The World Bank report highlights how digital transformation can expand women’s economic opportunities in Iraq, Jordan, and ...

By bnm Gulf bureau The foreign-calculated sums are stark. Iraq's budget deficit will more than double from 4.2% of GDP this ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Iraq and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis ...

American interests are advanced by connecting the world’s free and open spaces through enhancing connectivity, buoying ...

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

Economic output for the current fiscal year is projected to be about US$2 billion lower because of the earthquake than it would otherwise have been. The worst-affected regions (Mandalay and Nay Pyi ...

IRAQ: The World Bank has approved US$930m of financing for the Iraq Railways Extension & Modernisation project to upgrade the ...

The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s allies inside Iraq on the one hand, and preserving its security relationship ...

In a strategic move to modernize Iraq’s transport infrastructure and catalyze economic diversification, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a landmark US$930 million financing ...

Economic growth is forecast to bounce back to 3% in the second quarter, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The Commerce Department will release its first estimate of ...

The Gabon Economic Update 2025 presents an overview of the country’s recent economic development, followed by a thematic focus. This year’s edition explores measurements of Gabon’s national wealth, ...

The World Bank said on Wednesday that it has approved over $1 billion (€860 million) for infrastructure and reconstruction projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The biggest amount went to Iraq ...