South Africa has signed a $1.5 billion loan agreement with the World Bank, aiming to overhaul its transport and energy ...

The World Bank Group is considering financing $500 million of South Africa's participation in a new credit guarantee facility meant to unlock private financing for a massive transmission grid ...

The 7th Edition of South Sudan Economic Monitor (SSEM) titled ‘A Pathway to Overcome the Crisis’ released today by the World Bank assessed that South Sudan`s economy is projected to contract by 30 ...

GUWAHATI, August 22, 2022 – Martin Raiser, the new World Bank Vice President for South Asia, and Auguste Tano Kouamé, the new Country Director, World Bank India, today met with the Honourable Assam ...

During his four-day official visit, World Bank’s new Vice President for the South Asia Region Johannes Zutt will meet with the chief adviser, the finance adviser, Bangladesh Bank governor, and other s ...

Words by Sanjay Jha, ITV News Journalist in New Delhi . A new World Bank report has issued a stark warning on the growing threat of extreme heat in South Asia, projecting nearly 1.8 billion people ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa recently appointed a senior South African politician, Ayanda Dlodlo, to serve a two-year term as a member of the World Bank’s 25-person Board of executive directors ...

South Asia has more than a quarter of the world’s off-the-grid population — roughly 255 million people (2016). The economic costs of power distortions is estimated at 4-7 % of the region’s GDP. Even ...