The World Bank Group is the world's most prominent development bank. ... It was created on December 27, 1945, as part of the Bretton Woods agreement and consists of five organizations: ...

Funding for 2021-2025 includes a significant boost for adaptation and resilience. Washington DC - 3 December, 2018 --The World Bank Group today announced a major new set of climate targets for ...

The World Bank Group is a family of five multilateral institutions focused on economic development whose overarching mission is global poverty reduction. Established by Western powers in 1944, the ...

The World Bank Group provides financing, policy advice, and technical assistance to governments, and also focuses on strengthening the private sector in developing countries. The IMF keeps track of ...

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, sign a partnership agreement to collaborate on the safe, secure ...

The World Bank Group is considering financing $500 million of South Africa's participation in a new credit guarantee facility ...

World Bank President David Malpass announced Wednesday his plan to step down in June, nearly a year before the end of his five-year term, following a recent controversy over climate change ...

The World Bank Group consists of five organisations: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD (External link)) As the lead institution of the World Bank Group, IBRD provides loans ...

The G7 consists of the most developed countries of the world. These countries have low birthrates, and most of the G7 leaders have no children of their own. (Video: Patrick Martin/The Washington Post) ...

The World Bank said on Friday that it had cleared Syria’s $15.5 million debt after payments by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, making the country eligible again for grants to fund reconstruction and ...

The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023.

Washington, DC: The 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, in October 2026, as decided in a vote by the ...