Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Thursday warned that U.S. across-the-board tariffs of 10% could reduce already lackluster global economic growth of 2.7% in 2025 by 0.3 percentage ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The World Bank building in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Updated [hour ...

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2025—The World Bank Group’s Boards of Executive Directors today discussed the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Pakistan, which aims to support inclusive and ...

The World Bank warned that developing economies will face tougher years ahead, with growth globally too slow to boost living standards and a climate of high policy uncertainty deterring advanced ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is expected to remain the second fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia until 2026, according to the World Bank. The multilateral lender’s Global ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister on Wednesday welcomed a first-of-its-kind agreement with the World Bank for a plan to focus $20 billion in lending to the cash-strapped ...

The World Bank has detected a flaw in the recently launched Uraan Pakistan plan, pointing out that the national economic vision lacks the basic ingredient required to fix Pakistan's ailing economy ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Anura Dissanayake has met World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser to secure financial and technical support for several sectors. Dissanayake met ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

In terms of assets, Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the world and the sixth-largest bank in the world. With $288.96 billion in market cap, Bank of America is one of the most valuable ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The World Bank has agreed to $20bn of new lending to Pakistan over the next decade as the multilateral ...