The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S.

The World Bank's board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as ...

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The World Bank’s board lifted its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund natural exploration and ...

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying ...

Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help ...

Myanmar’s economy is headed for its worst performance since the pandemic as the strife-torn country reels from the impact of ...

The job of leading that reform now falls to Ajay Banga, an Indian American businessman and former CEO of Mastercard who was nominated by President Joe Biden to replace resigning World Bank President ...

The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast.

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...

The World Bank has lifted its long-standing ban on financing nuclear energy projects, marking its return to the sector for ...

The U.S. economy is likely to grow just 1.4% this year, half the rate recorded in 2024, as a result of President Trump's ...