The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the ...

The World Bank said on Thursday it would resume funding to Uganda, nearly two years after the global lender suspended new ...

India’s extreme poverty drops to 5.3% as World Bank flags Pakistan’s 42.4% poverty rate and rising food insecurity.

The World Bank has cut Kenya's growth forecast for this year by half a point from its initial prediction to 4.5%, it said on ...

In a stark contrast, India has made significant strides in reducing poverty, lifting 171 million people out of extreme ...

India has made remarkable progress in reducing extreme poverty. World Bank data shows nearly 270 million people moved out of ...

"While the change led to a global increase in the count of extreme poverty by 125 million, India emerged as a statistical ...