Tag: World Bank

WASHINGTON: Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2 percent this year and remain at that level in 2025, ...

LONDON: The punishing post-COVID wave of sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka and Zambia ...

DHAKA: Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ...

WASHINGTON: World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Thursday that bilateral creditors need to provide more debt forgiveness to poor ...

WASHINGTON: A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is “out of reach,” said the World Bank on Tuesday, ...

WASHINGTON: The world’s 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at ...

The World Bank expects economic activity in Pakistan to continue recovering with real GDP growth estimated at 2.8% in FY25, ...

In high-profile meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ...

DILI, East Timor (news agencies) — East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of ...

NEW DELHI: India should focus on labour-intensive exports to boost employment, The World Bank said on Tuesday, noting that the ...