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World Bank boosts private capital mobilisation to record $112b

The bank says private capital flows to lower- and upper-middle-income countries and Africa rose sharply, while remaining steady for low-income countries.

Michael Kremer, Economic Sciences Laureate, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, speaks during his Nobel lecture "Experimentation, Innovation and Economics" at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden 8 December, 2019.

World Bank names Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as next chief economist

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WB recommends phased tariff reform to boost Bangladesh’s trade competitiveness

Trainees receive hands-on factory training under the Accelerating and Strengthening Skills for Economic Transformation (ASSET) project implemented by the Ministry of Education. Photo: Collected

Women make up 58% of ASSET trainees completing courses in 6 months

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Another $350m World Bank guarantee for LNG imports likely in November

A World Bank Group delegation meets with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in Dhaka yesterday (19 August). Photo: TBS

Proposed MRC could open new avenue for long-term capital market funding

World Bank reviews feasibility of Mortgage Refinance Company in Bangladesh

World Bank reviews feasibility of Mortgage Refinance Company in Bangladesh

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$8b of World Bank finance stuck in long project procedures, design flaws

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ERD hosts high-level dialogue to boost climate finance for trillion-dollar Bangladesh

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Bangladesh makes AI gains in healthcare, faces welfare challenges: WB

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World Bank, ADB lead in foreign loan disbursement in FY26

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Bangladesh ranks 91st in mobile internet speed, 93rd for fixed broadband: Report

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Two WB missions to visit Dhaka in August to review governance, project impact