Foreword by Gilbert Achcar. The CADTM is pleased to announce that the book The World Bank A Critical History, published by Pluto in the UK, will be available in bookshops from August 2023. This ...

As the World Bank Group’s largest shareholder, the United States has a long history of supporting the Bank Group’s mission and addressing development challenges of vital importance through its support ...

The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast. It also called for all nations to reduce tariffs.

The global economy’s potential growth through the end of the decade has slowed to the weakest in 30 years, the World Bank said, citing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the conflict in ...

On May 3, the board of the World Bank confirmed an American, Ajay Banga, as its president for the twelfth consecutive time going back to the institution’s founding in 1946.

David Malpass, President, The World Bank Group, speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 1 at Sheraton New York, Sept. 19, 2022, in New York.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2023—The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group met today under the Chairship of its Dean, Mr. Koen Davidse, to discuss the selection process for the next President ...