The World Bank’s reform plan would free up roughly $5 billion annually over the next 10 years, mainly through a slight relaxation of the bank’s rules for how much risk it can assume.

The World Bank was to provide the bulk of the money for the census, using an unspecified portion of a $30 million grant earmarked for Sierra Leone last year to strengthen its statistical system.

The World Bank said on Friday it had cleared Syria's $15.5 million in outstanding debt after receiving payments from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, making the country eligible for millions of dollars in ...

The International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the low- and middle-income countries that report to the ...

In its latest report on international debt, the World Bank said that low- and middle-income countries had paid $443.5 billion toward principal and interest in 2022.

The World Bank said on Tuesday that the global economy remained in a “precarious state” and warned of sluggish growth this year and next as rising interest rates slow consumer spending and ...

World Bank head denies climate controversy spurred resignation ‘I’m leaving on my own terms,’ World Bank President David Malpass insists February 16, 2023 More than 2 years ago 4 min ...

Ajay Banga, the World Bank’s new president, said the lender must become faster, more efficient and eventually larger so that it can help fund some of the trillions of dollars in global ...