On Tuesday, the World Bank's Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine to support its development policy. — Ukrinform.
While economic freedom is declining around the world, Vietnam is bucking the general trend. The country still has a lot of work to do to join the ranks of economically free countries, but it is moving in the right direction. No other country of comparable size has made such strong gains in the Index of Economic […]
KYIV, March 26, 2024-The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a new Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Ukraine in the amount
Nuclear war is a topic few care to think about. We sometimes call it unthinkable. But we need to think carefully, and to talk—particularly with high-ranking foreign officials whose motives we may have reason to distrust, just as they distrust ours—about how we can collectively avoid launching a weapon that would end our civilization. Pulitzer […]
The World's Top 50 Largest Banks By Consolidated Assets Banks are often among the biggest companies in the world. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu lists the top 50 banks in the world by consolidated assets, based on a 2023 report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The data represents each bank’s total assets for the most recent period available. Chinese Banks Keep on Growing According to S&P, the four largest Chinese banks grew their assets by 4.1% in 2022,...
The World Bank has commended Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State over his numerous developmental strides in the areas of water and agriculture, particularly livestock farming.
ASTANA, March 14, 2024 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved today a Development Policy Operation (DPO) loan in the amount of $600
The law of supply and demand should dictate that the United States be more aggressive in meeting the increasing demand for minerals.
The World Bank is planning to give Egypt more than $6 billion in financial assistance over the next three years to help it meet its development priorities, the Washington-based lender announced Monday."Over the coming three years, the World Bank Group intends to provide more than US$6 billion of support to Egypt," the development lender said in a statement.This includes "US$3 billion for financial support to Government's programs and US$3 billion for the private sector (including mobilization) -...
In between starring in a romantic comedy that actually made money and sending the internet into a tailspin for having breasts, Sydney Sweeney has had some explaining to do. Like, does she know that she was in Madame Web, the first bad superhero movie? Of course, she does. In fact, she’s already answered for it, telling The Los Angeles Times some weeks back that she was “just hired as an actor” and “happy to bring to life a character that my little cousins are excited about.” That’s nice, but...
THE WORLD BANK will publish more of its proprietary data, including on debt defaults, starting next week as part of a push to attract more private sec
The World Bank Group had mobilized $41 billion of private capital for emerging markets