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The World Bank on Tuesday forecast that weakening global growth due in part to trade turmoil will push global commodity ...
The UK is considering scaling back its nearly £2 billion ($2.7 billion) commitment to a World Bank fund for developing ...
Economic growth in the six Western Balkans countries is projected to moderately slow in 2025 due to weaker external demand ...
Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from ...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar say they will pay Syria’s outstanding debt to the World Bank, a move that is likely to make the ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent on Wednesday encouraged the World Bank to invest in gas and fossil fuels. "The World Bank must be ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank but ...
A new report by the World Bank says organised crime and violence have become a central obstacle to development in Latin ...
The investment downturn is central to the growth slowdown. Gross fixed capital investment is expected to contract by 2.4% this year, a stark reversal from already muted growth in FY24. This is not ...
The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Global economic leaders are ...