NNW Bureau

Much of what we know about access to finance comes from studies of microfinance, small loans typically made to self‑employed individuals or household businesses. This large body of evidence has …

As we made the three-hour drive from Harare to Buhera district in Manicaland province, we felt both anticipation and anxiety about our planned stakeholder consultations. Our key objective was to …

Decades of investment in Africa’s electrification have delivered real gains, yet progress has been uneven and, in some of the continent’s largest economies, frustratingly slow. As governments and their international development partners …

Rabat, Morocco, April 28, 2026  –  Morocco could generate 1.7 million additional jobs by 2035 and increase real GDP by close to 20 percent above baseline – but realizing that potential will …

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $250 million in financing for the Kinshasa Urban Transformation and Jobs Program — known as Kin la Belle — to improve …

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026 — Transport infrastructure is the backbone of Madagascar’s economy, supporting domestic trade, food supply chains, tourism, and exports. Yet years of underinvestment, compounded by repeated cyclones, have left …

Washington, DC: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Sergei Antoshin, visited Kingstown and held discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ authorities and other counterparts during April …

India has set itself an ambitious goal: to become a fully developed nation by 2047, the centenary of its independence. The momentum is real. India is one of the fastest-growing major economies and already ranks among the world’s five largest. But achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat will …

Washington, DC: The United Kingdom (UK) has successfully completed the transitions plans required under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Plus—the highest tier of the IMF’s Data …

Retired Olympic pairs champions Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi will skate professionally for the foreseeable future, with an eye on coaching, and eventually opening their own academy to groom the next generation of “Riku-Ryu”. At a …