In 2021, the World Bank shut down one of its flagship projects: the Doing Business index, a global ranking system that measured how easy it was to start and run a business in 190 countries. It ...

Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes.

The World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) provides scholarships to students and young researchers, contributing to the World Bank’s mission of forging new dynamic approaches to ...

The world economy is growing steadily in the face of global conflict, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates.

The bank later expanded its mission, aiming to alleviate poverty in the developing world by fostering economic growth. Now, though, the left wants to shift the bank’s attention to the climate issue.

The World Bank said on Tuesday it will restructure its global operations by shifting its regional management teams from Washington to hub offices around the world, a move aimed at helping the bank ...

The earthquake that hit Turkey this month caused $34bn of damage, according to an assessment by the World Bank that underscores the extent of the physical devastation wrought by the natural disaster.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the ...

The world economy is growing steadily in the face of global conflict, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates.