LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Alarm is rising over Washington's potential withdrawal from global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, with the no-show of U.S.

The 2025 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund takes place in Washington, D.C. Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images In 2021, the World Bank shut ...

PASCHAL DONOHOE HAS resigned from Cabinet today, after it was confirmed that he will be heading to a senior position at the World Bank. The surprise development emerged this morning shortly after ...

Join us as Axel van Trotsenburg sits down with Washington Post analyst Josh Rogin for a fireside chat on multilateralism in a multipolar world, organized as part of the Concordia Annual Summit in New ...

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to clean-energy programs are raising concerns about U.S. commitments to the lender. By Max Bearak and Somini Sengupta Max Bearak and Somini Sengupta have reported ...

Paschal Donohoe stepped down from his role as Minister of Finance and as a TD in a shock announcement on Tuesday morning. Donohoe has left the Government after being offered a high-profile role as ...

With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated—the urgency of finding scalable and sustainable ...

The World Bank is ending its long-standing ban on providing funding for nuclear energy projects - and will be open to supporting efforts to extend the life of existing reactors and accelerate the ...

Development finance has evolved over the past decades, and is poised to undergo significant changes in the years ahead. What lessons from the past can help shape a stronger, more resilient global ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi outlined the thinking behind the change in policy at a joint event in Paris. Hear ...