The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the next stage of what could be the world’s biggest hydropower project.

The World Bank promotes expansion of private land ownership and title to improve efficient land use and recently announced billions of dollars to support these policies, claiming it will also ...

The World Bank on June 10 cut its forecast for global growth this year and warned that the 2020s are on track for the weakest performance for any decade since the first Apollo moon landing.

The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines. This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture countries’ household ...

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved two projects for Nepal on May 29 totaling $257 million aimed at enhancing electricity distribution services and ...

Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development Kennedy Swaratsingh has announced plans to secure up to US$5 billion in funding over the next three to five years to support private ...

London (CNN) — Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank, which cites President Donald Trump’s trade war as a ...

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Taye Diggs discusses breaking mental health stigma and his advocacy work with Live Your PosSCZible to support Black families.

Australia's central bank said on Tuesday that higher U.S. tariffs would drag on the global economy and put near-term downward pressures on prices of traded goods, though the exact impact is hard ...

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key benchmark rate at 2.75%, citing the need to probe the effects of U.S. trade policy, but said another cut might be necessary if the economy weakened in ...