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Business
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Economy
5/11/2025 3:31:26 PM
The World Bank will apply the Egyptian model of the leading social protection programme, Takaful and Karama, in other countries, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/1/2025 3:30:42 PM
The Egyptian economy was commended during this year’s International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings
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Business
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Economy
4/27/2025 5:41:35 PM
Saudi Arabia and Qatar announced on Sunday that they would settle Syria's debt to the World Bank, totalling roughly $15 million, according to a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency.
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World
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International
4/26/2025 12:50:53 PM
A gathering of global economic leaders in Washington wraps up Saturday with tariff talks between the United States and partners still unresolved -- and anxiety building over the state of the global economy.
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World
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Region
4/14/2025 9:58:32 PM
Syrian ministers and the country's central bank chief are to take part in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's spring meetings in Washington next week, two sources told AFP on Monday.
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Business
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Economy
3/25/2025 5:56:20 PM
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has engaged with the Egyptian government to advise on introducing public-private partnerships (PPPs) at 11 airports to improve infrastructure, connectivity, and passenger services in the country’s airport sector.
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Business
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Economy
3/18/2025 1:50:27 PM
Ahram Online shared its questions with the World Bank team to help us understand the broader picture regarding the latest projections for emerging markets and developing economies, in general, and for the Egyptian economy, in particular.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
2/25/2025 4:53:50 PM
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the financial arm of the World Bank Group, and Attijariwafa Bank Egypt (AWB Egypt) have started a strategic partnership to strengthen the bank’s capital base and ability to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and climate finance initiatives in Egypt.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/19/2025 11:17:17 AM
The World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union are pointing to a formidable international reconstruction effort ahead for Gaza, which they estimate will cost $53.2 billion.
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Business
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Economy
1/17/2025 6:00:17 PM
The World Bank (WB) has maintained its projections for Egypt’s real GDP growth in the current FY2024/2025 at 3.5 percent, but upgraded it to 4.2 percent in the FY2025/2026, according to the Global Economic Prospects report WB released on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
12/10/2024 6:42:29 PM
Developing countries are caught between defaulting on their debts and defaulting on essential development goals, indicating a need to find applicable solutions to the problem of financing, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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Business
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Economy
12/3/2024 5:16:32 PM
The global economic slowdown in 2023 is expected to have a particularly acute impact on countries already struggling with elevated debt and financial instability, mainly in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the International Debt Report (IDR) the World Bank released on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
11/26/2024 2:41:49 PM
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced Monday plans to invest $605 million to support climate finance, sustainable tourism, and financial inclusion for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt.
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Business
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Economy
11/25/2024 5:23:32 PM
Arab African International Bank (AAIB) issued Sunday a landmark $500 million sustainability bond to accelerate Egypt’s green transition and provide crucial financing to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the World Bank’s financial arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced.
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World
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Region
11/14/2024 7:07:08 PM
More than a year of clashes that recently escalated into war have cost Lebanon more than $5 billion in economic losses and damaged nearly 100,000 homes, the World Bank said on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
11/12/2024 8:31:00 PM
World Bank (WB) Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Roberta Gatti discussed the latest forecasts for global and regional economic prospects in an interview with Ahram Online, emphasizing that the Egyptian economy's recovery hinges on inflation control, debt management, and investment.
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Business
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Economy
11/9/2024 2:14:05 PM
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) is cooperating with the World Bank (WB) to upgrade the Egyptian Entrepreneurship eco-system, CEO Bassel Rahmy said.
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Business
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Economy
11/1/2024 1:01:46 PM
International financial institutions (IFIs), including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), have released their GDP projections for Egypt for FY2024/2025 and FY2025/2026.
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Business
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Economy
10/30/2024 4:51:45 PM
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group's financial arm, invested $14.2 billion in 45 African countries in FY2024, according to an announcement issued by IFC on Wednesday.
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Opinion
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10/24/2024 7:41:30 PM
The Bretton Woods institutions – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – are now 80 years old.
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