In a significant move to strengthen global public asset management frameworks, the World Bank’s Executive Directors approved the relaunch of the World Bank Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership ...

WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2024 — The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$110 million loan to support the state of Sergipe, in the northeast of Brazil. This new project aims to ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Bolormaa Amgaabazar, said the programme focuses on ensuring that public resources are both mobilised fairly and used efficiently to deliver real benefits.

By combining social protection with housing finance reforms, the project aims to expand access to housing credit, catalyze ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to invest in the service capability and resilience of the health systems of Pacific Island countries, which were physically cut off from the rest of the world ...

Senior figures at the World Bank have said it should consider changing its lending policy to include nuclear energy projects. (Image: World Bank) Ahead of the organisation's recent Spring meetings, ...

Bungling World Bank bureaucrats lost track of at least $24 billion bankrolling the battle against climate change, according to a bombshell report by a left-leaning charity group. An investigation by ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Nineteen of the World Bank's 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank's continued work on climate change, defying ...

* Report says many projects didn't benefit the poor * Says one-third of health projects didn't achieve goals * World Bank management says agrees with assessment * Report covers a decade starting in ...