Slower global growth means new risks: World Bank
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Slower global economic growth has  increased risks for developing countries, especially if the  record levels of private capital that has flowed into these  markets is reversed, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
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The World Bank wants the governments of poor countries to do more to improve their investment climates, action it described as central to economic growth and poverty reduction.
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How the world adapts to slowing US growth is a key issue for the global economy, the IMF says.
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The global economy is expected to log solid growth this year and next, although elevated energy prices and inflation hover as risks, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
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IMF forecasts U.S. growth will slow, but experts note world economy increasingly resists spillover.
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The World Bank says China's economic boom will soften this year's expected global economic slowdown.
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Fewer people are living in extreme poverty in the East Asia-Pacific region, the World Bank said Tuesday.
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The World Bank raises its China growth forecast by almost 1%, despite fears of a global slowdown.
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The IMF says that global economic growth is likely to be dampened by the turbulence which has swept world markets.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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Higher oil prices pose the greatest threat to the world economy next year, but that will be only one of a number of risks facing global growth in 2005, namely depending too much
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Worries about government actions to cool economic growth reverberate around the globe.
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China's furious growth should cool off a little this year according to a new study from the World Bank.
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Friday global financial stability had taken a blow from the subprime crisis and European and U.S. growth will be weaker as a result.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted a "continued smooth ride" for the global economy, but cautioned there are signs of potential trouble ahead after several years of brisk growth.
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East Asia&#39;s economic outlook is &quot;more uncertain&quot; as higher oil prices and slower growth in developed countries curb demand for electronics and commodities, the World Bank said Tuesday in a twice-yearly review of the region.
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The World Bank on Tuesday chastised rich countries for not giving enough to fund global environmental protection and warned that overall progress in meeting global environmental targets was "alarmingly slow."