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World Bank warns of risks to future growth
What's in store for the global economy in 2018? The World Bank forecasts greater expansion, but also several risks that could derail growth in the longer term. Ayhan Kose,…
World Bank to stop funding oil, gas projects from 2019
The World Bank will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, it announced Tuesday at a climate summit seeking to boost the global economy's shift to…
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IMF chief: 'It’s the first time in a decade that we have such a strong recovery'
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), spoke to FRANCE 24 during the annual meetings of her institution and the World Bank in Washington.…
The Interview
Migrant crisis: Can Europe find a solution?
Kristalina Georgieva is Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank and a former European Commission Vice President. She gives us her perspective on how to solve the migrant crisis…
Egypt: Alexandria's fading cosmopolitan image
This week, we take you to Alexandria, Egypt's second city and once considered the jewel of the Mediterranean. A large port city, it was home to a diverse blend of locals and…
Majority of foreign IS group recruits are well educated, study finds
More than two-thirds of the foreigners seeking to join the Islamic State (IS) group have attended high school or university, according to a new study by the World Bank.
World Bank: Tales of the Missing Millions
“Corruptionˮ and “developmentˮ: two words that cast a long shadow over relationships between nations of the North and South. But the development community remains reluctant to…
Davos 2016: 'Now is the time' for structural reforms, World Bank president says
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, spoke to FRANCE 24's Markus Karlsson on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He discussed the key issues facing the…
Climate change 'could push 100 million into poverty'
Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World…
Video: World Bank chief calls for global carbon pricing
As COP 21 – the landmark climate change conference in Paris – looms, the World Bank’s President Jim Yong Kim told FRANCE 24 why his organisation believes carbon pricing schemes…
World poverty to drop below 10% for first time
The rate of extreme poverty is likely to fall this year to under 10 percent of the global population for the first time, the World Bank said Sunday, though there is still “great…
African economy: 'What is happening in one part of Africa is not the whole story'
How easy is it to do business in Africa today? FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith asks Makhtar Diop, the World Bank's Vice President for Africa.