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World Bank grants $1 billion loan to support South Africa’s energy sector
The World Bank has approved $1 billion loan to support South Africa's energy sector which is currently experiencing the worse conditions including inadequate funds...
Marrakech IMF/World Bank meetings, a barometer of Moroccan development and resilience
The recent, devastating earthquake in Morocco's Atlas Mountains has claimed more than 2,900 lives, injured at least 5,500 people, and left thousands more homeless....
How getting dollars from IMF, World Bank would make the borrower country’s situation worse off
As globalisation and international trade continue to increase, countries are becoming increasingly dependent on one another for economic support. While the idea of receiving...
An Overachiever Takes the Helm: Is the World Bank Benign?
The new nominee for president of the World Bank announced by the White House is Ajaypal Singh Banga. He was promptly affirmed by 25...
Can BRICS weaken the dominance of the IMF and World Bank?
Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF...
World Bank-EU Launch of 2022 Best Annual Report and Transparency Award
The World Bank and the European Union (EU), in partnership with the National Fund for Support of Reforms in Accounting, Reporting and Auditing (RSF),...
Folksam Group Invests in SEK 4 Billion World Bank Green Bond
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) issued a SEK green bond due August 2028, raising SEK 4 billion. The...
World Bank Prices First CAD Sustainable Development Bond of 2022
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a new 5-year CAD 1.5 billion benchmark that matures on January...
Tainting IMF’s Georgieva: U.S. Campaign to Tighten the Grip on Bretton Woods Institutions
In an unprecedented development, the then-Chief Executive of World Bank, and now International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was accused on September...
David Malpass: Development in a Time of Upheaval
World Bank Group President David Malpass today called our current era of high inequality and reversals in global development progress a “time of upheaval,”...