“We really need to pay attention to South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, as by 2050, South Asia’s waste will double, sub-Saharan Africa’s waste will triple,” said Silpa Kaza, World Bank urban ...

Pakistan has agreed to an unprecedented ten-year plan with the World Bank which will see $20 billion (€19.4 billion) worth of loans for the country's cash-strapped economy. The South Asian ...

The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat presents the finalists to the JJ/WBG Steering Committee (composed of members of the World Bank Board of Directors and WB management) for approval. Winners are informed by ...

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2025—The World Bank Group’s Boards of Executive Directors today discussed the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Pakistan, which aims to support inclusive and ...

In terms of assets, Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the world and the sixth-largest bank in the world. With $288.96 billion in market cap, Bank of America is one of the most valuable ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Thursday warned that U.S. across-the-board tariffs of 10% could reduce already lackluster global economic growth of 2.7% in 2025 by 0.3 percentage ...

Pakistan confirmed on Wednesday that the World Bank has pledged to lend $20 billion over the next decade, commencing in 2026 under its Country Partnership Framework, to help address the ...

Foreign direct investment is flowing into the developing world at half the level of the early 2000s, the bank said. Globally, countries imposed five times as many new trade barriers last year as ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister on Wednesday welcomed a first-of-its-kind agreement with the World Bank for a plan to focus $20 billion in lending to the cash-strapped ...

The World Bank has detected a flaw in the recently launched Uraan Pakistan plan, pointing out that the national economic vision lacks the basic ingredient required to fix Pakistan's ailing economy ...

Personnel will be key to determining policy, and much is still unknown, but experts say to expect a transactional, conditional relationship with the global lender. As Donald Trump’s incoming ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The World Bank has agreed to $20bn of new lending to Pakistan over the next decade as the multilateral ...