDIwZmI3Nzg2OGMwMmVkYg2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/ja/news/feature/2026/04/27/2026-wbg-recruit-mission","count":"Japan","descr":{"cdata!":"世界銀行グループは、2026年5月に日本人を対象としたリクルートミッションを実施します。途上国への開発援助にご自身の専門性を活かせる職場に関心のある方は奮ってご応募ください。"},"keywd":"country:Japan","lang":"Japanese","title":{"cdata!":"世界銀行グループ日本人職員採用「2026年リクルートミッション」"},"cqpath":"/content/wb-home/ja/news/feature/2026/04/27/2026-wbg-recruit-mission","lnchdt":"2026-06-18T14:00:00Z","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Japan","countcode":"JP","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":" ※1次選考受付締切はポジションにより6月6日～24日（日本時間）と幅があります。ご注意ください。 世界銀行グループでは途上国の開発に貢献したい日本人の採用を積極的に進めており、その一環として、日本人を対象とした特別採用活動「リクルートミッション」を不定期で実施しています。2026年度の募集ポジションは以下のとおりです。是非ご応募ください。  ※本採用プログラムは日本国籍を有し、就業時に日本国籍にて登録できる方が対象です。※セミナー情報などを随時更新します。詳細は更新履歴をご覧ください。 ｜募集職種 ｜ 応募方法 ｜ 応募時の注意事項 ｜ 関連キャリアセミナー ｜関連リンク ｜"},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" ※1次選考受付締切はポジションにより6月6日～24日（日本時間）と幅があります。ご注意ください。 世界銀行グループでは途上国の開発に貢献したい日本人の採用を積極的に進めており、その一環として、日本人を対象とした特別採用活動「リクルートミッション」を不定期で実施しています。2026年度の募集ポジションは以下のとおりです。是非ご応募ください。  ※本採用プログラムは日本国籍を有し、就業時に日本国籍にて登録できる方が対象です。※セミナー情報などを随時更新します。詳細は更新履歴をご覧ください。 ｜募集職種 ｜ 応募方法 ｜ 応募時の注意事項 ｜ 関連キャリアセミナー ｜関連リンク ｜"},"displayconttype":"Feature Story","originating_unit":"External and Corporate Relations, ECR"},"ZjI1NzFkYTQwYjNlNzM1MDIxMDFlMjM4MGMxNDM5OTFhM2I2YjBhNQ2":{"id":"ZjI1NzFkYTQwYjNlNzM1MDIxMDFlMjM4MGMxNDM5OTFhM2I2YjBhNQ2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/international-organisations-leading-the-way-in-artificial-intelligence-the-next-frontier-for-capital-markets","descr":{"cdata!":"Taken together, the ESM and the World Bank Ggroup Treasury demonstrate how mission-driven institutions can turn AI from an abstract concept into durable market impact: modernising issuance, deepening market intelligence, strengthening controls, and building digital infrastructure that supports transparency and trust. In this blog, authors cover their collective experience showing that thoughtful, governed innovation can help reshape financial ecosystems better suited to an increasingly digitised and automated future."},"lang":"English","title":{"cdata!":"International organisations leading the way in artificial intelligence  – the next frontier for capital markets"},"cqpath":"/content/wb-home/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/international-organisations-leading-the-way-in-artificial-intelligence-the-next-frontier-for-capital-markets","lnchdt":"2026-06-17T14:37:49Z","wcmsource":"cq5","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":" Authors: Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank Group, Kalin Anev Janse – CFO, European Stability Mechanism,  Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) have shifted from pilots to production across finance. Electronic and increasingly automated trading, cloud-native infrastructure, and machine learning are rewiring how liquidity forms, risks are priced, and operations scale. For public institutions and international financial institutions, this shift is not merely about adopting new tools – it is about preserving market integrity and trust as automation expands and humans increasingly supervise, rather than perform, many workflows. Regulatory momentum, including on risk-based frameworks and model governance standards, is catalysing improved data foundations, auditable AI lifecycles, and stronger controls: the preconditions for safe, impactful innovation. Impact of AI on financial markets already significant European Stability Mechanism views Given its involvement with market players, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) has observed the impact of AI on capital markets along several dimensions, including market functioning, data-driven decision-making, and operational efficiency. Electronic trading, increasingly coupled with AI, has improved market functioning by supporting such processes as order routing, high-frequency operations, and short-term price prediction. In the market for sovereign and supranational bonds, electronic transactions have risen markedly in recent years. For instance, the electronic trading share in ESM and European Financial Stability Facility bonds has increased to 60% from around 40% in terms of traded volumes and to 80% from around 55% in terms of number of executed trades.[1] Recent studies show that AI also helps inform decision making and improve efficiency. In portfolio management, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) highlighted the benefit of using AI to enhance market intelligence by analysing unstructured data, including earnings calls, news, and social media to help detect sentiment shifts, idiosyncratic risks, and event-driven opportunities earlier than with traditional methods.[2] AI also presents significant opportunities to improve operational efficiency by automating tasks related to trade execution, post-trade processes, and compliance. The European Central Bank has estimated that AI may reduce execution costs by 20%–30%. AI can also enhance anti-money laundering and know your customer screening, lowering costs while enabling scalability. At the same time, the growing use of AI introduces a number of risks for capital markets. These include the potential amplification of market volatility through procyclical or correlated trading strategies, or reduced transparency and explainability of investment decisions. Cybersecurity and operational vulnerabilities may also increase as reliance on complex digital infrastructures deepens. World Bank Group views The World Bank Group (WBG) Treasury realises efficiencies through the deployment of AI in four areas, three as a frequent issuer in capital markets and one as an investor. First, AI has helped streamline the collection, standardisation, and reporting of data used for the World Bank’s Impact Reports. Second, AI is being used to identify and target investors whose investment guidelines allow for the purchase of certain types of issuances. Third, an AI tool (SHASTRA) helps the World Bank digitise data from dealer term sheets to create a digital copy to use for automating trade booking. Finally, AI is used to extract data from issuer bond documents to validate data procured from third-party data providers. Errors detected through this tool (ASTRA) are already enhancing investment returns by reducing potential overdraft costs. All four tools were developed in-house within six to nine months, and all leveraging tools already available to the teams. This demonstrates both the power of AI and the flexibility it offers. As an international organisation with strong governance and procurement policies, it would have typically taken the World Bank several months just to review and procure these types of tools from outside vendors. These innovations have not only reduced costs but also empowered World Bank’s teams to focus on higher-value activities. The road ahead The coming two years will bring faster markets, smarter operations, and tighter oversight, alongside new risks. AI is expected to significantly accelerate trading of securities, market speed, and potentially volatility as algorithmic and generative AI-driven strategies become more prevalent. At the same time, AI will reshape investment and portfolio management, with asset managers using it to analyse unstructured data, enhance forecasting accuracy, and automate research workflows. Capital market operations, from bond issuance to post-trade processes, will increasingly rely on AI-enabled automation and growing adoption of distributed ledger technologies (DLT),[3] supporting more efficient issuance and settlement processes. All these changes are unfolding under a rapidly tightening regulatory framework, with the European Union’s AI Act and related initiatives pushing firms to strengthen oversight, data governance, and explainability of their AI systems. Innovation in practice Solutions from the ESM A representative milestone in the ESM’s shift towards AI is marked by its recent joint research initiative with the University of Luxembourg on the application of advanced AI techniques to address critical challenges. The initiative consists of three projects that aim to harness AI to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and quality of the ESM’s bond issuance process. The improved bond issuance project seeks to automate key steps in the bond issuance process to make execution smoother and more efficient. The market intelligence project will help retrieve and summarise information from regular reporting and accumulated data, namely market research and trading knowledge, to provide faster and more insightful market commentary. The causal methods project will investigate methods that could potentially identify drivers of market movements. AI is also modernising the ESM’s internal financial practices. Through the deployment of AI models on the internal cloud infrastructure across the institution, the ESM is streamlining workflows, reducing manual effort, and enabling staff to focus on higher value analytical and strategic tasks. AI enhances deliverable quality through data-driven insights and helps democratise access to complex economic and market data – for example through experimentation with a data layer chatbot designed to simplify internal data retrieval and analysis. The ESM also built an AI tool, “Frankie”, named after the dog of the most senior staff member, that acts as an extra team member assessing the requests of banks’ proposals and recommendations on the next bond transactions. It allowed the ESM to process large quantities of data and give recommendations. But, it also failed at times to replicate human intelligence, like understanding non-traditional market operations. Within the ESM’s Chief Financial Officer department, AI such as GitHub Copilot is used to support coding and development in various programming languages such as Python. This has had huge success and generated time savings. Finally, the ESM has been a strong proponent of the wholesale digital euro and working together with the Eurosystem on future financial transactions under the new digital euro infrastructures. Solutions from the WBG Treasury The WBG Treasury is using AI across treasury functions to improve compliance monitoring and institutional knowledge management. AI-based tools transform dense client investment agreements into structured, searchable information, making it faster and more consistent to verify obligations, limits, and mandates. Agentic AI is also being explored through internal copilots and conversational tools that make policies, market insights, and operational guidance more accessible. A defining feature of the WBG Treasury's approach is its commitment to keeping humans firmly in the loop. Early experience confirms that while AI excels at processing large volumes of information and identifying patterns, context and judgment remain essential, particularly in high-stakes financial environments. AI outputs are treated as inputs for decisions, not decisions themselves: reviewed, questioned, and refined by experienced professionals, with accountability remaining clearly with people. This philosophy is brought to life through Project Promissa, [4] a distributed ledger technology for managing formal promissory written commitments by governments to provide funding to multilateral development banks. Such promissory notes have long been managed through paper-based processes. By deploying such an DLT tool, the WBG Treasury is reimagining how these commitments are issued, recorded, and tracked in a dematerialised and tokenised manner, while preserving the legal safeguards, governance standards, and fiduciary discipline that underpin global development finance. Two institutions on the cusp Taken together, the ESM and the WBG Treasury demonstrate how mission-driven institutions can turn AI from an abstract concept into durable market impact: modernising issuance, deepening market intelligence, strengthening controls, and building digital infrastructure that supports transparency and trust. Their collective experience shows that thoughtful, governed innovation can help reshape financial ecosystems better suited to an increasingly digitised and automated future.     Jorge Familiar thanks Akinchan Jain and Patrick Cheng; Kalin Anev Janse thanks the ESM Funding Team, Olivier Pujal and Raquel Calero for their help in preparing the blog.   [1] ESM, “Electronic trading – a boost to ESM bond market resilience, 25 November 2024, internal ESM data based on secondary trading observed by primary dealers [2] ESMA, “Artificial intelligence in EU investment funds: adoption, strategies and portfolio exposures”, 25 February 2025 [3] https://treasury.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/treasury/impact/digitalization [4] https://treasury.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/treasury/impact/project-promissa"},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" Authors: Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank Group, Kalin Anev Janse – CFO, European Stability Mechanism,  Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) have shifted from pilots to production across finance. Electronic and increasingly automated trading, cloud-native infrastructure, and machine learning are rewiring how liquidity forms, risks are priced, and operations scale. For public institutions and international financial institutions, this shift is not merely about adopting new tools – it is about preserving market integrity and trust as automation expands and humans increasingly supervise, rather than perform, many workflows. Regulatory momentum, including on risk-based frameworks and model governance standards, is catalysing improved data foundations, auditable AI lifecycles, and stronger controls: the preconditions for safe, impactful innovation. Impact of AI on financial markets already significant European Stability Mechanism views"},"displayconttype":"Feature Story","originating_unit":"Treasury, TRE"},"MWJmZjg1NjY3N2QyNzliZDQzMDdkYTdmYWE4MmNlYmZjODhkYTQ5Nw2":{"id":"MWJmZjg1NjY3N2QyNzliZDQzMDdkYTdmYWE4MmNlYmZjODhkYTQ5Nw2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/memories-of-my-youth-if-i-could-go-back-in-time-to-fix-the-struggle-for-water","descr":{"cdata!":"An inspiring personal story rooted in rural Nigeria highlights the daily struggle for water and the transformative potential of solar-powered technology to deliver clean water and energy to underserved communities. Drawing on innovation, education, and partnerships with institutions like Tuskegee University, the story explores how lived experience can drive sustainable solutions and expand access to water, electricity, and opportunity."},"lang":"English","title":{"cdata!":"Memories of My Youth - If I could go back in time to Fix the Struggle for Water"},"cqpath":"/content/wb-home/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/memories-of-my-youth-if-i-could-go-back-in-time-to-fix-the-struggle-for-water","lnchdt":"2026-06-17T14:14:15Z","wcmsource":"cq5","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":" By Dr. Ben Oni, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Deptment Tuskegee University, Tuskegee The setting is Odighi – a village in Southwest Nigeria. It seems like yesterday—walking barefoot along winding narrow footpaths lined with shrubs, damp with early morning dew brushing cold and uncomfortably against my uncovered legs, heading, of course, to fetch water from a faraway stream. At the bottom of a steep valley lay the stream. It was our lifeline. There were no plastic containers in those days, no convenient vessels to carry water. Instead, we relied on calabashes – natural and fragile. I would kneel beside the stream, carefully dipping the calabash into the water and watching as it filled slowly. Sometimes, a thin line of water would escape through a tiny hole. The calabash would leak. I learned to adapt. Nearby thorn trees became unexpected tools of survival. I would pluck a thorn and wedge it into the crack to seal the leak - resourcefulness born out of necessity. Then came the hardest part - the climb uphill. The return journey along the narrow winding path was always challenging. The heavily trodden clay path had hardened with time and became slippery beneath my bare feet in the early morning dew. Tree roots lay exposed across the pathway like traps waiting for a careless step. Each movement required concentration. One misstep, one loss of balance, and everything - the water, the calabash, the effort—would be lost. The weight of the calabash pressed heavily against my neck while my body leaned forward to counterbalance the load. By the time I reached home, my neck felt compressed under the weight and my legs unsteady from exhaustion. Yet, those difficult journeys shaped me. Now, transformed by technology and experience, those memories stir in me an eagerness to deliver water to the doorsteps of those who still walk the same difficult paths I once did. Leaning on the World Bank’s Mission 300 which aims to connect 300 million people to energy access by 2030, and the “Building A Water Secure Future” with a goal to improve water security for one billion people, it is difficult to contain my excitement that two of humanity’s most pressing challenges - safe water and electricity - can be solved within a lifetime. The vision is clear: energy from the sun driving electric pumps that lift water from deep beneath the earth, rivers, wells, or stored runoff water. Solar-powered ultraviolet systems purifying water into safe drinking water at the push of a switch. What once required exhausting journeys through valleys and forests can now flow directly into homes and communities. My research in electrical power systems analysis, renewable energy, and practical applications fuels this excitement. Equally inspiring is the potential of the team at Tuskegee University, where chemistry and biology faculty engaged in water treatment research would strengthen the scientific foundation and implementation of this vision. The history of Tuskegee University - a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) - is itself a story of overcoming hardship through knowledge, skill, and perseverance. Our past reveres Booker T. Washington, Founder of Tuskegee University, who combined education with practical skills. He taught students to make bricks to build the campus with their own hands. We remember George Washington Carver, who transformed peanut farming in America through innovation and teaching. Through his Jesup Wagon - a mobile classroom - he carried practical education directly to rural communities. That tradition continues today. As Dr. Mark Brown, President, Tuskegee University, leads through what he calls the “Renaissance Era” he reaffirms the University’s enduring educational philosophy: “We train the Hand, Heart, and Mind.” That philosophy now guides the return home of the “youthful me.” If I could go back in time, I would stand before my younger self and the community with excitement and purpose. I would explain the hidden power of the sun - not only to light the night apart from the moon, but also to power homes, charge cell phones, and pump clean water into villages. I would teach the fundamentals and safety of solar energy systems. More importantly, I would help develop community knowledge and technical skills around solar technology to create local expertise, entrepreneurs, and innovators capable of sustaining the impact of Mission 300. Sustainable progress cannot depend solely on infrastructure; it must also rest on knowledge, training, and local ownership. Yes, if I could go back in time, I would not erase those experiences. I would walk those paths again and feel that struggle again - not as hardship alone, but as motivation. Motivation to guide my hands, mind, and heart toward bringing water closer to homes and hope closer to communities. The journey for water may no longer be the same, but its story will live on in me forever - as a reminder that true progress begins when painful memories inspire purposeful action."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" By Dr. Ben Oni, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Deptment Tuskegee University, Tuskegee The setting is Odighi – a village in Southwest Nigeria. It seems like yesterday—walking barefoot along winding narrow footpaths lined with shrubs, damp with early morning dew brushing cold and uncomfortably against my uncovered legs, heading, of course, to fetch water from a faraway stream. At the bottom of a steep valley lay the stream. It was our lifeline. There were no plastic containers in those days, no convenient vessels to carry water. Instead, we relied on calabashes – natural and fragile. I would kneel beside the stream, carefully dipping the calabash into the water and watching as it filled slowly. Sometimes, a thin line of water would escape through a tiny hole. The calabash would leak. I learned to adapt. Nearby thorn trees became unexpected tools of survival. I would pluck a thorn and wedge it into the crack to seal the leak - resourcefulness born out of ne"},"displayconttype":"Feature Story","originating_unit":"External and Corporate Relations, ECR"},"MmE0ZmE4MmEwNDE3YTEyMzg0MjhjNzg5Y2JmM2U0ZTQ3MDIyNGM3ZA2":{"id":"MmE0ZmE4MmEwNDE3YTEyMzg0MjhjNzg5Y2JmM2U0ZTQ3MDIyNGM3ZA2","url":"http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/from-fire-to-resilience-rethinking-how-algeria-manages-its-forests","count":"Algeria","descr":{"cdata!":"In the summer of 2021, the hills of northeastern Algeria disappeared behind walls of smoke. Wildfires swept through Béjaïa, El Tarf, and Tizi Ouzou with a speed and ferocity that overwhelmed communities and firefighters alike. More than 100 people lost their lives. Forests that had sustained families for generations - supporting livelihoods, sheltering livestock, and anchoring watersheds - were gone in days. The damage to agriculture and housing alone exceeded US$124 million"},"keywd":"country:Algeria,archives:countries/algeria,worldbank-ibrd:newsletters/countries/algeria,worldbank-ibrd:newsletters/topics/forests,subject:disaster-risk-management,worldbank-ibrd:newsletters/topics/disaster-risk-management,subject:climate change,subject:climate change adaptation","lang":"English","title":{"cdata!":"From Fire to Resilience: Rethinking How Algeria Manages Its Forests"},"topic":"Disaster-risk-management,Climate Change,Climate Change Adaptation","cqpath":"/content/wb-home/en/news/feature/2026/06/17/from-fire-to-resilience-rethinking-how-algeria-manages-its-forests","lnchdt":"2026-06-17T13:22:00Z","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Algeria","countcode":"DZ","conttype":"Feature Story","content":{"cdata!":" In the summer of 2021, the hills of northeastern Algeria disappeared behind walls of smoke. Wildfires swept through Béjaïa, El Tarf, and Tizi Ouzou with a speed and ferocity that overwhelmed communities and firefighters alike. More than 100 people lost their lives. Forests that had sustained families for generations - supporting livelihoods, sheltering livestock, and anchoring watersheds - were gone in days. The damage to agriculture and housing alone exceeded US$124 million. The devastation of 2021 reflected a risk that had been building for years.   Between 1985 and 2022, Algeria recorded more than 75,000 forest fires. Every year, an average of 35,000 hectares burns, the equivalent of 50,000 soccer fields. What has changed is not just the frequency of fire, but its intensity: longer droughts, rising temperatures, and land degradation have contributed to the rise of mega-fires that move faster, burn hotter, and leave far greater destruction behind. The trend is not slowing. Behind these numbers were farmers, herders, beekeepers, and families whose livelihoods vanished overnight, and wildlife habitats were destroyed. Beyond the immediate loss, forest destruction weakens critical watershed functions and reduces the landscape’s ability to regulate and store water, with consequences that can last for years. From fighting fires to managing fire risk For decades, the response focused primarily on suppressing fires once they had started. But as fire seasons grow longer and more intense, managing fire risk requires action across the spectrum, from prevention and preparedness to response and recovery. “Addressing forest fires in Algeria requires a shift from reactive response to prevention, resilient landscape management, and stronger environmental stewardship,” said Maria Sarraf, World Bank Practice Manager for Environment, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region. “Protecting forests is critical for biodiversity, water security, ecosystem resilience, and the livelihoods that depend on them. “ In response, the Government of Algeria, in partnership with the World Bank Group, undertook a comprehensive diagnostic of the forest sector. The goal was to understand how to fight fires, why they are becoming more destructive, and what it will take to reduce long-term risk. The findings reveal a forest sector facing multiple challenges. Many forest management plans need updating, limiting the ability to reduce fire risks through active forest management. Boundary registration remains incomplete, exposing forests to encroachment and competing land uses. Data systems are fragmented, making it difficult to generate a comprehensive picture of forest conditions and fire risks. Coordination gaps across institutions continue to affect preparedness and response, while pressures such as overgrazing, land clearing, and inconsistent enforcement contribute to forest degradation and increase vulnerability to fire. Addressing these challenges requires a more integrated approach to fire risk management. Efforts are now focused on strengthening the foundations of a modern forest fire management system through early warning tools, improved data and mapping systems, stronger institutional coordination, and enhanced technical capacity at both national and local levels. Together, these measures aim to improve preparedness, strengthen prevention, and reduce wildfire risks over the long term. A pilot initiative is being implemented in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second-most-affected province by forest fires: Between 1985 and 2022, nearly 5,300 fires burned more than 144,000 hectares. Here, dense settlements and forests intersect, increasing fire risks. An investment plan is being developed to scale up early-warning and response systems for forest fires nationwide. This combines institutional support with targeted investments in infrastructure and equipment such as cameras, drones, access roads, and water systems. Reforms are also underway. The adoption of the 2023 Forestry Law and the 2024 Law on Disaster Risk Management mark major steps toward strengthening fire risk governance, enabling private investment, and promoting greater community participation in forest management. “Wildfire risk management in Algeria is evolving toward a more integrated and anticipatory model that prioritizes prevention, preparedness, and resilience rather than emergency response alone,” said Professor Hamid Afra, National Delegate for Major Risks, National Delegation for Major Risks, Ministry of Interior, Local Collectivities and Transports, Algeria. “Investing in modern systems, coordinated action, and healthier forest ecosystems is essential to reducing wildfire risks in a changing climate.” Reducing fire risk through stronger forest economies Managing fire risk goes well beyond better firefighting systems. When forests are degraded and underutilized, fire risks increase. Algeria is beginning to unlock significant economic opportunities in its forest sector, creating jobs and income that encourage surrounding communities to better protect forests. Non-timber forest products such as cork, resin, essential oils, and medicinal plants offer strong potential for value addition and job creation. Ecotourism is another growing opportunity, with millions already visiting national parks each year. The new approach places communities and municipalities at the center of prevention efforts by involving them directly in forest management. Youth engagement is particularly important, both to address unemployment and to build a new generation of forest stewards. Algeria is at a turning point. This transition will require a shift in mindset from seeing fire as an isolated emergency to understanding it as part of a broader system shaped by climate, land use, and economic realities. “What we are seeing in Algeria is a strong recognition that forest fires are no longer only an environmental issue,” said Cemile Hacibeyoglu Ceren, World Bank Resident Representative for Algeria. “They are a development challenge. Supporting these efforts means helping build systems that can better protect both people and natural resources in the years ahead.” Forest fires cannot be eliminated, but their impacts can be significantly reduced. With the right investments and support from institutions and communities, Algeria's forests can be key contributors to a more resilient future."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" In the summer of 2021, the hills of northeastern Algeria disappeared behind walls of smoke. Wildfires swept through Béjaïa, El Tarf, and Tizi Ouzou with a speed and ferocity that overwhelmed communities and firefighters alike. More than 100 people lost their lives. Forests that had sustained families for generations - supporting livelihoods, sheltering livestock, and anchoring watersheds - were gone in days. The damage to agriculture and housing alone exceeded US$124 million. The devastation of 2021 reflected a risk that had been building for years.   Between 1985 and 2022, Algeria recorded more than 75,000 forest fires. Every year, an average of 35,000 hectares burns, the equivalent of 50,000 soccer fields. What has changed is not just the frequency of fire, but its intensity: longer droughts, rising temperatures, and land degradation have contributed to the rise of mega-fires that move faster, burn hotter, and leave far greater destruction behind. 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The program activities will improve public infrastructure and services for rural communities in six regions across the country. Nearly half of Uzbekistan’s 38 million people live in rural areas. Yet many villages still lack reliable access to quality roads, schools, healthcare facilities, and water and electricity services. These gaps also limit local business activity, entrepreneurship, and job creation. To help address these challenges, the government of Uzbekistan launched the Rural Infrastructure Development Program (RIDP) in 2019 with financial support from the World Bank’s IDA ($100 million) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ($82 million). By its completion in June 2026, the program had financed more than 900 subprojects in 306 neighborhoods (mahallas) in rural areas across Andijan, Ferghana, Namangan, Jizzakh, and Syrdarya regions. These subprojects, among others, included the construction or modernization of more than 340 roads, 220 electricity systems, 160 water supply systems, about 100 schools, 40 preschools, and 10 bridges. Together, these improvements directly benefited around 1 million rural residents, half of whom were women. A key feature of the program is that the selection of subprojects and close oversight of their implementation are carried out by local residents through Mahalla Development Units, with at least 50% women in their composition. The RIDP’s Second Phase has a total budget of $340 million, financed by the World Bank ($150 million), the AIIB ($120 million), and the government of Uzbekistan ($70 million). It will be implemented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 296 mahallas across Andijan, Ferghana, Namangan, Jizzakh, Syrdarya, and Tashkent regions. World Bank financing will be disbursed in tranches upon the achievement of agreed program results and implementation milestones. “The new phase of the program, like its predecessor, places the needs of mahalla residents at the center of infrastructure development. It will help improve living standards in rural areas and expand opportunities for women and young people. This phase will also place a stronger emphasis on entrepreneurship development and job creation,” said Najy Benhassine, World Bank Division Director for Central Asia. By 2031, the second phase of the RIDP is expected to improve public infrastructure and services in participating mahallas across six regions through investments in transport, drinking water, electricity, and other essential infrastructure. The program will benefit approximately 1.2 million rural residents, including 600,000 women and 300,000 young people. Additionally, in 15 pilot mahallas, Common Facility Centers will be created to help local entrepreneurs involved in agricultural processing and small-scale manufacturing improve their access to finance, business skills, and markets. These activities are expected to create around 1,500 direct jobs and strengthen the local business environment. Together with other World Bank-financed projects focused on agriculture and micro, small, and medium enterprise development, the program will further contribute to the creation of about 25,000 new and better paid jobs across mahallas in the program areas."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" WASHINGTON, June 17, 2026 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $150 million in concessional financing from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) to help Uzbekistan implement the Second Phase of the Rural Infrastructure Development Program. The program activities will improve public infrastructure and services for rural communities in six regions across the country. Nearly half of Uzbekistan’s 38 million people live in rural areas. Yet many villages still lack reliable access to quality roads, schools, healthcare facilities, and water and electricity services. These gaps also limit local business activity, entrepreneurship, and job creation. To help address these challenges, the government of Uzbekistan launched the Rural Infrastructure Development Program (RIDP) in 2019 with financial support from the World Bank’s IDA ($100 million) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ($82 million). By its completion in June 2026, the pr"},"displayconttype":"Press Release","originating_unit":"Europe and Central Asia, ECA","funding_source":"IDA"},"ZGRkOWZlZTM5YThkMDA5MmQ2MDMxNmZkNGQ0MjFjNThhYmExMGQ3OA2":{"id":"ZGRkOWZlZTM5YThkMDA5MmQ2MDMxNmZkNGQ0MjFjNThhYmExMGQ3OA2","url":"http://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/news/press-release/2026/06/17/uzbekistan-second-phase-of-the-rural-infrastructure-development-program","count":"Uzbekistan","descr":{"cdata!":"Совет исполнительных директоров Всемирного банка одобрил выделение Узбекистану 150 млн долларов в виде льготного финансирования для реализации второй фазы программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры»."},"keywd":"country:Uzbekistan,regions:Europe and Central Asia,subject:infrastructure,subject:infrastructure and growth,subject:rural development","lang":"Russian","admreg":"Europe and Central Asia","title":{"cdata!":"Улучшение сельской инфраструктуры в Узбекистане повысит уровень жизни 1,2 млн человек и создаст новые рабочие места"},"topic":"Infrastructure,Infrastructure And Growth,Rural Development","proid":"P509427","cqpath":"/content/wb-home/ru/news/press-release/2026/06/17/uzbekistan-second-phase-of-the-rural-infrastructure-development-program","lnchdt":"2026-06-17T11:05:00Z","regionname":"Europe and Central Asia","wcmsource":"cq5","country":"Uzbekistan","countcode":"UZ","conttype":"Press Release","content":{"cdata!":" ВАШИНГТОН, 17 июня 2026 года – Совет исполнительных директоров Всемирного банка одобрил выделение Узбекистану 150 млн долларов в виде льготного финансирования Международной ассоциации развития (МАР), входящей в состав Всемирного банка. Эти средства будут направлены на реализацию второй фазы программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры». Программа будет способствовать улучшению общественной инфраструктуры и услуг в сельских районах шести областей страны. Почти половина из 38 млн жителей Узбекистана проживает в сельской местности. Однако многие села по-прежнему не имеют надежного доступа к качественным дорогам, школам, медицинским учреждениям, а также услугам водо- и электроснабжения. Эти недостатки также ограничивают развитие местной деловой среды, предпринимательства и создание рабочих мест. Для решения этих проблем правительство Узбекистана в 2019 году начало реализацию программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры» при финансовой поддержке МАР Всемирного банка (100 млн долларов) и Азиатского банка инфраструктурных инвестиций (АБИИ) (82 млн долларов). К моменту завершения программы в июне 2026 года в ее рамках было профинансировано более 900 субпроектов в 306 махаллях сельских районов Андижанской, Ферганской, Наманганской, Джизакской и Сырдарьинской областей. Эти субпроекты, в частности, включали работы по строительству или модернизации более 340 дорог, 220 систем электроснабжения, 160 систем водоснабжения, около 100 школ, 40 дошкольных учреждений и 10 мостов. В совокупности эти улучшения принесли прямую пользу примерно 1 млн сельских жителей, половину из которых составили женщины. Важной особенностью программы является то, что отбор субпроектов по развитию инфраструктуры и контроль за их реализацией осуществляются непосредственно местными жителями через группы развития махалли. Не менее 50% участников таких групп составляют женщины. Общий бюджет второй фазы программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры» составляет 340 млн долларов. Программа финансируется Всемирным банком (150 млн долларов), АБИИ (120 млн долларов) и правительством Узбекистана (70 млн долларов). Программа будет реализована Министерством экономики и финансов в 296 махаллях Андижанской, Ферганской, Наманганской, Джизакской, Сырдарьинской и Ташкентской областей. Финансирование со стороны Всемирного банка будет предоставляться траншами по мере достижения конкретных результатов и основных этапов реализации программы. «Новый этап программы, как и её первая фаза, ставит во главу угла потребности жителей махаллей. Развитие востребованной инфраструктуры повысит уровень жизни в участвующих махаллях, в том числе среди женщин и молодежи. Новые направления программы включают развитие предпринимательства и создание рабочих мест в сельской местности», — отметил Наджи Бенхасин, региональный директор Всемирного банка по Центральной Азии. Ожидается, что к 2031 году программа поможет улучшить общественную инфраструктуру и услуги в махаллях шести областей за счет инвестиций в развитие транспортной инфраструктуры, сетей питьевого водоснабжения, электроснабжения и других объектов. Бенефициарами этих изменений станут порядка 1,2 млн сельских жителей, включая 600 000 женщин и 300 000 молодых людей. Кроме того, в 15 пилотных махаллях будут созданы центры развития бизнеса. Они помогут местным предпринимателям, занятым в сферах переработки сельхозпродукции и мелкого производства, расширить доступ к финансовым услугам, развивать деловые навыки и диверсифицировать рынки сбыта своей продукции. Ожидается, что эти меры позволят создать около 1 500 прямых рабочих мест и внести вклад в развитие местной деловой среды. Вместе с другими проектами с финансовым участием Всемирного банка, направленными на развитие сельского хозяйства и микро-, малых и средних предприятий, программа будет дополнительно способствовать созданию около 25 000 новых и более высокооплачиваемых рабочих мест в махаллях на территории реализации программы."},"content_1000":{"cdata!":" ВАШИНГТОН, 17 июня 2026 года – Совет исполнительных директоров Всемирного банка одобрил выделение Узбекистану 150 млн долларов в виде льготного финансирования Международной ассоциации развития (МАР), входящей в состав Всемирного банка. Эти средства будут направлены на реализацию второй фазы программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры». Программа будет способствовать улучшению общественной инфраструктуры и услуг в сельских районах шести областей страны. Почти половина из 38 млн жителей Узбекистана проживает в сельской местности. Однако многие села по-прежнему не имеют надежного доступа к качественным дорогам, школам, медицинским учреждениям, а также услугам водо- и электроснабжения. Эти недостатки также ограничивают развитие местной деловой среды, предпринимательства и создание рабочих мест. Для решения этих проблем правительство Узбекистана в 2019 году начало реализацию программы «Развитие сельской инфраструктуры» при финансовой поддержке МАР Всемирного банка (100 млн долларов) и Азиа"},"displayconttype":"Press Release","originating_unit":"Europe and Central Asia, ECA","funding_source":"IDA"},"facets":{}}}