ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s recent economic turnaround is being seen as a “globally recognised model” of reform, World Bank Managing Director of Operations Anna Bjerde said on Thursday, praising ...

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his appointment to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab — a high-level global advisory ...

The World Bank forecasts a significant decline in global commodity prices, predicting a 12% drop in 2025 and another 5% in 2026, bringing them back to pre-pandemic levels.

The World Bank projects economic activity to stagnate in the South Caucasus and Central Asia over the next two years due to global market uncertainty, weaker trade, unpredictable policy shifts ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are “falling short” of their main missions and must focus on an urgent goal of bringing the ...

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations’ annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what’s produced by 200 US households in a year — sparking accusations ...

Project 2025’s call for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Bank would be a strategic mistake, as it would allow America’s competitors to gain a historic victory. The World Bank needs u… ...

World Bank officials — under fire for losing track of $24 billion in climate funds — are panicking over the prospect of severe budget cuts as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to slash US ...

The World Bank and African Development Bank’s joint initiative to expand energy access to 300 million more people in Africa is a welcome contribution to this effort. However, the Bank should be ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2024 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) priced the first CHF digital bond by an international issuer, which will settle ...

World Bank Economic Review 31 (2): 412–33. Diao, Xinshen, Josaphat Kweka, and Margaret McMillan. 2018. "Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania." ...