A Brief History of the World Bank. In 1944, Allied nations convened in what became the Bretton Woods conference to establish—officially a year later—the International Bank for Reconstruction ...

Foreword by Gilbert Achcar. The CADTM is pleased to announce that the book The World Bank A Critical History, published by Pluto in the UK, will be available in bookshops from August 2023. This ...

The nuclear renaissance has come to the World Bank, but obstacles still remain with regard to funding and liabilities.

First Republic became the second-largest bank to fail in American history Monday after the federal government oversaw the offloading of its assets to JPMorgan Chase – here’s what led to the ...

A wave of attacks by Palestinian militants on Israel, and Israel’s declaration of war against Hamas, has brought new attention to an old problem.

Israel has ramped up a crackdown in the Israeli-occupied territory since before the Israel-Hamas war began last Oct. 7. Here are some of the major raids.

The World Bank forecasts a significant decline in global commodity prices, predicting a 12% drop in 2025 and another 5% in 2026, bringing them back to pre-pandemic levels.

The World Bank's executive board expects to select a new president by early May after last week's news that David Malpass will leave the top job well before his contract ends in April 2024, the ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The World Bank is urging "radical" debt transparency for developing countries and their lenders to stave off future crises, it said in a report released on Friday. The Bank wants ...

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations’ annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what’s produced by 200 US households in a year — sparking accusations ...

Israel’s largest military operation in the West Bank in two decades ended Wednesday in the city of Jenin, a hub of militant activity that Israeli forces have targeted repeatedly this year. The ...

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank prompted regulators to move to contain the fallout. Since then, a second bank has failed, another was bailed out and a Swiss giant was taken over by a rival. By ...