Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation explains how tourism has created direct jobs and boosted other sectors. Watch more How to Equip Young People for the World of Work Strong skills help ...

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 — Following Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage with the World Bank, backed by a catastrophe bond issued in 2024 by the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD, AAA/Aaa).

The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are under pressure to offer more help to poor countries being hammered by energy challenges and climate disasters. Here is what you need

Andrea Dore, the World Bank's global head of funding, will be promoted to director of treasury operations for the World Bank Group, effective November 16. GlobalCapital understands the Bank has yet to decide whether to recruit Dore's successor as head of funding internally or externally.

Mariama Ciré Sylla is serving as Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Guinea since July 2025. She brings over 20 years of international experience in trade, business strategy, private sector development, and finance, across multiple sectors ...

The World Bank backs language in a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Gazathat would authorize a two-year mandate for a transitional governance body, according to a letter to the United States seen by Reuters.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks ahead of the annual IMF-World Bank fall meetings, at the Milken Institute in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 8, 2025. REUTERS After the Paris Climate Agreement was ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to improve the life expectancy and quality of life for 11 million elderly and vulnerable people in the state of Kerala through wider access to health ...

Affordable home ownership has a huge range of effects, beyond just providing somewhere to live, said Tanu Kumar ’12. "When people own their own homes, they tend to think about the future more and invest in it,” explained the World Bank analyst.

Research repeatedly shows that pound for pound, core development investments — like improving maternal health, advancing e-learning, or enhancing agricultural yields — deliver much greater and faster benefits than climate spending,