“What’s new is that, for the first time in decades, the World Bank Group will begin to re-enter the nuclear energy space,” Ajay Banga, World Bank president, told staff in a memo welcomed by industry ...

Foreign direct investment flows into developing economies dropped to $435 billion in 2023, the lowest since 2005, with just ...

The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S.

International financial experts have significantly downgraded economic projections for both America and the world, with the ...

The World Bank is weighing in on economic conditions affecting not only the U.S. but also the global economy, and it gives a ...

Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the ...

The World Bank has approved two investments involving a total blended finance package of $2.13 billion to boost economic ...

The World Bank’s board lifted its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund natural exploration and ...

Citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers’’ but without mentioning Trump by name, the 189-country lender predicted that ...

Air pollution is the leading cause of death and disability in Nepal, with the Kathmandu Valley and Terai identified as the ...

The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast.

Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help ...