targeting critical socio-economic challenges from 2026 to 2035. World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Reiser officially launched the initiative, committing $20 billion in funds to ...

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund expects the world economy to grow a little faster ... The IMF expects the 20 countries that share the euro currency to collectively grow just 1% ...

2024 was a year of turbulence. Even if the global economy did manage to avoid recession, ongoing geopolitical conflicts and political tensions continued to hold economies in their grip. Brace yourself ...

The American economy has managed to thrive despite high interest rates. U.S. growth has been boosted by strong consumer spending, an influx of immigrants who eased labor shortages and improvements in ...

Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) The snow blankets the town of Davos prior the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Gian ...

A new U.S. president’s promise to expand fossil fuels that is at odds with global ambitions to combat climate change will be a topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum. By David Gelles ...

Women participating equally in the workforce could boost the global economy by 20%, adding $20 trillion to global GDP. The World Bank says women still have less than two-thirds of the legal rights of ...

More than 3,000 global leaders from upwards of 130 countries will make their annual pilgrimage next week to the World Economic Forum at Davos-Klosters. The event is scheduled to take place from ...

MUSCAT: Oman recorded a trade balance surplus of RO 6.562 billion by the end of October 2024, compared to RO 6.344 billion during the same period in 2023, according to preliminary data from the ...

Despite falling inflation, improving labour market conditions, and monetary easing, global growth is projected to remain below the pace seen before the pandemic, and the world economy continues to ...

The world's largest economy, the US, was estimated to have grown by 2.8 last year with the projected growth slowing down to 2.3 per cent this year and 2 per cent next year. The report warned about ...