Sources: Al Jazeera
Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, the World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect. 2022-06-21
The World Bank delays its decision on granting a US$500 million loan to Tanzania, in response to pressure from activist groups over the country’s policy of banning pregnant students from attending state schools. 2020-01-27
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
India has become the world's third-largest economy in purchasing power parity after the United States and China, moving ahead of Japan according to World Bank report. The last survey in 2005 had placed India in 10th place. 2014-04-30
U.S. President Barack Obama nominates current President of Dartmouth College Jim Yong Kim to be head of the World Bank.2012-03-23
Bangladesh receives a loan from the World Bank to strengthen regional co-operation on wildlife protection. 2011-06-4
A US$600 million project to revamp the Democratic Republic of the Congo's colonial-era railway system is launched in the capital Kinshasa, primarily funded by the World Bank and China. 2011-05-12
The World Bank predicts that the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami will cause a temporary slowdown in the Japanese economy before reconstruction has a positive economic impact. 2011-03-21
The World Bank pledges to loan an additional $100 million to Pakistan. 2010-09-1
Contributions from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland allow the World Bank to cancel $36 million in Haiti's remaining debt following January's devastating earthquake. 2010-05-28