Village savings and loans groups or village banks have emerged as the primary source of borrowing for a majority of people to ...

On July 7, 1950, the World Bank approved its first loan to Turkey, namely a $3.9mn facility for a grain storage project, the ...

The village of Dolton, which is where you may find yourself if you’re traveling south through Chicago and run out of Chicago to travel through, which we ...

Economic Policy The World Bank is struggling with its own class divide It's grown dependent on contractors, who receive nowhere near the level of salary and benefits as staff — and are getting ...

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. The agreement comes as Santander Bank continues to transform into a national, digital-first bank with branches.

The World Bank is reconsidering its ban on financing upstream projects amid a push to bolster the power sector.

The World Bank has slashed its global growth forecast to 2.3%, citing trade tensions driven by US tariffs as the primary cause of the sharp downturn.

The world’s largest and most influential development bank said on Wednesday it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects.

The global economy could grow less this year than previously projected, the World Bank said Tuesday, citing uncertainty over tariffs and ongoing trade disputes.

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a "significant ...

The world’s largest economy is expected to grow by just 1.4% in 2025, a sharp deceleration from the 2.8% expansion recorded in 2024.