And last month, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim set targets toward universal financial access for all working-age adults by 2020. Many countries have made progress in expanding account use ...

In 2013, the bank set a goal to end extreme poverty, experienced by people living on $2.15 or less per day, by 2030. World Bank officials have since said that the lender will not succeed in that ...

World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth. June 15, 2021. Washington, DC: In the face of two crises—COVID-19 and climate change—the World Bank ...