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Latest Global Findex Data Chart 10 Years of Progress in Financial Inclusion
At a recent Policy Research Talk, World Bank Lead Economist Leora Klapper presented key findings from the Global Findex 2021—a nationally representative survey of adults that has taken place ...
Yahoo Finance1mon
World Bank sees commodity prices falling to pre-COVID levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday forecast that weakening global growth due in part to trade turmoil will push global commodity prices down 12% in 2025 and another 5% in 2026 to the ...
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Steady global economic growth leaves poorest nations behind, World Bank says
Foreign direct investment is flowing into the developing world at half the level of the early 2000s, the bank said. Globally, countries imposed five times as many new trade barriers last year as ...
Crude Oil Prices1mon
World Bank: Get Ready for a Commodity Price Freefall
The World Bank predicts global commodity prices will fall sharply in 2025 and 2026. Energy prices are expected to see the most significant decline. The World Bank cites sputtering global ...
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The World Bank Stepped Up During the Pandemic
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The World Bank plays many roles in the global economy, but its most important ...