The meeting was an opportunity for the World Bank to share the results of a global and a regional study demonstrating the importance of access to groundwater for climate change resilience in the Sahel ...

The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank but wants to see changes.

As he addressed the press during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2023 Spring Meetings, Mr. Malpass stressed the importance of debt restructuring for developing and low-income ...

The World Bank has acknowledged the importance of improving transparency and has pledged to enhance its financial tracking mechanisms. However, the institution has yet to provide a concrete plan ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The World Bank plays many roles in the global economy, but its most important ...

The World Bank made an important input by providing data on the critical development impacts of girls' education. The point was made in many different contexts that girls' education was not only ...

Late last week, World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC held its Justice and the Rule of Law Global Forum, organized in recognition of the fact that “[j]ustice institutions and the rule of law are ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga will formally present ... to play a role in the global economy commensurate with its actual importance, then the country needs to graduate up.” ...

Foreign direct investment is flowing into the developing world at half the level of the early 2000s, the bank said. Globally, countries imposed five times as many new trade barriers last year as ...