Global gas flaring rose to its highest level since 2007, wasting $63 billion in energy and emitting 389 million tonnes of CO₂e. The World Bank’s 2025 report calls for urgent action to reduce flaring ...

The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries by requiring companies working on World Bank-funded projects to include local ...

Slice and dice it anyway you like and the week ahead for world markets will likely be dominated by politics and central banks ...

This resilience, a Teflon-like superpower, is cause for celebration. It means that the twin scourges of recession and ...

Jason Aldean and more are set to perform at the the 2025 Nashville Songwriter Awards, which will be held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

The World Bank issued its first euro bond of its new fiscal year on Thursday, and the €3bn 10 year attracted the borrower's ...

Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent ...

In the face of chaos, the global economy powers on. Since 2011 growth has continued at around 3% a year. During the worst of the euro crisis in 2012? Around 3%. What about 2016, the year Britain voted ...

To strengthen Nigeria’s non-oil export base and formalise informal trade flows, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), ...

The World Bank Group has reported a significant rise in formal saving across developing nations, with 40 per cent of adults now using bank accounts or other financial services to save.This milestone, ...

Although today’s dangers are not in the same league as a world war, they are significant. Pundits talk of a “polycrisis” ...

A visit to Okerete—a border community in Saki West LGA that connects Nigeria to Benin Republic—was central to the mission. Okerete is a major trade route for Nigerian exports heading to Mali, Senegal, ...