Ethiopia said on Friday that it had signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the World Bank to support its economic ...

Pate was named TIME100 Health 2025 for the effective blending of global health knowledge with local action. He earned the ...

WASHINGTON, United States — The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space "for the first time in decades," its President Ajay Banga said Wednesday, as it works towards meeting ...

Bloomberg via Getty Images The World Bank’s updated economic forecast downgraded growth expectations for the US in 2025 from its 2.3% projection in January down to 1.4%.

According to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report, released on Tuesday, the UAE’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 has been revised upwards by 0.6 percentage points to 4.6 per ...

India's extreme poverty rate fell from 27.1% in 2012 to 5.3% in 2022, lifting 269 million out of poverty. In contrast, Pakistan's extreme poverty rose from 4.9% in 2017 to 16.5% in 2021, with ...

The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) on April 21-26, 2025 were held at a time of deep uncertainty in the global economy. The catchy theme of ...

The bank’s climate work is occurring as several of the Trump administration’s allies want the U.S. to exit the World Bank entirely, arguing that its mission runs counter to American national ...

It was earlier reported that Nigeria had approached the World Bank for a $10.50m loan to enhance the CBN’s technical capacity and modernise the country’s domestic payment infrastructure.

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations' annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what's produced by 200 US households in a year -- sparking accusations of ...

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 u… ...

According to a World Bank spokesperson, a productivity savings initiative was launched last year, requiring each vice presidency to reduce its budget by 5% annually from less essential expenses.