Hezbollah conflict has severely disrupted Lebanon's fragile recovery, predicting a 6.4% contraction in the economy.

Conflict with Israel derails Lebanon's economic recovery as inflation and consumer prices rise, the global lender says.

A fresh World Bank report highlights the countries most exposed to job automation by AI. This offers insight into the industries and roles that will be most at risk.

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The ⁠World ⁠Bank on Friday ⁠said it had disbursed $200 million ​to Colombia for its emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kenya is in talks for about $450 million of emergency financing from the World Bank to cushion the economy from the impact of the Iran war and potential weather shocks, according to people familiar ...

The World Bank has downgraded the implementation and development ratings of Pakistan’s Sindh Barrages Improvement Project, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States. The bank’s ...

In a significant move to strengthen global public asset management frameworks, the World Bank’s Executive Directors approved the relaunch of the World Bank Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership ...

Impoverished countries do not have much in common. Half the population of Niger, a landlocked African nation beset by military coups, live in extreme poverty, eight in ten people have no access to ...