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Selection of Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank inspires foreboding |...
The rejection of Nigeria's finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, puts the unfinished task of development in serious dangerThe selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as president of the World...
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Unctad is astute and progressive – so why don't developed countries like it?...
Efforts to limit an agency that delivers sound advice based on solid research suggest a reductive approach to economicsFor those who believed that the north-south divide is history, the goings on...
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Imperialism didn't end. These days it's known as international law | George...
A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nations and giant corporations project their power across the worldThe conviction of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, is said to...
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World Bank calls on countries to take urgent steps to protect 'natural capital'
Putting a monetary value on natural ecosystems is a key step on the road to 'green' economic growth, report saysCountries must take urgent steps to value their natural capital – such as forests,...
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Letters: G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition
David Cameron does indeed have a chance to act on global malnutrition this week at the G8 summit (Wood shavings for dinner: G8 urged to tackle scourge of malnutrition, 17 May). However, millions will...
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Financial crisis 'will drive up debt repayments for poorer nations'
New report by the Jubilee Debt Campaign says payments will increase by an average of a third by 2014Poor countries can expect to see their debt repayments to the rest of the world increase by an...
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World's urban waste mountain a 'silent problem that is growing daily'
World Bank report urges city authorities to reduce, reuse, recycle or recover energy from growing volume of urban wasteThe amount of rubbish generated by city dwellers is set to rise steeply in the...
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Eurozone crisis hitting developing world growth, warns World Bank
Global Economic Prospects urges developing world to focus on reforms and infrastructure projects to reduce vulnerabilityThe World Bank has advised developing countries to prepare themselves for a long...
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Is the World Bank under Jim Yong Kim calling time on privatisation? |...
Jim Yong Kim's arrival sets the scene for a shakeup in which World Bank aid favours neither privatisation nor nationalisationThe appointment of Jim Yong Kim to the presidency of the World Bank is a...
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World Bank warns that euro collapse could spark global crisis
Europe 'facing Lehmans moment' says outgoing head Robert Zoellick as Greeks are warned over key electionThe outgoing head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, will warn the G20 summit that Europe runs...
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Eurozone debt crisis poses serious threat to emerging markets
Trade finance downturn reduces flow of critical goods into and out of poor countries as banks cut back on creditThe eurozone crisis poses a greater threat to developing economies than the 2008...
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Eurozone crisis will cost world's poorest countries $238bn
Overseas Development Institute says knock-on effect of sovereign debt crisis will hit trade, aid and investmentThe world's poorest countries will receive a $238bn (£152bn) hit from Europe's sovereign...
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Africa needs an active industrial policy to sustain its growth | Ha-Joon Chang
African countries will be better off with a more activist development strategy than with the failed Washington orthodoxy'Industrial policy used to be a four-letter word at the World Bank," observed...
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Bangladesh weighs options after World Banks pulls out of Padma bridge project
Where will Bangladesh government find money for Padma bridge after World Bank withdraws alleging corruption?If the World Bank's cancellation of a $1.2bn loan to build Bangladesh's longest bridge was...
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World Bank's Jim Yong Kim: 'I want to eradicate poverty'
World Bank president says he will bring sense of urgency to efforts to end global poverty in exclusive Guardian interviewThe new president of the World Bank is determined to eradicate global poverty...
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World Bank issues hunger warning after droughts in US and Europe
Damage to crop harvests from exceptionally dry weather this year raises sharply the Bank's food price indexThe World Bank issued a global hunger warning last night after severe droughts in the US and...
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Coping with increased food prices: people's panel
Food prices are climbing across the globe. How have you dealt with ballooning grocery bills? Share your stories with usFood is a big issue this week, and I'm not just talking about McDonalds going...
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Jim Yong Kim's trip to South Africa was just a PR exercise for the World Bank
The World Bank president promoted coal, private sector investments and outsourcing, none of which are in the interests of the people of South AfricaJust nine weeks into a new job that pits his critical...
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World aid data: every country ranked for transparency
How transparent is world aid? A new ranking puts the UK's DFiD top - with USAID languishing far behind. See what the list says• Get the data• More data journalism and data visualisations from the...
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From user fees to universal healthcare - a 30-year journey | Sarah Boseley
Thirty years after he advocated user fees for healthcare in developing countries, former World Bank thinker David de Ferranti, lead author of a Lancet series urging universal healthcare, explains his...
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