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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
AIIB in talks over second loan guarantee deal for World Bank
...The World Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
April 2, 2024
Nuclear proliferation
UN nuclear watchdog head urges development banks to fund new projects
...The bank said in a statement that any decision to build its “internal capacity” in nuclear power would require broad shareholder support from the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, with board decisions...
March 4, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
Singapore
Singapore gives top-level briefings to reassure foreign banks on stability
...The prime minister’s office said public officials have been engaging with various groups, including banks and finance institutions, for decades....
April 21, 2024
Commodities
Commodity prices could keep inflation high, warns World Bank
...“Global inflation remains undefeated,” said Indermit Gill, the World Bank Group’s chief economist and senior vice-president....
April 25, 2024
Climate change
Rich nations pledge $11bn to World Bank for climate and global crises
...The World Bank said the money could be leveraged to result in a $70bn boost to its lending firepower....
April 20, 2024
InterviewIndian economy
India risks ‘squandering’ demographic dividend, says World Bank
...India and its neighbours are not creating enough jobs to sustain their young populations, the World Bank has warned, putting the region’s demographic dividend at risk even as it enjoys the world’s fastest...
April 2, 2024
FT Live
Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world
What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs
Tuesday, 30 April1 Friday Street, London
Trade Secrets
Ajay Banga tries to build a better World Bank Premium content
...What is Banga’s World Bank doing for us?...
April 15, 2024
News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar
The week ahead: The World Bank and IMF start spring meetings
...The IMF and the World Bank kick off their joint spring meeting on Monday in Washington....
April 14, 2024
The Week Ahead
Spring is in the air
...The IMF and the World Bank kick off their joint spring meeting on Monday in Washington....
April 14, 2024
Letter
Letter: World Bank ‘lab’ fails to address climate challenge
...Inder Sud Former Director, World Bank (1990-2001), Reston, VA, US...
March 6, 2024
International Development Association (IDA)
World Bank lender to poorest nations seeks record funding haul
...The World Bank’s fund for the planet’s poorest nations is seeking a record financing haul to tackle mounting debt and climate crises....
March 17, 2024
News in-depthForeign aid
Development funds dash for donor cash at World Bank and IMF meetings
...The International Development Association, the World Bank’s $200bn lending arm to the world’s poorest countries, is leading a wave of fundraising this year for “replenishment” of the equity that backs grants...
April 15, 2024
Energy Source
World Bank ‘optimistic’ about giant African hydro project Premium content
...That’s where we really hope that the multilateral [organisations] like the World Bank and African Development Bank [invest],” he said....
February 8, 2024
News in-depthClimate change
Negotiators seek money for climate action at spring meetings
...who are attending the annual spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank....
April 15, 2024
Plastic pollution
World Bank and Citi launch $100mn plastic credits bond
...The plastics bond marks the fourth so-called “outcome” bond issued by the World Bank since 2021. In 2022, the World Bank issued a $150mn “rhino bond” to fund wildlife conservation in Africa....
January 26, 2024
FT Live
Financial Times @COP
FT Live events coinciding with COP
Monday, 11 NovemberBaku, Azerbaijan
International Finance Corp
World Bank unit faces pressure to compensate alleged abuse victims
...“Sexual abuse of children is abhorrent and any form of abuse in World Bank Group-financed projects is unacceptable.”...
January 25, 2024
Letter
Letter: China will never match the US for one simple reason
...Mehdi Al Bazzaz Former World Bank Economist Alexandria, VA, US...
January 4, 2024
African economy
Anti-LGBT+ law puts Ghana’s IMF and World Bank funding at risk, finance ministry warns
...The World Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
March 5, 2024
Emerging markets
Poor countries’ debt costs to hit ‘crisis’ levels, says World Bank
...of which, the World Bank said, will not be known until 2024....
December 13, 2023
Disrupted Times
World Bank turns pessimistic on Asia growth
...The way forward for the region was through deeper service sector reforms, said World Bank economist Aaditya Mattoo....
October 2, 2023
Chinmayee Bhattacharjee
The silver lining of technology
...This article — one of the winning entries in the 2023 FT/World Bank student blog competition — is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here....
September 30, 2023
Letter
Letter: US financial sanctions risk fuelling de-dollarisation trends
...Istvan Dobozi Former Lead Economist, World Bank Sarasota, FL, US...
November 15, 2023
Aizhan Karpykova
Covid-19 changed our school system for the better
...This article — one of the winning entries in the 2023 FT/World Bank student blog competition — is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here....
September 30, 2023
Xara Orji
Nigeria’s infrastructure held back its students
...This article — one of the winning entries in the 2023 FT/World Bank student blog competition — is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here....
September 30, 2023
COP28
World Bank leader says climate loss and damage fund is a ‘beginning’
...The framework builds on existing efforts such as the Bridgetown Initiative, which pushes for reform of the World Bank and other multilateral development banks, and the so-called Nairobi Declaration by African...
December 1, 2023

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