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Washington: The global economy is on track to grow by 4.1 per cent in 2022, down 0.2 percentage point from a previous projection, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects release. "The global recovery is set to…

Kabul:  Several electricity supply projects to Afghanistan have been halted since the past four months due to the suspension of funds from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and the US development aid in the wake of the…

Dar Es Salaam: The World Bank has approved $500 million that will benefit more than 12 million children in pre-primary and primary education in Tanzania's mainland, the bank has said in a statement. The programme called 'BOOST Primary…

Washington:The World Bank has announced a $93 billion replenishment package of the International Development Association (IDA) to help the poorest countries respond to the raging Covid-19 crisis and boost economic growth. The World…

Kabul: The Afghan central bank has announced that the third batch of cash assistance from the World Bank has arrived as part of the global lender's humanitarian pledges to the war-torn nation, the media reported on Monday. In a statement…

New Delhi:  Hundreds of male and female doctors from Afghan provinces of Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul and asked the World Bank to pay their salaries for the…

United Nations: India's economy is expected to grow by 8.3 per cent this fiscal year, according to the World Bank, making it the second-fastest-growing major economy. The Bank's Regional Economic Update released on Thursday said that…

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of Independence Day, an Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) mobile and web application Project of Odisha was launched by Padmanabha Behera, Commerce and Transport Minister on Sunday. An initiative of…

New Delhi:  After the phase I of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) with nearly 200 dams that ended in March 2021, the government is all set to enable the states secure the second tranche of loan from the World Bank for…

United Nations:  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world to end the Covid-19 pandemic. "Pledges of doses and funds are welcome -- but they are not…