International Finance Corporation (IFC) Managing Director Makhtar Diop says the World Bank's private sector arm is ramping up investments
While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump's threats of a global trade war, the International Finance Corporatio…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the UN's 4th International Conference on Financing and Development on June 30, 2025
As cuts by rich donors decimate aid budgets for the world's most vulnerable, private financing has been touted as the sector's saviour -- but …
Delegates attend a plenary meeting at the UN 4th International Conference on Financing and Development in Seville on Monday
More than 100 nations attending a UN aid conference pledged this week to help defuse the ticking time bomb of developing countries' ballooning…
Bolivian President Luis Arce has seen his approval ratings plummet since taking office in 2020
Bolivia, battling an economic crisis that has plunged it into social unrest, risks defaulting on its loan payments if it does not obtain new f…
A man clears debris around a quake-damaged Buddha statue at Lawkatharaphu Pagoda in Inwa. The World Bank says Myanmar's economy is set to shri…
Myanmar's economy is set to shrink 2.5 percent in the 2025/26 financial year, largely as a result of March's devastating magnitude-7.7 earthqu…