More than 50 countries have committed to explicit targets to increase financial inclusion. And last month, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim set targets toward universal financial access for all ...

In FY23, GWSP's work informed new World Bank projects worth $13.5 billion and supported projects ... Creditworthiness course with the Private Infrastructure Development Group in FY23. Efforts are ...

My colleague Howard Schneider has a great piece out about the growing challenges the World Bank has been facing as the world grows richer and the developing world, in particular, escapes poverty ...

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 ...

Washington, DC: The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are deepening their cooperation through an enhanced framework to help countries scale up action to confront the ...

Washington, DC: In the face of two crises—COVID-19 and climate change—the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund launched a High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive ...

director of the World Bank's forecasting group, told reporters. "The slowdown we are describing ... could be much sharper, if another global financial crisis erupts, especially if that crisis is ...