Workers and the poor must oppose the government’s plans to impose the huge costs of cyclone recovery on the masses. They are ...

Hong Kong continues to rank within the top 20 in "Operational Efficiency" and in the second quintile in "Regulatory Framework ...

The SAR government on Tuesday said that the assessment methodologies from a World Bank Group pilot report this year ...

The findings are contained in the 26th edition of the Uganda Economic Update, which reports broad-based expansion across ...

TUNIS, November 12, 2024 — Tunisia's economy experienced a 0.6% growth in the first half of 2024, a limited increase of its performance in 2023, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s ...

Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka last month, caused an estimated $4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings, ...

Morocco has further improved its business climate indicators, ranking second in Africa and the Arab world in the World Bank’s ...

A World Bank report outlines the amount of excess natural gas that is burned off, a practice that wastes energy and increases climate-warming emissions. The amount of natural gas flared worldwide ...

(Reuters) -The goal of ending extreme poverty around the globe remains elusive partly due to compounding challenges faced by economies in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) including food ...

A new World Bank report shows how partners are joining forces to deliver impact at greater speed and scale, reducing fragmentation and strengthening country ownership. In a world facing compounding ...

The World Bank will centralise some functions across its public and private-sector arms from 1 January 2026, according to an internal email seen by The Africa Report.