A new report from the World Bank warns that more than 100 million people could be driven into extreme poverty by the effects of global warming, the Thomson Reuters Foundation writes. The study, issued ...

For example, savings from eliminating fossil fuel subsidies could be reinvested in assistance schemes to help poor families cope with higher fuel costs. In a report, the bank said ending poverty - one ...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks ahead of the annual IMF-World Bank fall meetings, at the Milken Institute in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 8 ...

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $4 million grant from the Livable Planet Fund (LPF) to Morocco to provide additional funding for the Transforming ...

Economists from Asia, Africa and other regions are urging international financial institutions to reform their loan frameworks and mobilize more resources to help developing countries transition off ...

Villagers collecting drinking water from an almost dried up well on April 27, 2016, in Jammu, India Villagers collecting drinking water from an almost dried up well on April 27, 2016, in Jammu, ...

Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More frequent extreme weather events (floods, heatwaves and ...