According to the World Bank, Nigeria accounts for 19 per cent of the share of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan with 14 per cent, nine per cent and six per cent, ...

The Iraqi Minister of Finance and the IFC's regional Vice President discussed ways to address the challenges to investment in Iraq.

Ethiopia expects to reach a preliminary agreement on the third review of its $3.4 billion loan programme with the ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has described inflation as the most significant threat to the economic welfare of Nigerians, pledging the CBN’s commitment to ...

The U.S. is Singapore's second-largest export market, accounting for 11% of the Southeast Asian country's outbound shipments last year. About 55% of the products exported to America are subject to the ...

The payment of Syria's outstanding loans could help the country regain World Bank support and financing, which has been ...

Ghana’s central bank chief forecasts inflation in Africa’s biggest gold producer will slow further after the monetary ...

European officials see the concern over the “safe haven” reputation of U.S. financial assets as a chance to attract investors ...

On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...

An “America First” policy, ironically, may encourage other countries to leave the U.S. behind, far from the pole position.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar said Sunday they will pay Syria’s outstanding debt to the World Bank, a move likely to make the ...