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World Bank chief expects G20 to extend debt payment freeze through end-2021

The G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) has already helped countries defer some $5.7 billion in payments through the end of 2020

World Bank to provide $120 mn to Pakistan for its Green Stimulus initiative

The World Bank announced it will provide $120 million to Pakistan for its Green Stimulus initiative launched last year to create green jobs for those youth who became jobless due to the coronavirus

World Bank ups FY22 GDP growth projection for India by 4.7 percentage pts

Pegs economic growth at 10.1%, also gives range of 7.5-12.5% given Covid-induced uncertainty

Economy since 2009: Fact and Fiction?

While many contemporary economists seem to have lost interest in economic history altogether, those born before 1980 have turned most unbecomingly partisan

Avoiding a K-shaped global recovery

Political leaders in the developed world must recognise that no one is safe until everyone is safe, and that a healthy global economy is not possible without a strong recovery everywhere

The absent voices of development economics

Development economics focuses on improving the well-being of billions of people in low-income countries, but the Global South is severely underrepresented in the field

Four killed in Myanmar protests, World Bank forecasts economy to slump 10%

The World Bank said Myanmar's economy could slump 10% this year due to the turmoil since the coup last month that overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi

Bottom-of-the-pyramid once again in focus

The coronavirus pandemic-led economic shock just shrunk the lucrative middle class market by 32 million people, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Centre based on the World Bank data

BBIN countries in South Asia can be economic growth pole: WB India head

Connectivity between Bangladesh and India, alongside Bhutan and Nepal, has the potential to make the sub-region an economic growth pole for South Asia, World Bank India Head Junaid Ahmad said

Pregnancy could get women fired in 38 nations, says World Bank

The pandemic has contributed to an increase in violence against women and is reinforcing gender inequality in many countries

Raw material shortage may affect scaling up of Covishield production

Last week, Adar Poonawalla had said on a World Bank panel that a US law blocking the export of key items like bags and filters will likely cause "serious bottlenecks" in vaccine production

European officials urge World Bank to exclude fossil-fuel investments

Senior officials from Europe have urged the World Bank to expand its climate change strategy to exclude investments in oil- and coal-related projects, and phase out investment in natural gas projects

European officials urge World Bank to bar fossil-fuel investments: Report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior officials from Europe have urged the World Bank's management to expand its climate change strategy to exclude investments in oil- and coal-related projects around the world, and gradually phase out investment in natural gas projects, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

World Bank, IMF to consider climate change in debt reduction talks

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the outlook for many countries that were already heavily indebted before the outbreak

India accounts for 10 per cent of global road crash victims: World Bank

India has one per cent of the world's vehicles

World Bank's IFC to invest $45 million equity in upGrad Education

upGrad has almost doubled its users in six months and aims to touch 10 lakh by the end of 2021

Slow vaccine rollout stands to halve world growth: World Bank's Reinhart

The Group of 20's common framework, which aims to get China and private lenders more involved in debt relief, can help poor countries resolve issues faster

Labour codes: Reform 2.0

Economic reforms require expending political capital by the governments, as the benefits of reforms are spread thin and become apparent only with a time lag

Finance ministry holds meeting to discuss roadmap for asset monetisation

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) had signed an agreement with World Bank, in November 2020, to provide advisory services to the government for asset monetization

World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon

The World Bank approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly 800,000 Lebanese reeling under the country's compounded economic and health crises.