Economics & Development

On September 25, 2026, the Board of Executive Directors, acting on an absence-of-objection basis, authorized investment in Kenya for the Second Program for Strengthening Governance for Enabling Service Delivery and Public Investment in Kenya through additional financing.

The Country Opinion Survey in Ghana assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Ghana perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national government officials and institutions, parliamentarians, local governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, media, academia and research centers, the private sector, and civil society organizations in Ghana on: 1) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Ghana; 2) their views on development priorities and challenges in Ghana; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, operations, instruments, knowledge work and activities, engagement and collaboration, and communication and information sharing in Ghana; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Ghana.

The Board of Directors, acting on an absence of objection basis on September 25, 2026, approved the President’s proposal for Madagascar titled Modification of Prior Concurrence and Approval relating to the Guarantees for Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund FIPS and Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Parallel Fund FIPS of France in relation to their equity and quasi equity investments in Ravinala Airports, authorizing a modification to the previously concurred guarantees to support Meridiam’s acquisition of shares and an increase in the maximum aggregate liability, as detailed in the referenced memorandum; one director was recorded as abstaining.