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Ethiopia said on Friday that it had signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the World Bank to support its economic ...
The World Bank's Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief reports that 171 million Indians were lifted out of extreme poverty ...
Jairam Ramesh said government supporters are now trying to twist the data to claim that India is “one of the most equal ...
The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...
The World Bank has approved an additional $55 million in financing for Pakistan’s Electricity Distribution Efficiency ...
The World Bank's board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as ...
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...
While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump's threats of a global trade war, the International ...
The global economy could grow less this year than previously projected, the World Bank said Tuesday, citing uncertainty over ...
Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes. By David Gelles and Alan Rappeport Mr. Gelles writes ...
The World Bank is in a unique position to help developing countries prepare for climate change. Here are two things critics say it could do better, and one they say it shouldn’t do at all.
Ethiopia said on Friday that it had signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the World Bank to support its economic ...