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

The World Bank has approved $500 million in financing to help Bangladesh strengthen transparency, accountability, and stability in its public institutions and financial sector. The Strengthening ...

World Bank, in its release, observed that a third strand of reforms will improve transparency, accountability and efficiency across the public sector. By 2027, all government project appraisal ...

The World Bank projected that the economic growth in the State of Qatar is to remain stable at 2.4% in 2025, before accelerating to an average of 6.5% in 2026-2027 due to the expansion of LNG ...

WASHINGTON DC, June 18, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved two projects totaling $640 million to help Bangladesh improve gas supply and air quality. “Enhancing energy ...

The World Bank’s board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as part of a broader push to meet rising electricity needs, according to World ...

The World Bank on June 13 approved a project to strengthen management of waste, plastics, and pollution in Laos, with a focus on improving municipal solid waste services in Vientiane Capital. The Lao ...

The World Bank has lowered global economic growth to 2.3% for 2025. This is 40 basis points less than its January estimate. Mint looks at the factors causing the slowdown, corrective measures that ...

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 ...

The World Bank recently approved an initial $250 million in financing for the controversial Inga 3 mega dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a move that worries civil society ...

World Bank Lifts Ban on Nuclear Power, Considers Upstream Gas The World Bank’s board lifted its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund natural exploration and production, ...

Growth of the domestic economy, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospect, could outpace last year’s 3.4 per cent performance by 0.2 per cent.