- 28 Mar 2013 00:00 - AGENT PROVOCATEUR Greg Mills
- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is an impressive turnaround story.
- 28 Feb 2013 12:09 - IRIN News
- New data from the World Bank has revealed African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
- 01 Mar 2013 00:00 - Lloyd Gedye
- The entire continent is open for business, due to improved governance and political stability
- 19 Oct 2012 12:16 - Roman Grynberg
- What is truly scary about the IMF's income distribution figures, is that Botswana now has a more unequal distribution of income than South Africa.
- 05 Oct 2012 15:21 - Mark Tran
- About 600-million new jobs will be needed worldwide in the next 15 years to absorb a burgeoning workforce, mainly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- 29 Jul 2012 07:52 - Sibongile Khumalo, Sapa-AFP,
- A sobering World Bank report has found that poor South African kids are unlikely to escape poverty due to persistent social and economic inequalities.
- 24 Jul 2012 15:28 - Nickolaus Bauer
- South Africa has largely failed to provide equal opportunities to all citizens since the advent of democracy in 1994.
- 21 Jul 2012 07:16 - Lesley Wroughton
- A veteran economist at the IMF has accused the global lender of suppressing information on difficulties in dealing with the global financial meltdown.
- 20 Jul 2012 08:37 - Ha-Joon Chang
- Economic growth has come back to Africa in the new century, making the 2000s the region's fastest-growing decade to date, writes Ha-Joon Chang.
- 18 May 2012 01:27 - Dani Rodrik: COMMENT
- The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism.
- 18 May 2012 01:18 - Dani Rodrik: COMMENT
- The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism.
- 25 Apr 2012 20:56 -
- Although other sources of funds are growing in importance, the World Bank will remain an important and controversial actor in Africa.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Larry Elliott
- One of the biggest risks for the eurozone has to be the lack of a cohesive vision in the financial institutions' various proposals.
- 23 Apr 2012 09:26 - Lesley Wroughton
- African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has pledged to provide Malawi with $45-million in order to resuscitate the ailing economy.
- 19 Apr 2012 13:39 - Allen Yero Embalo
- Guinea-Bissau's junta and opposition parties have pressed on with plans for a transition, despite international calls for a return to democracy.
- 16 Apr 2012 19:14 - Staff Reporter
- The World Bank has chosen Jim Yong Kim as its next chief in a decision that surprised few despite the first-ever challenge to the US.
- 16 Apr 2012 17:41 - Ola Awoniyi
- Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the World Bank appointment is not being decided on merit and that the US nominee will win.
- 16 Apr 2012 16:02 - Staff Reporter
- Serious doubt exists about the transparency of the process in electing the next World Bank president, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
- 10 Apr 2012 07:48 - Staff Reporter
- Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the World Bank needs a shake-up to end the inertia that has built up over six decades.
- 23 Mar 2012 14:01 -
- Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, backed by Africa's leading economies, has announced her interest in the World Bank's top job.
