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Former prime minister Maia Sandu prepares to cast her vote in the country's presidential election runoff in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls Sunday for the second round of voting in the country's presidential election, facing a choice between the staunchly pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon, and his popular pro-Western challenger, former prime minister Maia Sandu. (AP Photo/Roveliu Buga)

Moldova’s presidential runoff sees big Russia-West divide

Associated Press

A woman walk along a path in the Ciudad Bolivar area, south of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Across Latin America, the COVID-19 crisis has yielded a rare bright spot: Millions of people who were long excluded from traditional banking have joined the financial system using digital banking services. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system

By MARIANA PALAU - Associated Press

World Bank: 5.2% decrease in MENA economies expected in 2020

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, March 21, 2020 file photo, people travel by canoe during a coronavirus lockdown in the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria. Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 a day, by late next year depending on how badly economies shrink during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank said Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 in an outlook grimmer than before. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, World Bank says

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Afghan students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The World Bank said this week that nearly half of Afghanistan’s 18,000 schools lack proper buildings and an estimated 3.7 million children are still out of school — despite massive investment in the country’s education sector. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Report: 3.7 million Afghan children don’t attend school

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Lebanese protesters hold placards during a protest against the Bisri dam project, in the Bisri Valley, 58 kilometers (36 miles) southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March. 10, 2019. The valley of Bisri in Lebanon lies on a green fertile bed, a spot that has cradled civilizations dating as far back as the Bronze Age. Its expansive lands of pine, citrus trees and ancient ruins are about to turn into a controversial mega dam funded by the World Bank. For years now, activists and locals have voiced their opposition to what they describe as not only &quot;an environmental crime,&quot; but also a project that mirrors Lebanon's governance crisis. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

World Bank-funded dam in Lebanon mirrors governance crisis

By Dalal Mawad - Associated Press

Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, stands in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. Decades of progress in one of modern history's greatest achievements, the fight against extreme poverty, are now in danger of slipping away due to the coronavirus and the world could see the first global increase in extreme poverty in 22 years, further sharpening inequality. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Extreme poverty rises and a generation sees future slip away

By ELIAS MESERET and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

World Bank: world will suffer largest downturn since 1940s

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, file photo the original American Express 'Green Card' top, shown with the latest version of the card in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) **FILE**

Spat involving Russian bank, Eurobonds and Vodka owner gets ugly

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, Palestinians walk past a boutique in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The World Bank says the Palestinian economy could shrink by as much as 11% in the coming year as the coronavirus pandemic inflicts yet another blow to the Palestinian Authority’s already shaky finances. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

World Bank: Palestinian economy could shrink by 11%

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

World Bank: Global remittances to drop 20% amid coronavirus

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

World Bank to lend $50M to help Myanmar fight coronavirus

Associated Press

In this April 8, 2020 photo, laborers wear facemasks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as they look at job postings at a labor market in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province. China has reported its biggest economic decline since the 1970s as it fought the coronavirus in the first quarter of the year. (Chinatopix via AP)

IMF, World Bank pledge help amid calls for more debt relief

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) ** FILE **

IMF head sees worst economic downturn since Great Depression

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

An Impoverished Indians gives his finger print on a biometric machine after purchasing food ration in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, April 2, 2020. India is adding more resources to tackle its increase in coronavirus cases by announcing that private hospitals may be requisitioned to help treat virus patients, and turning railway cars and a motor racing circuit into makeshift quarantine facilities. The steps were taken after a nationwide lockdown announced last week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led to a mass exodus of migrant workers from cities to their villages, often on foot and without food and water, raising fears that the virus may have reached to the countryside, where health care facilities are limited. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

World Bank OKs first $1.9B for poor countries battling virus

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a fashion shop in Hong Kong, Monday, March 30, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

World Bank sees outbreak taking a big toll on Asia’s economy

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Volunteers disinfectant a sidewalk in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new virus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

World Bank, IMF plead for rich countries to give poorer ones a break amid pandemic

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) ** FILE **

Bob Menendez, Patrick Leahy press G20 to fund WHO, IMF and World Bank

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2019, file photo, members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meet at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington. The World Bank said in an updated economic outlook released Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, that the global economy should see a modest rebound in growth this year. But the 189-nation lending institution is cautioning that a number risks could upend its forecast, including the possibility of renewed trade hostilities between the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

World Bank sees modest global 2020 rebound but trade a risk

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

A woman uses ATM outside a bank, as a Lebanese policeman stands guard, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Lebanon’s worsening financial crisis has thrown businesses and households into disarray. Banks are severely limiting withdrawals of hard currency, and Lebanese say they don’t know how they’ll pay everything from tuitions to insurance and loans all made in dollars. Politicians are paralyzed, struggling to form a new government in the face of tens of thousands of protesters in the streets for the past month demanding the entire leadership go. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press