JOHANNESBURG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A World Bank report warned ⁠of ⁠a "shockingly large" gap between legislation promoting ...

The World Bank is facing calls to fire an Israel-bashing top economist who sued President Trump over US sanctions that were slapped on his wife, a UN human rights lawyer, for alleged antisemitism and ...

Group takes out policy to underwrite credit risk as US, UK and other wealthy nations cut aid to poorer countries ...

The new CPF aims to shift growth beyond the extractive sector and build a more diversified and inclusive economy.

The World Bank announced Monday it aims to provide Mozambique with $6 billion in mostly concessional financing over the next ...

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the world’s biggest emitter of the toxin sulfur dioxide, presented a study that argues against the cost of installing equipment to limit emissions, risking a breach of a World ...

The collapse of clean-cooking company Koko Networks Ltd. will reverberate beyond the $300 million investors lost on what used ...

The Trump administration has eliminated the 2009 “endangerment finding”, the Obama-era ruling which provided the basis for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 19, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a USD 5 billion benchmark bond that matures in August 2035. The ...

The World Bank Group has closed a major deal to acquire a property across the street from its main headquarters near the White House. Documents filed with the D.C. Recorder of Deeds on Tuesday show ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...