Uganda is making a bold push for energy self-reliance with the launch of its national Biofuel Blending Programme ...

Sub-Saharan Africa's poverty rate has also been raised, increasing the estimated number of people living in extreme poverty ...

Ethiopia said on Friday that it had signed a $1 billion financing agreement with the World Bank to support its economic ...

Romania remained among the world's high-income countries in 2024, a group it entered in 2019, according to a ranking by the ...

The World Bank's Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief reports that 171 million Indians were lifted out of extreme poverty ...

Thailand's economic growth is projected to slow to 1.8% this year and 1.7% next year amid intensifying global and domestic ...

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

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

Jairam Ramesh said government supporters are now trying to twist the data to claim that India is “one of the most equal ...

The World Bank's board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as ...

The global economy could grow less this year than previously projected, the World Bank said Tuesday, citing uncertainty over ...

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 ...