The share of citizens fully vaccinated against coronavirus in the total population in Azerbaijan exceeds the global average, Trend reports referring to the report of the World Bank (WB) on the countries of Europe and Central Asia released in the beginning of October 2021.

The high assessment of the activities of the Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan is the result of joint work with the World Bank (WB), Vugar Gulmammadov, Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan, said, Trend reports.

The Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan took a prominent place in the World Bank (WB) ‘Independent Index of Supreme Audit Institutions for 2021’ report among 118 audit organizations of the world, Trend reports.

President Ilham Aliyev has invited the World Bank for cooperation to rehabilitate Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenia's occupation in a 44-day war in 2020.

Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov met with World Bank Regional Director Sebastian Molineus on April 1, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers.

The global economy is on track to grow by 4 percent in 2021, assuming vaccination for COVID-19 becomes widespread throughout the year, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

A number of irregularities internal to the World Bank have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports, published in October 2017 and 2019, a source in the World Bank told Trend.

The World Bank (WB) has reconsidered forecasts for Azerbaijan’s economy in 2021-2022, according to the latest World Bank Economic Update for Europe and Central Asia.

Azerbaijani Finance Minister Samir Sharifov met heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, US to discuss economic reforms carried out in the country.

Azerbaijan and the World Bank have concluded negotiations on a $50 million loan to continue reforms in the country's justice system.