The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, will lend $301m to a developer in Mexico to build “affordable, green housing”. The loan is going to developer and…

The West African country of Gabon has signed a contract with the operator of its only railway to begin the second phase of its modernisation. The deal was agreed by…

The World Bank has allocated $1bn in extra funding to build Pakistan’s largest hydropower plant. The Dasu Hydropower Plant will be on the Indus River near the town of Dasu…

The World Bank, through its International Development Association, has approved a $200m loan to fund improvements on one of Tanazania’s two main railways, the narrow-gauge line running 970km between the…