Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The World Bank Group logo is displayed on a office wall at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Karachi, Pakistan ...

A new World Bank report shows how partners are joining forces to deliver impact at greater speed and scale, reducing fragmentation and strengthening country ownership. In a world facing compounding ...

Washington, DC, November 13, 2025 – A new World Bank report offers the most comprehensive view yet of global reserve management practices, drawing on survey responses from 136 central banks worldwide, ...

The World Bank says that Mozambique “stands at a critical juncture”, in which it “needs to ease fiscal pressures while ...

Economies long touted as the next wave of global growth engines have largely failed to deliver on that promise over the past quarter century, according to a new World Bank report, raising fresh ...

India’s job market is showing its strongest signs of vitality in nearly a decade. According to the World Bank’s latest South Asia Development Update, employment in India has been growing faster than ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The World Bank lifted Kenya's economic growth forecast for this year to almost 5% on Monday, citing a pick up in the construction sector in East Africa's largest economy. Some of ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A World Bank report warned of a "shockingly large" gap between legislation promoting gender equality and its enforcement, with no country currently ensuring all the ...