Many countries to fail to meet 2030 education targets: UN Report

The paper "Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks?" by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of...

Pakistan's inflation to rise to 29.5pc in FY23: World Bank

The World Bank has warned that Pakistan's inflation is projected to further rise to 29.5 per cent in the fiscal year...

UAE participates in Second FMCG meeting under G20 Finance Track

Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, led the UAE delegation to the Second Finance...

Sitharaman participates in roundtable with Yellen

The discussion was focused on the impact of global development challenges like climate change, pandemics, fragility...

Sitharaman, Yellen discuss strengthening India-US economic ties

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the sidelines of the...

Int'l Trade Union Confederation calls WBG, IMF

In a statement to the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), the...

Nirmala Sitharaman arrives in US for a week-long official visit

During her stay, Sitharaman will be attending the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International...

Pak needs foreign loans to avoid public debt crisis: World Bank

The World Bank in its flagship report 'Pakistan Development Update' warned Pakistan regarding serious dangers to its...

Lenders trim Pakistan's growth forecast to 0.4pc

The World Bank has forecast about four million people falling below the lower middle-income poverty line amid...

Only one boasting about India's GDP growth is Govt: Chidambaram

"According to the World Bank, the five-year average growth of the Modi government (2019-2024) will be 4.08 per cent...

Indian-American Ajay Banga sole nominee to lead World Bank

The World Bank said that the board has received one nomination for the position of next President and Ajay Banga...

World Bank approves USD 100-mln for disaster resilience in Odisha

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a USD 100 million loan to help Odisha strengthen its early...