The natural disaster killed more than 640 people, and affected more than 10 percent of Sri Lanka's population. Floods and ...

The World Bank has approved a $500 million facility for Nigeria to expand longer-term lending to small and medium sized ...

The gap between external debt repayments and new financing in developing countries widened to $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the largest in at least 50 years, according to the World Bank.

The World Bank said on Friday that it has approved $700 million in financing for Pakistan under a multi-year initiative aimed ...

The World Bank has approved 350 million euros ($410 million) in financing to support a project aimed at improving skills ...

Under the expanded programme, participants will receive a comprehensive package of support, including skills training, apprenticeships, entrepreneurship development and access to microfinance ...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved financing for two critical programs in the Indian states of Uttar ...

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 by ...

Authorities in Guiyang have applied for $250 million in funding for the development Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...

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 ...

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—referred to here as the Bretton Woods institutions—have played an important role in the international ...

COLOMBO: Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka last month, caused an estimated US$4.1 billion in direct physical damage to ...