The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent.

The World Bank is an international organization whose dual mandate is to end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity through. ... 2023 11:04 AM EST. ... A Brief History of the World Bank.

Over the course of its 75-year history, the World Bank has been the go-to organization for solving global crises: It was charged with rebuilding Europe after the Second World War, and then again ...

The World Bank Group provides financing, policy advice, and technical assistance to governments, and also focuses on strengthening the private sector in developing countries. The IMF keeps track of ...

Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes. By David Gelles and Alan Rappeport Mr. Gelles writes ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THE World Bank was set up in 1944 with a charter to drive post-World War II reconstruction. It evolved from the International Bank ...

The World Bank (and the IMF) should get credit for increasing their lending to the world's poorest countries during the pandemic. But without additional action, net flows to developing economies ...

The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Global economic leaders are ...

The World Bank's executive board expects to select a new president by early May after last week's news that David Malpass will leave the top job well before his contract ends in April 2024, the ...

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2021 - In response to COVID-19 severely damaging the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries, the World Bank Group deployed over $157 billion to fight ...

World Bank head denies climate controversy spurred resignation ‘I’m leaving on my own terms,’ World Bank President David Malpass insists February 16, 2023 More than 2 years ago ...

Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World ...