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Colombia's central bank board is expected to hold the benchmark interest rate at 9.25% on Friday, on the back of mounting fiscal uncertainty and despite recent lower inflation.

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With the World Bank awarding $150 million to Syria and $250 million to Lebanon in order to help the two Middle Eastern countries infrastructures redevelop after turbulent periods, we discuss what ...

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has sanctioned a grant to strengthen Syria’s electricity recovery project.

This project represents the first step in a planned increase in World Bank support to Syria on its path to recovery and ...

The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 million to help improve the country’s railway ...

The World Bank has approved a $146 million grant to aid Syria in restoring its electricity infrastructure, damaged by 14 ...

The executive board of the Washington-based multilateral lender has approved two separate programmes, with $146 million in funding going to Syria and $250 million allocated to Lebanon to repair and re ...

The World Bank has approved a $146 million grant to help Syria restore reliable, affordable electricity and support the ...

Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank’s Middle East regional director, said the newly approved support is the first phase of ...

The World Bank announced Wednesday that it will invest over $1.3 billion to improve the quality of life in three war-torn ...