THE GIRL FIGHTING TO STOP CHILD MARRIAGE IN PAKISTAN

Fourteen-year old Hadiqa Bashir has taken on the challenge of trying to change hearts and minds in the fight against child marriage in Pakistan... READ MORE›

CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM

Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE›

EVERY 7 SECONDS A GIRL YOUNGER THAN 15 GETS MARRIED

Nordic countries sit at the top, while impoverished, fragile states such as the Central African Republic, Niger and Chad hold up the bottom... READ MORE›

'EXTREME POVERTY' TO FALL BELOW 10% OF WORLD POPULATION FOR FIRST TIME

Extreme poverty has long been defined as living on or below 1.25 a day but the World Bank's adjustment now sets the poverty line at 1.90 a day... READ MORE›

TEARGAS TREES AND OIL MY LIFE IN THE GREATEST JOB ON EARTH

Above all, countries and people now have options to transform the way we live... READ MORE›

MEET THE WOMAN WHO GOT THE WORLD BANK HOOKED ON BLOCKCHAIN

CoinDesk reported the World Bank recently helped Kenya create mobile-only government bonds with blockchain technology... READ MORE›

STUNTING AND POVERTY 'COULD HOLD BACK 250M CHILDREN WORLDWIDE'

Under-nourished children living in extreme poverty end up small and their brain development is affected, so that they find it hard to learn... READ MORE›

CHINA AND WORLD BANK UNITE IN THEIR COMMITMENT

We are going to work closely with the World Bank to support the industrialization of Africa, he says... READ MORE›

HOW PEOPLE REACTED TO THE SIGHT OF A 'CHILD BRIDE' IN TIMES SQUARE

The United Nations Population Fund has estimated 1.2 billion girls will be forced into child marriage by 2050... READ MORE›

WORLD BANK URGES ACTION AGAINST INEQUALITY

World Bank urges action against inequality -- RT Business... READ MORE›

OVER TWO-THIRDS OF FOREIGN IS GROUP RECRUITS ARE WELL EDUCATED, WORLD BANK FINDS

Foreign recruits with little or no education usually asked for combat roles, the study found... READ MORE›

CARBON PRICING BECOMES A CAUSE FOR THE WORLD BANK AND IMF

Mr. Kim, the World Bank president, acknowledged that carbon pricing would come with burdens including higher energy costs... READ MORE›

FIFTH OF DEVELOPING WORLD CHILDREN IN EXTREME POVERTY

Nearly a fifth of children in developing countries are living in extreme poverty, the World Bank and the UN's children's agency say... READ MORE›

MATHIEU KRKOU DICTATOR WHO USHERED IN DEMOCRACY IN BENIN DIES AT 82

The decision set off an unraveling of one-party rule across West Africa, inspiring movements toward multiparty democracy... READ MORE›

CHILD MARRIAGE A GROWING INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, REPORT SAYS

Nonprofit Save the Children estimates that the number of women married in childhood will grow to 1.2 billion by 2050... READ MORE›

PARIS CLIMATE TALKS SHOULD NOT PUT FIGURE ON FINANCE, SAYS WORLD BANK VICE-PRESIDENT

Paris climate talks should not put figure on finance, says World Bank vice-president... READ MORE›

Tackling child marriage is one of the surest ways of us realising this girls' development dividend... READ MORE›

US JUDGE SENDS THREE CHILDREN TO JUVENILE HOME FOR REFUSING TO HAVE LUNCH WITH THEIR FATHER

After telling the boy to stop smiling, the judge called him a defiant, contemptuous young man and found both children in contempt of court... READ MORE›

DESCRIBING POVERTY IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PRODUCING HARD EVIDENCE TO HELP END IT

Not everyone is poor in poor countries, and the people who live below the new 1.90 poverty line tend to share certain characteristics... READ MORE›

WORLD BANK SETS SPRING 2018 TARGET TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL CAPACITY

The bank had originally set a goal of its shareholders deciding on a capital increase at this week's World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings... READ MORE›

CITIES 'WOEFULLY UNPREPARED' FOR RISING DISASTER RISK, WORLD BANK SAYS

Climate change threatens 1.3 billion people and 158 trillion US in assets World Bank... READ MORE›

Ebola is ruining the economies of Liberia and Sierra Leone and may cause food shortages, according to a New World Bank report... READ MORE›

LANDMARK U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE NATIONWIDE

The Supreme Court's ruling came in a consolidated case pulling together challenges filed by same-sex couples to gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee... READ MORE›

MATT DAMON LEANS ON DAVOS DELEGATES TO SOLVE WORLDS WATER SHORTAGE

But that did not stop the Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon taking centre stage to launch a campaign to combat water scarcity... READ MORE›

LANDMARK U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE NATIONWIDE

Supreme Court's ruling came in a consolidated case pulling together challenges filed by same-sex couples to gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee... READ MORE›

U.S. TREASURY DASHES HOPES FOR NEAR-TERM WORLD BANK CAPITAL HIKE

US Treasury dashes hopes for near-term World Bank capital hike... READ MORE›

BENIN'S ANGELIQUE KIDJO SINGS AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE

Beninese and African music sensation, Angelique Kidjo, has teamed up with other local artistes to sing against child marriage in the West African country... READ MORE›

U.S. RULING ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LIKELY TO AFFECT OTHER COUNTRIES

In the Philippines, activists seeking to win legal recognition for same-sex marriages believe the U.S... READ MORE›

MNUCHIN CALLS FOR WORLD BANK TO WEAN ITSELF OFF PUBLIC FUNDS

Demand for cheap capital will invariably exceed its supply... READ MORE›

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD

Fast forward to the noughties and The Netherlands was the first country to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001... READ MORE›