Thorsten Beck, Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine, 2000, "A New Database on Financial Development and Structure," World Bank Economic Review 14, 597-605. (An earlier version was issued as World Bank ...

WASHINGTON, January 9, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on January 8 approved changes to the structure of the World Bank’s Accountability Mechanism (AM). These changes are aimed at ...

Project 2025’s call for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Bank would be a strategic mistake, as it would allow America’s competitors to gain a historic victory. The World Bank needs ...