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Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from ...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to settle Syria's outstanding arrears of around $15 million to the World Bank, both countries said ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in remarks to the Institute of International Finance on Wednesday, said the two agencies ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played a balancing act trying to reassure nervous investors that the U.S. would maintain ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued in a speech that the multilateral economic institutions have veered away from their ...
Bessent spoke to the Institute of International Finance as both the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings this week in Washington have been dominated by worries ...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar announced on Sunday that they would settle Syria's debt to the World Bank totalling roughly $15 million, according to a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency. Both Gulf ...
The World Bank report highlighted that 171 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, and 378 million have moved ...
After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 ignited the devastating war in Gaza, a deadly new reality also took hold for ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent on Wednesday encouraged the World Bank to invest in gas and fossil fuels. "The World Bank must be ...
Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday, unchanged from ...