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In US, a PMO mirror image
Sunset :: FL :: USA | about 21 hours ago
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1 AM Sunset : 4:46 PM Today Mainly clear sky...Washington, Nov. 23: In Washington, Manmohan Singh, oceans away from home, is discovering that his Prime Ministers Office (PMO) has a mirror image here. If the Prime Minister were to walk into the swank...
Tags: The World Bank, PMO, executive directors, Sri Lanka, prime minister, Sports Authority of India, private secretary, NAYAR Washington, Pulok Chatterji, mirror image, Sunset
World Bank approves $300m loan to Jordan
Amman :: Jordan | 3 days ago
Credibility The World Bank has approved a $300 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) to Jordan to support the Government’s medium-term development program in the context of the current global economic crisis. The approval of the Recovery under Global Uncertainty...
Tags: Jordanian, The World Bank, DPL, social protection, Jordan, Amman, Western Asia, World Bank, Fertile Crescent, Levant, Business Finance
GLOBAL: Food aid that gets you two for the price of one
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 5 days ago
Credibility Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that uncover some unsettling facts about food aid and malnutrition. Spending US$200 to treat...
Tags: The World Bank, food aid, bank study, million children, MSF, Stéphane Doyon, food security, bank reports, addressing malnutrition, South Africa, Johannesburg, Humanitarian aid, Poverty, Mￃﾩdecins Sans Frontiￃﾨres, Food, Nutrition, Food politics, Malnutrition, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Malaysia warned on longstanding goal
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 6 days ago
Credibility In a detailed analysis of Malaysia’s economic prospects and policies, the bank said the country had recovered well from the global financial crisis and would grow 4.1 per cent in 2010, after a contraction of 2.3 per cent in 2009. The report said the medium-term...
Tags: Malaysia, longstanding goal, The World Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Asian Financial Crisis, Economy, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Financial crisis, Financial crises, Stock market crashes, Najib Tun Razak, Business Finance
WB approves Serbia USD 200mn loan
Belgrade :: Serbia | 6 days ago
Credibility The World Bank has approved a USD 200mn loan as support to Serbia's 2009 budget, Economy Minister Mla�an Dinki� said. At the launch of the construction of a new Algerian embassy in Belgrade, Dinki� stated that the loan was the first result of successful...
Tags: The World Bank, Mladjan Dinkic, Serbia, Belgrade, Republics, Business Finance, Tanjug, Economy of Serbia, International economics, International Monetary Fund, International development, Social Issues
PSU banks' demand over the top: Govt
New Delhi :: India | 7 days ago
Credibility State Bank of India's [ Get Quote ] associates, have sought Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) from the government to expand credit over the next three years. However, the government can extend support only to the extent of Rs 14,000 crore ($3 billion),...
Tags: The World Bank, sector banks, public sector, Vijaya Bank, world banks, State Bank of India, IDBI Bank, India, New Delhi, British Physical Laboratories Group, Axis Bank, Central Bank of India, Business Finance
KYRGYZSTAN: Fewer glaciers = more deserts
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 8 days ago
Credibility Rapidly melting glaciers in mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan over the next few decades could lead to increased desertification and land degradation, according to experts...The figures are also contained in Kyrgyzstan's submission to the UN Framework...
Tags: The World Bank, Kyrgyzstan, Bişkek, Business Finance, Isfana, Batken, Glaciology, Climate change, Desertification, Erosion, Environmental soil science, Environmental issues, Global warming, Environment
World Bank to help Himachal become carbon-neutral state
Shimla :: India | 10 days ago
Credibility The meeting was presided over by state chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. Dhumal said his government was exploring every possibility of pooling in all internal and external resources to protect and conserve the Himalayan ecology. Describing the Bank initiative...
Tags: The World Bank, Himachal Pradesh, helping himachal, Prem Kumar Dhumal, India, Shimla, Environment
World Bank to advise Fiji on economy
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 11 days ago
Credibility The World Bank expects to play a supportive advisory role in Fiji’s return to economic prosperity, a spokesperson accompanying an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team to Fiji has said. The World Bank’s Sydney-based communications officer Aleta Moriarty...
Tags: Fijilive, IMF Article, Article IV Mission, The World Bank, Fiji Islands, Suva, Frank Bainimarama, Outline of Fiji, Politics of Fiji, Fiji, Melanesia, International Monetary Fund, Business Finance
Africa: World Bank - Africa Needs U.S. $93 Billion For Infrastructure
Abuja :: Nigeria | 11 days ago
Credibility Africa Needs U.S. $93 Billion For Infrastructure Etim Imisim 13 November 2009 Abuja — The World Bank said yesterday that the amount needed to fix infrastructure in Africa is twice what was previously estimated. It put the new figure at $93 billion half...
Tags: The World Bank, African, Sub Saharan Africa, african countries, africa needed, Abuja, Nigeria, Kigali, Regional integration, Business Finance, Africa, Economic Community of West African States, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, Niger, African Union member states, Fragile state
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