A Global Presence The Safra family fortune – today expressed in billions of dollars – originated on the dusty tracks…
Europe is by far the largest importer of fossil fuel in the world. Recent developments in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq…
Jim Yong Kim brings a message of optimism to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan in his first visit to those…
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, will visit Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan from June 1-4, to focus on the…
A US$250 million loan, approved last week, will ease Jordan’s fiscal strains, which have been deepened by the influx of…
The near-term economic outlook for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region has weakened. Difficult political transitions…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday highlighted the importance of protecting the environment in times of armed conflict, and stressed…
With more than a billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, World Bank Group President…
The world leaders gathered today in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit were supposed to discuss the slowdown of global…
Here we go again. The US and Britain are whipping themselves once more into a frenzy over the actions of…
