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DHAKA, December 21, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank approved three operations totaling 1.16 billion U.S. dollars to help Bangladesh improve health services, water and sanitation services and [...]

BEIRUT, December 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank is ready to take part in Lebanon's reconstruction after the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict comes to an end, a senior official [...]

JUBA, December 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Sudan said Tuesday it has commenced cash transfers to support more than 1 million people under a World Bank-backed safety net [...]

SUVA, November 28, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are estimated to cost Fiji about 591 million Fijian dollars (around 260 million U.S. dollars) annually in both direct [...]

PHNOM PENH, November 21, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A new World Bank report released on Thursday showed that Cambodia needed to unlock the full potential of transport corridors to [...]

DHAKA, November 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank will provide 600 million and 500 million U.S. dollars, respectively, in loan assistance [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- It is important to press ahead with the reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the [...]

KIGALI, November 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Africa's education ministers and development partners have reiterated their commitment to ending 'learning poverty' and doubling efforts in funding foundational learning as [...]

MANILA, November 13, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank approved a loan of 750 million U.S. dollars on Wednesday to boost the digital transformation in the Philippines. The [...]

WASHINGTON, October 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank Group on Thursday announced a set of actions and concrete goals that aim to boost economic opportunities for more [...]

AMMAN, October 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East region have suppressed economic activity in Jordan, resulting in a fall in its tourist numbers at [...]

MANILA, October 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank said Friday that it has approved a loan of 287.24 million U.S. dollars to fund a project designed to [...]

COLOMBO, October 10, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan economy has stabilized with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts, according to the World Bank [...]

NAIROBI, October 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Off-grid solar solutions provide the most effective pathways to bridge the electricity gap in the world, the World Bank said in a [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, October 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Following weaker-than-expected growth in 2023, Malaysia is projected to grow at a higher rate of 4.9 percent in 2024, the World [...]

COLOMBO, October 7, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank and the Sri Lankan government signed on Monday for an additional 200 million U.S. dollars for economic reforms in [...]

TASHKENT, October 5, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank announced in a statement on Friday that it has approved a loan of 800 million U.S. dollars to support [...]

VIENTIANE, October 3, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved a new project totaling 56 million U.S. dollars for upgrading roads in Laos, helping about 600,000 people [...]

ADDIS ABABA, October 1, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian government and the World Bank signed a 70-million-U.S.-dollar financing agreement Monday to support the East African country's development. The [...]

ABUJA, October 1, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigeria has freshly secured up to 1.57 billion U.S. dollars in financing from the World Bank to strengthen human capital through better [...]

TASHKENT, September 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Antonella Bassani, vice president of the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank, highlighting [...]

DHAKA, September 29, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank will provide 300 million U.S. dollars to support the Bangladesh Clean Air Project, a Bangladeshi official said on Sunday. [...]

BAKU, September 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has projected a potential 28% increase in trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU) through the Middle [...]

PHNOM PENH, September 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved 80 million U.S. dollars in financing to support Cambodia's efforts to improve the quality of higher [...]

LUSAKA, September 18, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Zambia on Wednesday launched a program aimed at building climate resilience, reducing carbon emissions, and alleviating poverty among vulnerable populations. The 63.9-million-U.S.-dollar [...]

DHAKA, September 16, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide 2.5 billion U.S. dollars for financial sector reforms in Bangladesh. [...]

HANOI, August 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Vietnam's economy is forecast to grow 6.1 percent in 2024 and 6.5 percent in both 2025 and 2026, up from 5 percent [...]

DHAKA, August 22, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Bangladesh's interim government has sought 1 billion U.S. dollars from the World Bank as budgetary support. The call came from the country's [...]

MOGADISHU, August 1, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved a 125-million-U.S. dollars grant for Somalia to introduce drought index insurance for 180,000 pastoralists including 90,000 women. [...]

ADDIS ABABA, August 1, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR), the lower chamber of parliament, on Wednesday endorsed financial agreements involving 1.5 billion U.S. [...]

ACCRA, July 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ghana's economy has made progress after a year of reform implementation, according to the latest report by the World Bank Group. The [...]

JUBA, July 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Sudan, the World Bank, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Tuesday that they have [...]

LUSAKA, July 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank on Friday pledged 100 million U.S. dollars to help Zambia speed up its digital infrastructure and increase access to [...]

ULAN BATOR, July 3, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Mongolia has been reclassified by the World Bank from a lower-middle income country to an upper-middle income country for the 2024 [...]

LUSAKA, July 3, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved a 207.6-million-U.S.-dollar grant to support Zambia's response to drought, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The [...]

AMMAN, July 1, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank said on Monday it approved two new financing programs worth 700 million U.S. dollars to help strengthen Jordan's sectors [...]

MANILA, June 29, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank said on Saturday that it has approved a 750-million-U.S. dollar loan to strengthen the Philippine economy's recovery. The Philippines [...]

MANILA, June 29, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank said on Saturday that it has approved 500 million U.S. dollars in funding to repair schools in the Philippines [...]

JUBA, June 27, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nearly 750,000 vulnerable individuals in South Sudan have benefited from access to improved water, sanitation, education, and health facilities under the Enhancing [...]

MANILA, June 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Increasing investment in children's early development will improve the well-being of all Filipinos and strengthen the country's economic potential, according to a [...]

ISLAMABAD, June 21, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved 535 million U.S. dollars in financing for Pakistan to support two projects to promote social protection and [...]

GABORONE, June 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank have called on Botswana to allow the private sector to play a [...]

ACCRA, June 15, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved a four-million U.S. dollar grant to support the participation of local communities in climate action in Ghana, [...]

COLOMBO, June 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan economy is expected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2024 and reach 3 percent in 2026, assuming successful debt restructuring [...]

ACCRA, June 13, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank Group has approved 260 million U.S. dollars to support Ghana's efforts in improving electricity distribution and enhancing access to [...]

LUSAKA, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Zambia and the World Bank on Thursday signed two financing agreements to support the development of the energy sector and the improvement [...]

MANILA, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Maintaining peace, supported by increasing farm profitability, diversifying income sources, enhancing access to basic social services, and upgrading infrastructure, will accelerate poverty [...]

NAIROBI, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank, United Nations agencies, and regional organizations have called for more investment in water management as the climate crisis is [...]

ACCRA, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank Group has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar loan to support Ghana's financial sector stability program over the next five years, [...]

PHNOM PENH, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved 79.5 million U.S. dollars in additional financing to expand activities that are improving access to quality [...]