WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying that higher tariffs and heightened ...

Latest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance. The comparison, especially over the last 15 ...

NAIROBI, May 27 (Reuters) - The World Bank has cut Kenya's growth forecast for this year by half a point from its initial prediction to 4.5%, it said on Tuesday, citing high levels of debt, high ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

October 21, 2024 — The World Bank Group launched a set of Global Challenge Programs (GCPs) to help countries tackle key development problems with speed, scale, and impact. The GCPs, a key component of ...