With compelling examples from Chad, Gaza and Afghanistan, Anna Bjerde makes the case for a shift in approach to fragility. Treating crises as shocks is no longer possible – they are the new normal, she says. Read this op-ed: wrld.bg/RY6Z50R6LXI #FragilityForum

Together w Tatiana Proskuryakova and Marco Mantovanelli we met with First Deputy Finance Minister Ilkhom Norkulov to discuss our sustainable development portfolio including irrigation and agriculture modernization, rural development, land reform & green urbanization.

Always a pleasure to visit Uzbekistan. World Bank Europe and Central Asia has supported numerous sustainable development reforms most notably eliminating child and forced labor in cotton, agricultural sector modernization and strengthening sustainable urban development and water resource management

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, UK, US – thank you! We are grateful to them for supporting our new financial instruments. This will help us go further, leverage resources, and have a greater impact on people's lives. #WBGmeetings

Great to see our @worldbankeca support governments modernize service delivery. Today AKUM.Albania shared how Albania 🇦🇱 Water Modernization Project supported the design of smart #water🚰#subsidies moving from supply side to demand side to leave no one behind. World Bank Water

Read our new blog with Megha Mukim and Christoph Pusch how on green and resilient cities can be a foundation for urban transformation and regeneration

At World Bank Europe and Central Asia we are committed to support Ukraine 🇺🇦 to strengthen its housing market to tackle supply side challenges and scale up construction of new units and repairs of existing stock, while also accelerating access to housing finance.

A pleasure representing World Bank in the Dushanbe Women & Water forum. I spoke about women's lack of access to jobs in the water sector. Less than 20% of workers are women; 32% of utilities have no female engineers or managers. We need to do better for more inclusive development

Congratulations Anaclaudia. An inspired choice to lead UN-Habitat. Looking forward to continuing our collaboration following many years of partnership at World Bank Cities and Cities Alliance

In #Dushanbe w Saroj Kumar Jha & our World Bank Europe and Central Asia & World Bank Water teams representing World Bank in the 3rd high level conference: Intl Decade for Action, Water for Sustainable Development. Opening remarks by 🇹🇯 President Rahmon on the importance of preserving water & glaciers

Two main messages from @worldbank: (1) the access gap is widening so we need to invest in water, sanitation, irrigation & flood protection; (2) the financing gap is such that public funds won't be enough; we need the private sector.

Too much water (floods), too little water (droughts), too polluted water (not just lack of wastewater treatment but also increased salinity) are all exacerbated due to the impacts of climate change. World Bank has made #water a global challenge programs to scale up impact

Our new World Bank Europe and Central Asia project for flood and drought management in Turkiye aims to reduce losses to life, property, infrastructure and economic activities, and to strengthen resilience against climate change.

Rising temperatures and drought are disrupting livelihoods across the #WesternBalkans, like Boro's, a fisherman in Serbia. Inaction on #ClimateChange is not an option. Read the new World Bank Group CCDR on how the region can boost the green transition: wrld.bg/3E0250SEaLt

The Sava River flood in 2014 wiped out 15% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's GDP. Climate action can help the #WesternBalkans cushion the impact of such hazards. The World Bank Group's new CCDR report lays out policies to boost the region's climate resilience: wrld.bg/IRtr50SF822

In Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, to date 426,000 people, mostly women & children, benefited from rural infrastructure & public facilities that they selected through World Bank Europe and Central Asia and AIIB financed rural infrastructure development project (RIDP). worldbank.org/en/news/featur… via World Bank

Culture plays a critical role in post-conflict reconstruction and recovery, to achieve reconciliation and restore social cohesion. World Bank and UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 developed the CURE framework based on case studies including Mostar, Mosul, Timbuktu. documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/708…

A pleasure meeting COP29 Azerbaijan UN High level champion Nigar Arpadarai to discuss the critical need for climate action on the mitigation and adaptation fronts and the importance of engaging non-state actors including private sector and communities, and how World Bank Europe and Central Asia can help

A pleasure meeting COP29 Azerbaijan President Minister Babayev to discuss World Bank Europe and Central Asia support to Azerbaijan to showcase their climate adaptation adaptation re water conservation and use efficiency and scaling up climate smart agriculture, and their plans to scale up renewable energy

Pleasure meeting Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov to discuss the collaboration between Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 and World Bank Europe and Central Asia cooperation on modernizing irrigation, agriculture and water supply and sanitation, all key to strengthening resilience and adaptation to climate change