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Kibaki asks for additional support from World Bank
Nairobi :: Kenya | 34 minutes ago
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President Kibaki has asked the Bretton Woods institutions to increase their support to Kenya to help fight unemployment among other issues. He, at the same time, thanked the World Bank for the enhanced partnership it is providing to the government for...
Tags: World Bank Country, Kenya, Kibaki, president kibaki, Nairobi, World Bank, Politics, Politics of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Business Finance
Africa: World Bank Announces Landmark Policy On Access to Information
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 1 hour ago
Credibility World Bank Announces Landmark Policy On Access to Information 23 November 2009 Accra — The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors last Tuesday approved the Bank's new policy on access to information which positions the Bank as a transparency leader...
Tags: World Bank Announces Landmark, Washington, Banks, Carbon finance, World Bank, Development, International development, Multilateral development banks, Business Finance
Eskom: World Bank loan decision expected early 2010
Johannesburg :: South Africa | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Eskom expects the World Bank to make a decision on a loan programme of up to $5-billion in the first half of next year, a senior company official said on Monday. Earlier this month the World Bank said on its website that Eskom had applied for the initial...
Tags: World Bank, Eskom, South Africa, Johannesburg, Renewable energy, Low-carbon economy, Energy policy, Medupi Power Station, Business Finance
Private sector growth poor, ADB
Thimphu :: Bhutan | about 11 hours ago
Credibility 23 November 2009 Private sector in Bhutan has not been able to play a bigger and desired role even with substantial development in construction of major hydropower projects, according to Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) latest report.
Tags: Bhutan, doing business, WTO, private sectors, report states, global economic, sectors growth, business survey, India, World Bank, Thimphu, World Trade Organization, Gross National Happiness, Outline of Bhutan, Economy of Pakistan, International trade, Economy of Bhutan, Business Finance
Stimulus at crossroads
Beijing :: China | 1 day ago
Credibility A T THE start of this year Ding Wei, a former World Bank economist who heads investment banking at China International Capital Corporation, laid out the test for measuring Beijing's management of the post-crisis economy. ''The moment we stabilise the...
Tags: People's Bank of China, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China International Capital Corporation, Soho China, Beijing, China, Chinese financial system, Economy of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, World Bank, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Business Finance
World Bank’s Fund for Poorest Countries Delivers Record Support during Global Crisis
World Bank management and representatives of 45 donor and 12 borrowing countries today concluded a three-day review of the performance of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the 79 poorest countries, that has...
Tags: World Bank, IDA
World Bank Vice President for Africa to Visit Kenya
The World Bank is pleased to announce the official visit to Kenya of Ms. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President of the Africa Region, World Bank. Ms. Ezekwesili will be in Kenya for four days starting November 22, 2009. This will be her second visit...
Tags: World Bank
Promoting Human-Wildlife Coexistence: Botswana Shows the Way
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a US$5.5 million grant to the Government of Botswana for an innovative program designed to enhance human wildlife coexistence by engaging communities in managing natural...
World Bank approves $300m loan to Jordan
Amman :: Jordan | 2 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
Concluding Doha Round Could Boost Recovery and Bring Significant Gains
Countries can contribute to a more robust recovery from the global recession by rapidly concluding the Doha Development Round (DDA), which could bring up to US$160 billion in gains, according to new World Bank research. Released just days before...
Tags: World Bank, WTO, EU, DDA
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