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World Bank partners with ADGM Academy to boost financial literacy, economic knowledge

The collaboration will create an environment that equips individuals, businesses, and governments with the skills to thrive in the evolving financial landscape

Lebanon sees $8.5 billion in physical damages, economic losses amid conflict: World Bank

Damages to physical structures alone amount to $3.4 billion while economic losses have reached $5.1 billion

COP29: Multilateral development banks’ climate financing to reach $120 billion by 2030

At COP29, Sweden also pledged approximately $19 million to the fund for responding to loss and damage

Stablecoins: The future of payments or a looming threat?

In 2023, the global market capitalization of stablecoins exceeded $130 billion

UAE’s GDP projected to grow over 5 percent by 2025 amidst shifting global dynamics: UBS

Global factors, especially oil production and OPEC decisions, influence growth expectations for GCC economies

World Bank advances Gender Strategy 2030 to empower 300 million women

Strategy aims to support 250 million women with social protection programs

UAE signs two agreements with IMF to support PRGT, RST funds

At the October 2023 IMFC meeting in Marrakech, the UAE announced a $200 million co-financing initiative for the PRGT

UAE GDP to grow to 3.3 percent in 2024, 4.1 percent in 2025: World Bank

World Bank expects the UAE's inflation to reach 2.2 percent this year and decline to approximately 2.1 percent through 2025-2026

What does Egypt’s new carbon market mean for the future of climate finance?

The move is a step towards a mandatory market, requiring carbon reduction projects and emissions calculations

‘Middle-income trap’ hinders economic progress of 108 developing countries, says World Bank

Since 1990, only 34 middle-income economies have managed to become high-income

Saudi Arabia’s real GDP rises 1.4 percent in Q2 2024, driven by non-oil sector expansion

Saudi Arabia's GDP contracted by 0.4 percent annually primarily driven by the 8.5 percent annual decline in oil activities

World Bank approves $700 million grant to Jordan to boost human capital, education

The $400 million MASAR Program aims to equip Jordanian youth with skills for the labor market and economic transformation