World Bank

As Africa is a net grain importer, its people face huge problems from current world food price inflation. African smallholders will suffer if they are net food...

For Africa, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund seem to resemble the shareholders’ meeting of a smallish public company bravely struggling back...

Renaissance Capital has a new Chairperson for its advisory committees on Nigeria and Africa. The World Bank has a new Managing Director. And both institutions have secured the...

Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim is determined to get the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to take more seriously the damage which corrupt pricing systems and tax...

There is little chance that staff will allow new President Robert Zoellick a honeymoon at the World Bank's lavish H Street headquarters in Washington DC. The ghost of...

The campaign to unseat World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz dominated the Spring Meeting of the Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 14-15 April, bitterly dividing the shareholders...

The key event for the World Bank this year is the 15th replenishment of its soft-loan affiliate, the International Development Association. The IDA provides the bulk of low-interest...

The world economy may be slowing, interest rates rising, commodity prices falling and political risks increasing but the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook for 2007 predicts that...

In the face of strong opposition from Britain, France and Germany, Bank President Paul Wolfowitz pushed through his anti-corruption strategy at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual...

The governments of Congo-Brazzaville and Chad are at odds with the International Monetary Fund, headed by Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, and the World Bank under its new...