Stop Worrying About Chinese Hegemony in Asia
U.S. fears are not only irrational—they’re a potential self-fulfilling prophecy.
Blanket bans on gas finance stifle development, hurt climate goals, and reek of hypocrisy.
The former U.S. treasury secretary on competition with China and why he puts the chances of a recession at 70 percent.
Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has never done.
The development bank doesn’t have enough money to achieve its goals—unless it gets more creative with its balance sheet.
The organization’s next president will have to tackle a growing range of issues with a shrinking capital base.
Rather than antagonizing political opponents and geopolitical rivals, the U.S. government should entrust infrastructure development to the World Bank—and fund it generously.
Europe is ramping up its use of the dirtiest fuels—but keeps pressing Africa to stick to draconian green goals.
Rich donor countries are working to deprioritize poverty reduction and economic development in the global south.
The existing sanctions regime on Taliban leaders makes it hard for the world to help the Afghan people.
Biden’s sacking of Trump appointees at international financial institutions has left a vacuum.
Reliance on arbitrary metrics, like a $1.90-a-day bar for poverty, masks huge and growing inequality in the world.
U.S. ambassador considers resigning over the issue, which could harm U.S. anti-terrorism mission and aid programs there, officials say.
A school supported by the $50 million loan purchased barbed wire, gas launchers, and body armor.
World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth.
How Washington can beat Beijing’s global influence campaign.
Trump taps a critic of the world’s biggest development bank to be its next president.
Unless would-be migrants can build lives with dignity—which poorly paid, export-oriented jobs do not provide—they will continue to seek ways to move on.
The next president of the world’s largest development organization needs to chart a new direction for a new era.