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World Bank's search for new chief, a test of Trump's America First policy

Kristalina Georgieva will take over as interim president on February 1

After Jim Yong Kim's exit, is it time to give up on the World Bank?

Its outgoing president thinks he can do more to build infrastructure in the developing world by working in the private sector

World Bank's Jim Yong Kim to resign effective Feb 1, work on infrastructure

Kim intends immediately to join a firm to focus on increasing infrastructure investment in developing countries, the bank said

Can the World Bank redeem itself?

World Bank's leadership should empower new chief economist to lead the charge in making the intellectual case for open markets for goods, services, and people

A few high-growth Indian firms have lion's share in output: World Bank

Globally, too, the trend is not dissimilar

India made major strides in improving prospects for businesses: World Bank

The two-year jump is the second largest for any country on the index

World Bank 'human capital' rankings: Singapore, S Korea take top spots

The 'human capital' index was unveiled at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings on the Indonesian island of Bali

India gets World Bank's support for transition to high-middle income nation

India is the largest IBRD client of the World Bank. Between 2015 and 2018, the World Bank lent around $10.2 billion to India

World Bank red flags $237-trillion debt amid rising interest rates

"With interest rates going up, that attention on debt sustainability has to be stronger", says Kristalina Georgieva, chief executive officer of the World Bank

Why India needs to urgently worry about migration caused by climate change

The significance of rural-urban migration will rise in future as agriculture-dependent livelihoods come under increasing climatic stress

190 mn Indian adults don't have bank account, says World Bank report

In India, the share of adults with an account has more than doubled since 2011, to 80 per cent, said the World Bank

World Bank to raise lending to India by $1 billion for next five years

The lending will be mainly for infrastructure projects, thy World Bank India director said

World Bank commits $100 million to boost Tamil Nadu's rural economy

The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project will create an enabling environment for producer organisations and enterprises to promote businesses, finance ministry said in a statement

Ease of doing business indicators, methodology designed on hard data: WB

The World Bank's chief economist Paul Romer told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that the organisation changed methodology of its 'doing business' rankings in ways that were unfair and misleading

How World Bank unfairly influenced its own competitiveness rankings

The World Bank's chief economist said he would recalculate national rankings of business competitiveness going back at least four years

Economist Summers cites India's forex, questions World Bank's lending power

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H Summers has questioned the relevance of lending power of top global financial institutions like the World Bank in the 21st century

India's economic slowdown an aberration: World Bank

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would be leading the Indian delegation to the annual meeting next week

Alibaba fund, World Bank invest in Hong Kong-based fintech start-up

CompareAsiaGroup helps consumers in Hong Kong, Indonesia and five others countries in Asia Pacific

World Bank forecasts global economy growing 2.7% this year amid key risks

Rising trade protectionism & policy uncertainty in US under Trump pose cautions for economic outlook

Higher women share in labour force to lift India's growth rate: World Bank

Women's labour force participation in India declined to 27 percent in 2011-2012