The International Finance Corporation sold tranches of risk on a $500mn portfolio of loans to companies in emerging markets this month, as a test of a plan to boost the World Bank’s firepower with ...

Kenya’s economy under President William Ruto has shown significant improvement, according to the latest World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report for 2025, which evaluates ...

STOCKHOLM -- Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in ...

DHAKA (Reuters) -Rising temperatures are taking a mounting toll on Bangladesh, with heat-related illnesses and productivity ...

The World Bank today released the 20th edition of its Air Transport Annual Report, presenting a comprehensive overview of the ...

A World Bank and UNICEF report has revealed that despite global progress in reducing extreme child poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa has ...

Degraded land, polluted air and water stress pose a direct global economic threat but using natural resources more ...

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2025—More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts, leading to a rise in formal saving, according to the World Bank Group’s ...

GABORONE, July 15, 2025–The World Bank has released a comprehensive report, “Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality in Botswana”, analyzing gender dynamics across life-cycle stages to ...

Global gas flaring volumes continued to increase and reached a new high last year, pointing to insufficient efforts to curb the polluting practice that is turbo-charging global warming, according to a ...

In transport, 30.3 million people received better services and safer railway access, while 8 million in Upper Egypt benefited from enhanced infrastructure ...