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12 Feb 19
Treasury official David Malpass has been named as the US’ nomination to lead the World Bank and has vowed to boost the bank’s lending powers and focus on economic growth.
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8 Feb 19
Afghanistan is to receive $325m of World Bank funding to boost service delivery and municipal management.
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1 Feb 19
The World Bank has blocked the subsidiary of a multinational corporation at the centre of a web of corruption across Latin America from participating in its projects.
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29 Jan 19
The World Bank will lend Sri Lanka $200m to boost healthcare and tackle growing causes of death linked to modern lifestyles such as cancer and heart disease.
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22 Jan 19
The World Bank will ramp up its climate financing to $50bn over the next five years, which will be more than double the grants and loans it has given annually since 2015.
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17 Jan 19
The change in World Bank president presents an opportunity to appoint someone who will implement global development goals, say Eurodad’s Maria Jose Romero and Cecilia Gondard.
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17 Jan 19
Investing in people and public services will help Thailand become a high-income country, the World Bank has suggested.
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11 Jan 19
The World Bank and Bangladesh have signed a $250m agreement to create more jobs to boost economic growth in the south Asian country.
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9 Jan 19
The World Bank has called on developing countries to prioritise “effective public spending” as growth stalls amid rising borrowing costs and global trade tensions.
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8 Jan 19
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has resigned from his post three years before he was due to leave.
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11 Dec 18
Egypt could spend billions more on education and health using its current reforms to attract more private sector finance for infrastructure development, the World Bank has said.
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6 Dec 18
Kenya has announced plans to provide universal access to electricity by 2022 in partnership with the World Bank.
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5 Dec 18
Russia is on track to meet its goal of halving the number of people in poverty by 2024 even if the country’s growth continues to grow ‘modestly’, the World Bank has highlighted.
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3 Dec 18
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati will be supported to improve its public finances and boost economic growth through better regulation.
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30 Nov 18
G20 leaders must shift their investments to more low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure to limit the impact of climate change, global organisations have warned.
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19 Nov 18
Timor-Leste needs to “sustainably manage” its public finances to ensure it doesn’t spend too much too quickly as its natural resources run low, the World Bank has warned.
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19 Nov 18
The World Bank and the Danish government have pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and loans from Tanzania over human rights concerns.
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14 Nov 18
Borrowing by low and middle-income countries more than tripled in 2017 compared to the year before, World Bank statistics have revealed.
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12 Nov 18
The World Bank has approved a $20m package to support Djibouti in eliminating slums and improving living conditions for people in urban areas of the East African country.
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8 Nov 18
The UK is giving £50m to help stop mothers and babies dying in childbirth in developing countries.
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30 Oct 18
The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first ‘blue bond’, which will raise funds to safeguard its oceans.
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25 Oct 18
The World Bank has launched a fund to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving data and skills.
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17 Oct 18
The World Bank is giving Indonesia up to $1bn in loans to help the government’s relief and reconstruction efforts in the areas hit by an earthquake and tsunami last month.
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12 Oct 18
African governments’ debt to overseas lenders doubled in two years leaving countries struggling to pay them back, a charity has warned.
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12 Oct 18
Iraq will introduce programmes to support and empower women thanks to a $1.95m grant from international donors.
12 Feb 19Treasury official David Malpass has been named as the US’ nomination to lead the World Bank and has vowed to boost the bank’s lending powers and focus on economic growth.
8 Feb 19Afghanistan is to receive $325m of World Bank funding to boost service delivery and municipal management.
1 Feb 19The World Bank has blocked the subsidiary of a multinational corporation at the centre of a web of corruption across Latin America from participating in its projects.
29 Jan 19The World Bank will lend Sri Lanka $200m to boost healthcare and tackle growing causes of death linked to modern lifestyles such as cancer and heart disease.
22 Jan 19The World Bank will ramp up its climate financing to $50bn over the next five years, which will be more than double the grants and loans it has given annually since 2015.
17 Jan 19The change in World Bank president presents an opportunity to appoint someone who will implement global development goals, say Eurodad’s Maria Jose Romero and Cecilia Gondard.
17 Jan 19Investing in people and public services will help Thailand become a high-income country, the World Bank has suggested.
11 Jan 19The World Bank and Bangladesh have signed a $250m agreement to create more jobs to boost economic growth in the south Asian country.
9 Jan 19The World Bank has called on developing countries to prioritise “effective public spending” as growth stalls amid rising borrowing costs and global trade tensions.
8 Jan 19World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has resigned from his post three years before he was due to leave.
11 Dec 18Egypt could spend billions more on education and health using its current reforms to attract more private sector finance for infrastructure development, the World Bank has said.
6 Dec 18Kenya has announced plans to provide universal access to electricity by 2022 in partnership with the World Bank.
5 Dec 18Russia is on track to meet its goal of halving the number of people in poverty by 2024 even if the country’s growth continues to grow ‘modestly’, the World Bank has highlighted.
3 Dec 18The Pacific island nation of Kiribati will be supported to improve its public finances and boost economic growth through better regulation.
19 Nov 18Timor-Leste needs to “sustainably manage” its public finances to ensure it doesn’t spend too much too quickly as its natural resources run low, the World Bank has warned.
19 Nov 18The World Bank and the Danish government have pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and loans from Tanzania over human rights concerns.
14 Nov 18Borrowing by low and middle-income countries more than tripled in 2017 compared to the year before, World Bank statistics have revealed.
12 Nov 18The World Bank has approved a $20m package to support Djibouti in eliminating slums and improving living conditions for people in urban areas of the East African country.
8 Nov 18The UK is giving £50m to help stop mothers and babies dying in childbirth in developing countries.
30 Oct 18The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first ‘blue bond’, which will raise funds to safeguard its oceans.
25 Oct 18The World Bank has launched a fund to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving data and skills.
17 Oct 18The World Bank is giving Indonesia up to $1bn in loans to help the government’s relief and reconstruction efforts in the areas hit by an earthquake and tsunami last month.
12 Oct 18African governments’ debt to overseas lenders doubled in two years leaving countries struggling to pay them back, a charity has warned.
12 Oct 18Iraq will introduce programmes to support and empower women thanks to a $1.95m grant from international donors.
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