The World Bank said on Monday that Syria’s gross domestic product is expected to grow modestly by 1% in 2025, following a ...

Ukraine will receive a $50 million grant as part of a World Bank project aimed at restoring the country's agricultural sector ...

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...

Spain has partnered with the World Bank to help poorer countries free up money to spend on development and conservation via ...

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 ...

World Bank President David Malpass announced Wednesday his plan to step down in June, nearly a year before the end of his five-year term, following a recent controversy over climate change ...

Under pressure from world leaders, development experts and shareholders, the bank opens its spring meeting on Monday, poised for big changes. By David Gelles and Alan Rappeport Mr. Gelles writes ...

A Brief History of the World Bank. In 1944, Allied nations convened in what became the Bretton Woods conference to establish—officially a year later—the International Bank for Reconstruction ...

World Bank President David Malpass sparked a furor last fall when he refused to say whether he accepted that the burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet.

The World Bank is in a unique position to help developing countries prepare for climate change. Here are two things critics say it could do better, and one they say it shouldn’t do at all.

The World Bank said on Monday it expected Syria’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow modestly by 1% in 2025, following a ...

India is once again expected to the be world’s fastest-growing major economy, expanding at a 6.3% clip this year. But that’s down from 6.5% in 2024 and from the 6.7% the bank had forecast for ...