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Ukraine will receive a $50 million grant as part of a World Bank project aimed at restoring the country's agricultural sector ...
MONROVIA-- As trust in political leadership continues to decline across Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank is urging governments in the region to urgently reform public service delivery systems and ...
The World Bank said on Monday that Syria’s gross domestic product is expected to grow modestly by 1% in 2025, following a ...
The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...
The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a "significant headwind" ...
The World Bank has taken its first step since ending its ban on funding nuclear energy projects by partnering with the ...
The World Bank says tariffs will hurt global growth, estimating that the trade war will shave almost half a percentage point ...
The World Bank and the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday launched a new agreement to cooperate on the safe ...
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.
South Africa’s National Treasury says the World Bank has granted South Africa a $1.5 billion loan to upgrade transportation infrastructure and help it transition toward a low-carbon economy ...