Two targets and five ambitious gender equality results are aligned with the new World Bank Corporate Scorecard. Delivering on the ambition of the new WBG Gender Strategy requires engaging differently.

During a press conference at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., Abebe Selassie, the IMF’s African Region Director, said the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian ...

SYDNEY (AP) — A restaurateur pleaded guilty Thursday to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney in early October. Alan Yazbek was photographed at the Oct. 6 rally in ...

The world’s final glimpse of Hamas’ leader was rough and raw, showing him wounded and cornered as he sat in a bombed-out Palestinian home and faced down the Israeli drone filming him ...

They are cultural symbols, amplifying a nation's soft power ... Who’s winning which state? Full list Imagine a world where Bollywood's colourful stories, south India's adrenaline-pumping blockbusters, ...

Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as more than 100,000 cases of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the World Bank and IMF were conceived 80 years ago, the world was a very different place. Over half of ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - The World Bank building is pictured in Washington, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File ...

As government officials gather in Washington DC next week for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meetings, social security systems around the world are at risk. Faced with ...

ABUJA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Nigeria is beginning to reap the benefits of significant policy reforms following a near fiscal crisis in 2020, but must stay the course, the World Bank said on Thursday.

The West Indies knocked out one of the pre-tournament favourites England to reach the semifinals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 [File: Satish Kumar/Reuters] West Indies and New Zealand meet ...