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The World Bank warned that monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve could spur a "perfect storm" of threats to growth and financial stability in developing economies.

• 16 сентября 2015, 12:42

The World Bank said it is prepared to provide up to $2 billion in financial assistance to conflict-torn Ukraine this year.

• 13 февраля 2015, 11:55

The World Bank trimmed its estimates of the economic damage of the Ebola epidemic.

• 21 января 2015, 12:32

Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank warned Sunday.

• 24 ноября 2014, 12:40

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with the the managing director at the World Bank Sri Mulyani Indrawati to discuss cooperation between Kazakhstan and the World Bank.

• 29 октября 2014, 17:45

The BRICS group of emerging powers created a Shanghai-based development bank and a reserve fund seen as alternatives to Western-led institutions.

• 16 июля 2014, 11:11

Dena Sholk, a graduate student in the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University came to Almaty to research the role of baraholkas (markets) in Kazakhstan’s economy as a part of her dissertation fieldwork.

• 16 мая 2014, 16:01

The World Bank on Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the global economy, but warned of potential volatility in capital flows as the United States withdraws its stimulus.

• 15 января 2014, 15:25

Scientists can get up to $500 thousand in grants for commercialization of new technologists in Kazakhstan.

• 13 января 2014, 11:58

Cash is so cheap these days that investors have been borrowing and ploughing them in assets from artwork to wine to bitcoins, betting that prices would rise.

• 13 декабря 2013, 10:42

Arab and African leaders are to start a two-day summit in Kuwait on Tuesday to review steps to promote economic ties between wealthy Gulf states and investment-thirsty Africa.

• 19 ноября 2013, 13:00

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded Wednesday in Niger, the country with the world's highest fertility rate, for better reproductive health to curb the Sahel region's runaway demographic growth.

• 07 ноября 2013, 17:30

Horn of Africa pirates have raked in up to $413 million in ransom since 2005, with most of it used to finance "global scale" criminal operations.

• 04 ноября 2013, 11:08

Singapore and Hong Kong rank the world's best places to run a business, while mainland China remains far down the list.

• 30 октября 2013, 10:24

Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies.

• 29 октября 2013, 11:01

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Friday announced a program to slash costs and reduce bureaucracy at the huge development organization that is expected to result in significant layoffs.

• 12 октября 2013, 19:06

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist who has become a world champion of girls' rights, called Friday for the World Bank to make education its top priority.

• 12 октября 2013, 19:06

The Palestinian economy could expand by over a third if Israel were to lift its restrictions on about 60 percent of the West Bank that it controls.

• 08 октября 2013, 12:41

The World Bank removed Iran from its list of deadbeat borrowers Friday, saying the Islamic Republic had paid outstanding loan amounts.

• 28 сентября 2013, 11:33

Online education service Coursera announced a fresh round of funding from the investment arm of the World Bank and other backers.

• 11 июля 2013, 16:55