World Bank

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$50 million emergency project to support Yemeni households and communities hard hit by the ongoing crisis. The grant is part of a new World...

News Hour: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit China from July 19-24 to expand cooperation in areas such as health sector reform and global economic sustainability. During his visit, Dr. Kim will launch...

News Hour: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced the appointment of Paul Romer as World Bank Chief Economist. Mr. Romer is a widely respected economist and a successful entrepreneur who joins the Bank...

News Hour: The Government of Fiji today signed a US$50 million loan agreement with the World Bank to support their continued recovery needs from Tropical Cyclone Winston and enhance the country’s efforts to protect the most...

News Hour: The full potential of labour mobility between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region remains largely untapped, according to a new report launched today by the World Bank and the Australian National University (ANU)...

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $150 million in financing for a $317.5 million project supporting urban development, urban transport and climate change resilience in China’s Ningbo Municipality, one of the nation’s...

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today $216.5 million in financing to support a new government project that will improve infrastructure in Indonesia’s slum areas and benefit more than 9.7 million urban...

News Hour: The World Bank Group and the Government of Guinea today announced the launch of a One Stop Shop facility for business procedures that will simplify and speed up the processing of licenses, permits and...

News Hour: Long term growth and stability as well as improved health and education services are the focus of a new report, released today, analyzing Government spending for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Prepared at...

News Hour: The World Bank Group and the Wharton School of Business announced the winners of its 2nd annual global youth development finance competition, entitled Ideas for Action (I4A). This innovation competition is organized in partnership...