The world's development finance institutions (DFIs) are exposed to potential nature-related losses across more than a quarter of their investments and should carry out regular stress tests to better ...

The International Development Finance Club, a group of 26 national and regional development banks, said its members supplied $197 billion in green finance in 2019, representing a quarter of their ...

9 September 2025, New York – Following a decade-long military build-up, global military spending hit a record high in 2024, soaring by more than nine per cent from 2023 and signaling a dangerous move ...

In this World Development Report 2025 seminar series, John Jiong Gong (Professor of Economics, University of International Business and Economics, UIBE), Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Head of Greater China ...

Safeguarding natural resources generates high returns in some sectors. WASHINGTON, September 1, 2025—Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, ...

The World Bank has projected that 141 million Nigerians will be living in poverty by 2026, as the country continues to struggle with high inflation, slow economic growth, and instability.