Global commodity prices are set to increase this year to the highest since 2022 as the war in Iran continues to disrupt key ...

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 ...

The World Bank Group is helping Lesotho bring reliable, affordable electricity to nearly 147,000 residents and businesses, reduce energy poverty, and create the conditions for stronger household ...

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 ...

The World Bank has dispatched staff and resources to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to respond to the Ebola ...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Twenty-seven countries have moved since the Iran war started to put in place crisis instruments that could quickly access funding from existing World ...

It will take "a few months for things to come back" once the Strait of Hormuz is no longer effectively closed, Banga said.

Iraqi officials have approached the International Monetary Fund about securing financial ‌assistance as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, a source close to the IMF and an Iraqi government ...

Making inroads against corruption often requires determined efforts to overcome vested interests. Transparency and open governance are typically part of the story, but rarely the whole story. When ...

This week, world leaders and central bankers will convene in Washington, D.C., for the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Both the chaos coursing through the ...

Nigerian and other African labour unions have rejected the AfDB, and World Bank-backed “Mission 300” electricity initiative ...