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 ...

The World Bank says developing countries paid 741bn dollars more in principal and interest on their external debt than they ...

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 ...

For the first time in half a century, debt service expenditures by developing countries are exceeding the inflow of new ...

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 ...

The World Bank has cut its economic growth projection for the Philippines to 5.1 percent for 2025, marking its second ...

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 ...

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 ...