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The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender equality issues in the Pacific, managing director of ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and ...
Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank, which cites President Donald Trump’s trade war as a major factor ...
A version of this article appears in print on June 13, 2025, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: World Bank to Lift Its Ban On Funding Nuclear Power.
The World Bank, created in 1944 to rebuild postwar Europe, is the world’s largest multilateral lender. It funds a range of projects for poor countries and emerging economies, such as the ...
The World Bank on Tuesday agreed with President Trump's complaint that foreign countries engage in unfair trade practices with the US and urged the nations to ease their tariffs on American exports.
The World Bank (IBRD/IDA) administrative budget was approved at $3.5 billion for FY25, a sizable rise from the $3.1 billion authorized for FY 2024, with no convincing reason at all.
The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023.
ABU DHABI, 8th April, 2025 (WAM) -- The UAE Ministry of Investment and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in investment ...
World Bank President Ajay Banga – a holdover from the Biden Administration – is obsessed with climate change and has been a relentless advocate for what so-called “climate finance ...
The International Monetary Fund, whose address is 700 19 th St NW, is the World Bank’s sister agency. It has a full-time staff of 3,100, supported by a budget of $1.5 billion.