The World Bank is urging "radical" debt transparency for developing countries and their lenders to stave off future crises, ...

China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and ...

You may have seen recently a publication of a World Bank loan that came to about 35 ... Obiano retired as a deputy managing director from one of the leading financial institutions in the country.

Given big cuts in development aid by Europe and the United States, think tanks and other groups are urging the World Bank to reduce the equity-to-lending ratio of its main lending arm to free up ...

South Africa's National Treasury says the World Bank has granted South Africa a $1.5 billion loan to upgrade transportation ...

WASHINGTON — The World Bank on Thursday (Feb 1) said it approved new initiatives to allow member countries hit by natural disasters and other shocks to quickly access emergency funds from their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Friday it had cleared Syria's $15.5 million in outstanding debt after receiving payments from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, making the country eligible for ...

THAT the World Bank will give $20bn to Pakistan in the next 10 years to address some of the country’s most acute development challenges, including but not limited to stunting, learning poverty ...

It is the World Bank’s job to lend to all 78 of the world’s poorest countries—defined ... In the last fiscal year it doled out $28bn in grants and loans, over a third of the bank’s total ...

The World Bank has approved a $1.57 billion financing package for Nigeria under a new programme to support its health and education sectors and help provide sustainable power, the bank said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Given big cuts in development aid by Europe and the United States, think tanks and other groups are urging the World Bank to reduce the equity-to-lending ratio of its main ...