The World Bank is considering securitizing some of the projects it’s backing to attract more private funding as it prepares ...

World Bank plans securitization to attract private funding for development projects in poorest nations, speeding up progress.

World Bank chief Ajay Banga’s visit to Mozambique this month at the invitation of President Daniel Chapo to discuss a $6.4 ...

The World Bank Group today announced the appointment of Tsutomu Yamamoto as Managing Director of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), home of the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform.

The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender equality issues in the Pacific, managing director of ...

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday warned that any loss of central bank independence could undermine efforts to keep ...

Kenya is now poised to receive a delayed Ksh97 billion ($743 million) loan from the World Bank after President William Ruto ...

To address these challenges, social protection responses need to be tailored to both immediate and long-term needs. This evaluation assesses the World Bank's support for Adaptive Social Protection ...

The World Bank and IMF are increasingly focused on expanding their mandate at the expense of economic development and financial stability goals. This paper urges these institutions to “get back to ...

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 ...

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.