Tag: World Bank

The World Bank slash edits 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many ...

The World Bank has approved South Africa's loan for a $497 million (around R9 billion) project to decommission and repurpose ...

A failure to secure meaningful progress on debt relief for the world's poorest nations at the International Monetary Fund and ...

Kenya plans to use cheaper loans from agencies such as the World Bank to allow it to retire expensive domestic ...

Shocks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine mean the world is unlikely to meet a longstanding ...

Africa's main public health body, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), will receive $100 million from ...

Gambia and the World Bank signed a $68 million grant on Tuesday to revive the ocean-facing West African country's tourism ...

Ministers from various African countries say the spike in prices of imported goods is starting to affect the quality of ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak will boycott some G20 meetings in Washington this week if Russia attends, as part of ...

Ukraine's economic output will likely contract by a staggering 45.1% this year as Russia's invasion has shuttered businesses, slashed exports ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has reiterated its stance for government to cancel loans from the International Monetary Fund and ...

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Tuesday said they were racing to provide billions of dollars of additional ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is calling on the government to avoid applying for loans from international financial institutions such ...

The World Bank's management has approved a plan to use some $1 billion in a frozen Afghanistan trust fund for ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has defended the government's decision to accept a R11 billion loan from the World Bank saying ...

The World Bank has approved South Africa’s request for a $750 million loan (R11.4 billion at current exchange rates). In ...

The World Bank on Monday said its funding had helped deliver 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world ...

The World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan on Wednesday in response to the military's seizure of power from ...

Sudan is making progress as it reconnects with the global economy but patience is needed as the country seeks to ...

The World Bank and the African Union said on Monday they would work together to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations for up ...