The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

A Brief History of the World Bank. In 1944, Allied nations convened in what became the Bretton Woods conference to establish—officially a year later—the International Bank for Reconstruction ...

The goal of ending extreme poverty around the globe remains elusive partly due to compounding challenges faced by economies ...

The 39 economies classified as facing conflict or instability are set to be home to 60% of those who live in extreme poverty ...

Trade tensions and fractious geopolitics risk exposing deep fault lines in the global financial system, the central bank ...

How much has poverty reduced? The World Bank’s methodology tweaks for its latest numbers don’t help. For India, it used ...

For the fiscal year 2024, the World Bank distributed $36.902 billion in IBRD loans, $23.094 billion in IDA credits, and $8.101 billion in IDA grants. The IBRD loans money to creditworthy countries.

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.

Bungling World Bank bureaucrats lost track of at least $24 billion bankrolling the battle against climate change, according to a bombshell report by a left-leaning charity group. An investigation ...

How does an organization like the World Bank Group determine what actions and behaviors meet its definition of sanctionable misconduct? ... One recent example arose in a dispute regarding the scope of ...