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The core mission of the World Bank is a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Measuring poverty on a regular basis using timely and relevant data is critical to tracking progress toward this goal ...
The goal is to give countries the flexibility to choose how to deliver the reliable energy needed to meet their development goals, especially with electricity demand in developing countries expected ...
This Country Program Evaluation assesses the performance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s support to Georgia in ...
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 ...
Trump administration says IMF, World Bank ‘falling short’ of missions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and World Bank ...
The new amount is lower, but will still help the World Bank get close to its goal of raising $100 billion for IDA by leveraging countries' contributions, sources familiar with the process said.
The World Bank, African Development Bank and others are pledging at least $35 billion to expand electricity across a continent where more than a half-billion people still don’t have it.