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Washington, DC: The Heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), and World Trade Organization (WTO) met on July 7 as part of the …

Washington, DC: The Heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), and World Trade Organization (WTO) met on July 7 as part of the …

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) have shifted from pilots to production across finance. Electronic and increasingly automated trading, cloud-native infrastructure, and machine learning are rewiring how liquidity forms, risks are priced, …

Development Challenge Burundi continues to face extreme poverty and food insecurity. As of 2024, 63 percent of the population lives on less than $2.15 per day, and more than half …

The World Bank Group’s South Africa Wildlife Conservation Bond (SA WCB) Project channels private capital through an innovative outcome bond to finance black rhino conservation in two protected areas in …

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) holds over a third of the world’s freshwater resources, yet many still struggle to access clean water, and droughts are a growing concern. How …

In an era where decisionmakers in the public and private sectors need faster, more granular and high-frequency information to navigate complex development challenges, traditional data sources are struggling to keep pace. Censuses happen once a decade. Household …

With 1.2 billion young people set to reach working age in the next decade, delivering more and better jobs is at the heart of the World Bank Group’s development agenda. Infrastructure is …

Washington, DC, April 1, 2026 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or “IBRD”, rated Aaa/AAA) has raised EUR 21,386,000 from retail investors in Italy with a 5-year …

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2026 — The World Bank Group has approved a US$25.75 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Djibouti Economic Diversification Program, the country’s first Program-for-Results …