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World Bank Group - International Development, Poverty, & Sustainability Learn how the World Bank Group is helping countries with COVID-19 (coronavirus). Find Out Toggle navigation English EN Español Français عربي Русский 中文 View All » News Toggle navigation Who We Are Leadership, organization, and history 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. 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Read More Arrow Pandemic Response World Bank Group and COVID-19 Learn how we are coordinating with partners to accelerate the international response and support countries to manage the global health emergency. Read More Arrow World Bank Group and COVID-19 $12 Billion in Immediate Support The World Bank Group is making available $12 billion in immediate support to assist countries coping with the impacts of the global pandemic. Read More Arrow Securing the Future Together Urgent Focus on Fragility New World Bank Group strategy brings full suite of financing and expertise to address extreme poverty. Read More Arrow Join Us -- Newsletter Our Mission The World Bank Group has two goals, to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way Who we are Data We engage the development community with real-world statistics View More Data Arrow Globally, only 1 in 3 businesses are owned by women Globally, only 1 in 3 businesses are owned by women Millions of poor in fragile and conflict-affected situations Many homes in low- and lower middle-income countries lack basic handwashing facilities Browse Data By Country By Indicator Globally, only 1 in 3 small, medium, and large businesses are owned by women. This rate varies across and within regions, from a low of 18% in South Asia to a high of 50% in Latin America & Caribbean. In East Asia & Pacific, South Korea has the lowest rate of women business owners, with just 19% of firms, and the Federated States of Micronesia has the highest, with 87% of firms owned by women. Similarly, in the Middle East, it goes from a low of 7% in the Republic of Yemen to a high of 49% in Tunisia. Read More . At the turn of the millennium, 1 in 5 of the world's extreme poor lived in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). Since then, poverty has fallen steadily in economies not in FCS, but the number of poor people in FCS continues to grow. As a result, about half the world’s poor reside in FCS today. If cur...