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BAKU, November 12, 2024—The World Bank Group has expanded its lifeline to countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing small, vulnerable states to postpone loan and interest repayments ...

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 ...

With an annual per capita income of less than $1,145 (€1,050) a year, the World Bank said these countries "are poorer today on average than they were on the eve of COVID-19, even though the rest ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The world's 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to ...

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FILE PHOTO: The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The World Bank will launch its first ever debt-for-development swap within weeks, its Vice President and Treasurer Jorge Familiar told Reuters, as the Washington ...

(Reuters) -The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are providing Argentina with $8.8 billion in financing, the South American country's economy ministry announced on Wednesday ...