By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Two earthquakes that rocked Venezuela on June 24 caused $19.6 billion in ...

Report says 47 percent of physical damage from pair of earthquakes impacted residential buildings.

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The World Bank Group said on Monday it will "retire" its previous goal to devote 45% of its annual lending resources to projects with climate ...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran could reignite ...

The World Bank's Land 2030 Global Partnership assists developing countries in achieving land tenure security for all. Land is at the center of many significant development challenges. Land and ...

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 by ...

The World Bank has removed from its website an April policy update on Nigeria that recommended reopening imports of petrol. The report triggered a sharp backlash from Dangote Industries, whose giant ...

The World Bank decided to remove quantitative targets for incorporating climate objectives into its financing, months after criticism from the US — its biggest shareholder — that it should get back to ...

I N JUNE 2023 the world’s biggest development bank seemed to be undergoing a transformation. At a summit in Paris, the president of the World Bank, which for 70 years had focuse ...

JUPITER is an initiative of the World Bank Group's Global Program on Justice and the Rule of Law. It offers a universally applicable, country-based framework for assessing the effectiveness of ...

The World Bank and experts urge increased funding for IDP children's education, healthcare, and nutrition to secure Nigeria's ...

The internal watchdog of the International Finance Corp. found that the lenders pressured borrowers to keep paying back loans they couldn’t afford.