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It should come as no surprise when 52-year-old World Bank Group President-Elect Jim Yong Kim, a former high school quarterback, talks of tackling the world's troubles in his new position. Addressing the Chicago Dartmouth Club at a luncheon at the ...
May 14, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2012 - Even as countries compete to attract investments, 80 percent of national investment promotion agencies are failing to respond to investor inquiries in the key sectors of agribusiness and tourism, according to the World Bank Group ...
May 19, 2012 at 23:56 | Source: World Bank Group
The FINANCIAL -- The Board of Directors of the World Bank Group discussed the Country Partnership Strategy for the FY 2012-2016, dramatically increasing the resources available for Sri Lanka to achieve its ambitious development goals as a Middle Income ...
May 24, 2012 at 07:15 | Source: The FINANCIAL
International Financial Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is planning to take part in the planned US$1.5bn listing of Malaysia's Integrated Healthcare Holdings (IHH) in a move to help validate IHH's emerging markets strategy ...
May 27, 2012 at 08:02 | Source: ArabianBusiness.com
the World Bank said Wednesday. Overall growth for East Asian economies should decline from last year's 8.2 percent to a still-robust 7.6 percent, the bank said. The group includes China, South Korea and Southeast Asia and excludes Japan.
May 23, 2012 at 02:01 | Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Credit:International Rivers/CC BY 2.0 WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 (IPS) - In a renewed funding focus on large-scale infrastructure, the World Bank, Group of 20 (G20) countries and other multilateral groups are wilfully overlooking lessons learned decades ago ...
May 17, 2012 at 01:11 | Source: Inter Press Service
which was developed by the Trade and International Integration team of the World Bank ’s Development Research Group. The global database allows for cross-country comparisons of exporters based on factors such as size, survival, growth, and concentration.
May 25, 2012 at 06:09 | Source: The FINANCIAL
Twenty of the world’s leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs sent a letter this week to World Bank Group president Robert Zoellick requesting $500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world’s energy access goals.
May 15, 2012 at 14:28 | Source: Think Progress
Israeli companies have much to gain from investing in private-sector development in poor countries, according to a senior representative of the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation. In addition to the obvious financial rewards ...
May 16, 2012 at 01:12 | Source: Jerusalem Post
Studies show that progress in this area benefits everyone, not just women and girls. Approach The World Bank Group (WBG) promotes gender equality in developing countries through lending, grants, knowledge, analysis and policy dialogue. The Bank is ...
May 25, 2012 at 05:26 | Source: Reliefweb.int