The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S.

The World Bank's board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as ...

A new report by the World Bank claims global economic growth could slow to its weakest level since the 1960s. The report ...

The World Bank is ending its long-standing ban on providing funding for nuclear energy projects - and will be open to ...

The World Bank’s board lifted its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund natural exploration and ...

Nearly two thirds of countries in the world had their growth forecasts cut from the bank's last set of predictions six months ...

The World Bank is lifting its decades-long ban on financing nuclear energy, in a policy shift aimed at accelerating ...

In a forward to the latest version of the twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report, World Bank chief economist Indermit ...

The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast.

The global economy could grow less this year than previously projected, the World Bank said Tuesday, citing uncertainty over ...

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying ...

Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help ...