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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

World Bank to pause loan repayments for nations crippled by disasters, reports Financial Times

World Bank President Ajay Banga will unveil measures, including the pause on repayments and embedding catastrophe insurance into new loans in a speech in Paris on Thursday.

World Bank to help Ukraine evaluate damage after Nova Kakhovka dam collapse

Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across the south after the destruction of the dam, with Russia and Ukraine trading blame for the disaster.

‘Get the most’ from balance sheet, Yellen urges World Bank chief Ajay Banga

During meeting with Banga a day before former Mastercard CEO takes office at World Bank, Yellen ‘conveyed her strong desire for Treasury to continue close collaboration’ with him.

World Bank elects Indian-origin Ajay Banga as president

Banga, nominated for the post by US President Joe Biden, will take over the role on 2 June. He was the sole contender to replace departing chief David Malpass whose term ends next month.

Global migration to grow, needs better management, says World Bank

The bank's latest World Development Report said that about 184 million people across the world now live in countries where they lack citizenship, 43% in low- and middle-income countries.

Our take on NCERT textbook edits, MP Congress priest cell & RBI repo rate—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Pakistan finance minister cancels trip to IMF, World Bank meetings in US, say govt officials

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was scheduled to attend meetings from 10 April and see top IMF officials and multilateral creditors in a bid to secure stalled funding.

India govt expenditure not enough to improve private sector confidence, ‘deep reforms’ necessary: World Bank

World Bank officials and economists say that while govt expenditure in infrastructure is encouraging some private investment, reforms in land, labour, and capital market laws are needed to boost confidence.

India’s FY24 growth to slow to 6.3%, says World Bank, cites US-Europe banking crisis among reasons

World Bank’s India Development Update does, however, say that inflation will ease, and that strong services exports will mitigate some external factors expected to slow growth.

World Bank lowers FY24 GDP growth forecast to 6.3% from 6.6%

Spillover from recent turmoil in financial markets in US, Europe pose risk to short-term investment flows to emerging markets, including India, said World Bank economist.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?