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17 May 23
Campaigners have called on the World Bank to delay payment of an $800m loan.
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4 May 23
Former Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga has been named as the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first Indian-American to lead the institution.
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28 Apr 23
A World Bank programme aimed at boosting Bangladesh’s hope of reaching ‘upper-middle-income’ status by 2031 had been approved and backed with $1.25bn of financing.
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28 Mar 23
The 2020s are looking like a “lost decade” with the maximum level of growth achievable without causing inflation falling to a 30-year low, the World Bank has suggested.
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24 Mar 23
Senior figures in Germany and the United States have urged the World Bank to adopt a “strong set of initial evolution reforms” aimed at driving climate finance.
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28 Feb 23
Earthquakes that devastated Turkey caused at least $34bn of damage to infrastructure, and billions more might be needed for the country to fully recover, the World Bank has said.
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10 Feb 23
The World Bank has launched the first tranche of its fund aimed at building resilience in developing nations in preparation for future pandemics.
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31 Jan 23
Continuing conflict and the global economic downturn will compress already slow growth in Myanmar, economists at the World Bank have said.
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19 Jan 23
The International Monetary Fund’s outlook for the global economy this year is less gloomy than before, owing to resilience in some important regions.
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19 Jan 23
Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
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6 Dec 22
The world’s poorest countries are spending more on servicing debt than at any point since 2000, leaving them with fewer resources to spend on development and growth, new figures show.
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28 Nov 22
The Cambodian government should deliver immediate relief to households to help support the nation’s long-term economic recovery and stop more people falling into poverty, the World Bank has said.
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25 Oct 22
Preventing pandemics would cost three times less than managing them after they have broken out, the World Bank has said as it published proposals for a new approach to infectious diseases.
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18 Oct 22
The World Bank has placed all development loans made to Belarus through its subsidiary lender to a non-performing status because of overdue payments.
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13 Oct 22
China needs to rebalance its economy in order to meet its emissions goals and dampen the threat of climate change, according to the World Bank.
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27 Sep 22
Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation will pile more financial pressure on poorer economies and could restrict spending on healthcare, economists at the World Bank have warned.
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16 Sep 22
Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation risk “devastating” the lives of people in poorer countries if their actions push those countries into recessions, World Bank president David...
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2 Aug 22
A group of Zambia’s major official creditors has announced its intention to restructure the country’s debts through a G20 initiative set up amid the disruption of Covid-19.
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29 Jul 22
Sri Lanka needs to implement “deep structural reforms” before it can receive any new financial support from the World Bank, which has released a statement in response to the continuing economic...
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10 Jun 22
Rising interest rates aimed at combating runaway global inflation are putting some governments, including in middle-income countries, at risk of debt distress, the World Bank has warned.
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13 May 22
The level of remittances to low-and-middle-income nations is expected to hit $630bn this year, fuelled by increased funding to Ukraine following February’s invasion, according to the World Bank Group...
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12 May 22
Pakistan has been urged to speed up its progress on reforms if it wants its economy to develop and recover from Covid-19.
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4 May 22
A better-than-expected post-pandemic recovery in the Western Balkans has been cut short, leaving public finances reeling, the World Bank has warned.
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20 Apr 22
The World Bank is drawing up plans for a $170m medium-term crisis package to tackle the fallout from the Ukrainian invasion, Covid-19 and climate change – but admitted its ability to deal with future...
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13 Apr 22
Governments have been urged to take action against the concentration of wealth and income in a small section of the global population, creating inequality and fuelling inflation.
17 May 23Campaigners have called on the World Bank to delay payment of an $800m loan.
4 May 23Former Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga has been named as the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first Indian-American to lead the institution.
28 Apr 23A World Bank programme aimed at boosting Bangladesh’s hope of reaching ‘upper-middle-income’ status by 2031 had been approved and backed with $1.25bn of financing.
28 Mar 23The 2020s are looking like a “lost decade” with the maximum level of growth achievable without causing inflation falling to a 30-year low, the World Bank has suggested.
28 Feb 23Earthquakes that devastated Turkey caused at least $34bn of damage to infrastructure, and billions more might be needed for the country to fully recover, the World Bank has said.
10 Feb 23The World Bank has launched the first tranche of its fund aimed at building resilience in developing nations in preparation for future pandemics.
31 Jan 23Continuing conflict and the global economic downturn will compress already slow growth in Myanmar, economists at the World Bank have said.
19 Jan 23Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
6 Dec 22The world’s poorest countries are spending more on servicing debt than at any point since 2000, leaving them with fewer resources to spend on development and growth, new figures show.
28 Nov 22The Cambodian government should deliver immediate relief to households to help support the nation’s long-term economic recovery and stop more people falling into poverty, the World Bank has said.
18 Oct 22The World Bank has placed all development loans made to Belarus through its subsidiary lender to a non-performing status because of overdue payments.
13 Oct 22China needs to rebalance its economy in order to meet its emissions goals and dampen the threat of climate change, according to the World Bank.
16 Sep 22Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation risk “devastating” the lives of people in poorer countries if their actions push those countries into recessions, World Bank president David...
2 Aug 22A group of Zambia’s major official creditors has announced its intention to restructure the country’s debts through a G20 initiative set up amid the disruption of Covid-19.
29 Jul 22Sri Lanka needs to implement “deep structural reforms” before it can receive any new financial support from the World Bank, which has released a statement in response to the continuing economic...
13 May 22The level of remittances to low-and-middle-income nations is expected to hit $630bn this year, fuelled by increased funding to Ukraine following February’s invasion, according to the World Bank Group...
12 May 22Pakistan has been urged to speed up its progress on reforms if it wants its economy to develop and recover from Covid-19.
4 May 22A better-than-expected post-pandemic recovery in the Western Balkans has been cut short, leaving public finances reeling, the World Bank has warned.
13 Apr 22Governments have been urged to take action against the concentration of wealth and income in a small section of the global population, creating inequality and fuelling inflation.
