World Bank Group
- A Advocate
- F Funder
- I Implementer
- N Network
- P Policymaker
- R Researcher
Description
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Our Mission: To end extreme poverty by reducing the share of the global population that lives in extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. To promote shared prosperity by increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent of people in every country. The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Networking/Convening
Secondary Functions
- Other
- Research - policy analysis
- Research - project evaluation
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Food/water security
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Migration
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- West Bank and Gaza
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
Not applicable or unknown
Projects Back to Top
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education Modernization Project
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Burkina Faso Higher Education Support Project
Project/Program
Tanzania Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQUIP)
Project/Program
Cabo Verde Education and Skills Development Enhancement Project
Project/Program
Senegal Quality and Equity of Basic Education
Project/Program
Mozambique Demographic Transition Waala Programme
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
First Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project
Project/Program
Nicaragua COVID-19 Education Sector Response