The World Bank is ending its long-standing ban on providing funding for nuclear energy projects - and will be open to supporting efforts to extend the life of existing reactors and accelerate the ...

The job of leading that reform now falls to Ajay Banga, an Indian American businessman and former CEO of Mastercard who was nominated by President Joe Biden to replace resigning World Bank President ...

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Carmen Reinhart, an expert on financial crises and sovereign debt, unpacks bond market ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a powerful message on how Donald Trump’s actions in Los Angeles prove “democracy ...

Bread for the World advocates are worried about sweeping cuts to U.S. funding for domestic and international nutrition ...

Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank.

International pressure has increased again on Israel. Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway say they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “in ...

The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan to support structural reforms aimed at boosting South Africa’s infrastructure ...

Tiff Macklem is wearing an Edmonton Oilers pin as he reflects on coming very close to beating big odds. It's a significant ...

Over 2.2 billion people lack safe drinking water, and 3.5 billion lack proper sanitation—key risks for child mortality and stunting. The World Bank helps countries improve water and sanitation ...

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) afford American economic security objectives a useful tool—though one that presently drifts into globalism, enables U.S. competitors, and struggles to demonstrate ...

The report details “an explicit agenda to drive African farmers out of agriculture,” citing a 2024 World Bank report that promotes private ownership to address climate change and economic development.