The gap between external debt repayments and new financing in developing countries widened to $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the largest in at least 50 years, according to the World Bank.

The gap between developing nations' debt servicing costs and new financing hit a more than 50-year high of $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the World Bank said on Wednesday, urging countries to use ...

Sets out a road map for reducing annual average PM2.5 concentrations below 35 µg/m³ by 2035 across the Indo-Gangetic Plains ...

The report warns that air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF) is causing widespread health damage and productivity losses, making it one of the region’s most severe ...

A new World Bank report shows how partners are joining forces to deliver impact at greater speed and scale, reducing fragmentation and strengthening country ownership. In a world facing compounding ...

BRUSSELS, June 25, 2025—The Turkish Cypriot economy experienced strong growth in 2024, yet inflationary pressures remain high and fiscal pressures elevated, according to a new World Bank report. The ...

The UHC Global Monitoring Report 2025 shows that the Service Coverage Index (SCI) — a measure of access to essential health ...

A shift toward more decentralised renewable energy production would improve South Asia’s energy security, make access to ...

The year 2024 marked a critical turning point for global debt dynamics, according to the LMICs entered a phase of slower borrowing.

June 27 (Reuters) - The goal of ending extreme poverty around the globe remains elusive partly due to compounding challenges faced by economies in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) ...

A World Bank report outlines the amount of excess natural gas that is burned off, a practice that wastes energy and increases climate-warming emissions. The amount of natural gas flared worldwide ...