World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday stressed the need to increase transparency in debt restructuring processes to give ...

The World Bank is considering securitizing some of the projects it’s backing to attract more private funding as it prepares to roll out a series of debt-for-development swaps, President Ajay Banga ...

Washington, D.C., August 8, 2025 — The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Directors approved today US$150 million in financing for the Republic of Paraguay to support efforts to improve the business ...

The World Bank and other multilateral development banks recently have begun reconsidering their self-imposed restrictions on financing fossil fuel projects. This change is being prompted in part by ...

The director for Caribbean countries at the World Bank has called for a regional tax on cruise tourism that would be paid by every passenger, noting that the Caribbean has more cruise tourism but ...