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While the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group met for their annual meeting, climate activists protested on Oct. 14, 2022. See the protest as they demand action against the fossil ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursdayresponded to a Trump administration official's demands for information about ...
Ajay Banga didn’t like the existing decor, so when he took over as World Bank president he gave his grand two-story corner office a makeover. Old-school leather furniture? Gone. Dark lighting ...
The vast majority, 26,000, or 63 percent, work out of the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, and only 3,200 are located in Africa, where most people in extreme poverty live.
Now the World Bank president finds himself having to defend one of the linchpins of the liberal international order against President Donald Trump, who last month ordered a government review that ...
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell has rebutted the Trump administration’s accusations that he misled Congress over a $2.5bn refurbishment of the central bank’s headquarters, saying it did not inform ...
President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates ...
The seal for the International Monetary Fund is seen near the World Bank headquarters (R) in Washington, DC. STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images This is not a bright and shining moment for ...
About DFSP The World Bank Group’s Donor Funded Staffing Program (DFSP) is financed by donor governments. The objective of the DFSP is to contribute to the World Bank's diversity targets and capacity ...
Project 2025's call for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Bank would be a strategic mistake, as it would allow America's competitors to gain a historic victory. The World Bank needs urgent ...
The World Bank’s economists and top administrators are among the highest paid financial functionaries in the world, which explains the reason why the Bank is a major cause of the brain drain ...