Browsing: World Bank

AMMAN — Food prices in Jordan increased by 1.8 per cent by the end of February, according to a monthly report by the World Bank, while the Department of Statistics indicated a rise in the inflation rate in Jordan by 1.57 per cent during the same month compared to February 2023.

Job creation in South Asian economies is not keeping pace with the rise in the working age population, putting the region on a path that risks “squandering its demographic dividend”, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

The World Bank Group had mobilized $41 billion of private capital for emerging markets and raised another $42 billion from the private sector for bond issuance last year

The World Bank Group said on Monday it intends to provide more than $6 billion of support to Egypt over the coming three years

Disparity persists in many areas but gender-equality could be fast-tracked through reforms, a report says

World Bank issued a report titled “Jordan Economic Monitor, Fall 2023: Building Success, Breaking Barriers — Unlocking the Economic Power of Women in Jordan

Ukraine received $1.34 billion under the World Bank’s public expenditures for administrative capacity endurance in Ukraine, the Ukrainian finance ministry said on Monday.

As part of an overall $35 million package of support, the World Bank announced $20 million in new financing to…

The latest loan brings the total in ‘emergency financing’ Kiev has been lent or promised to more than $38 billion…

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council economy is estimated to grow by 3.6 percent in 2024 and 3.7 percent in 2025,…