US presidential election looms over IMF and World Bank annual meetings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global finance leaders face a major uncertainty as they meet in Washington next we...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
18/10/2024
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Treasury official says withdrawing the US from the IMF and World Bank would be a ‘step backward’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Withdrawing the United States from the IMF and World Bank would be “a step backwar...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
12/10/2024
Myanmar poverty deepens, economic growth stagnant, World Bank says
YANGON — Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in ...
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12/06/2024
World Bank’s Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took char...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
19/04/2024
Oil prices could reach ‘uncharted waters’ if the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the World Bank says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank reported Monday that oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted wat...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
30/10/2023
Rights watchdog accuses the World Bank of complicity in rights abuses around Tanzanian national park
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A rights watchdog is accusing the World Bank of enabling the Tanzanian govern...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA
28/09/2023
Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creatin...
FATIMA HUSSEIN
07/09/2023
Uganda’s leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president on Thursday slammed the World Bank, calling the global len...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA
18/08/2023
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East A...
RODNEY MUHUMUZA
09/08/2023