The World Bank on Thursday urged South Sudan to reform its public finances, improve transparency and invest in climate resilience, warning that declining foreign aid and worsening climate shocks ...

The World Bank Group has officially opened its first office in Doha, marking a new phase in its partnership with Qatar and ...

Tourism can be a powerful driver of jobs, investment, and community development, but only when growth is carefully managed rather than measured by visitor numbers alone. Drawing on a decade of World ...

Risk is all around us, an inherent part of life. And in the world of development, there are also risks, including war, civil disturbance and expropriation. Junaid Kamal Ahmad: When Egypt did in fact ...

WASHINGTON D.C., September 4, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a 5 billion Norwegian krone-denominated floating rate ...

The new plan took effect from the start of 2026 and will continue for about five years, focusing on sectors that generate ...

of bonds backed by loans it gave companies across the developing world, part of its efforts to lure more institutional investors to regions where borrowers have a harder time raising cash. The ...

The World Bank yesterday put its total ongoing, approved development projects and lending operations in the country at over $16 billion spread across several interventions including education, health, ...

The World Bank Group has officially opened its new, energy-efficient offices here, which will serve as the hub for its ...