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World Bank Group

Type: Organization

Name: World Bank Group (The world Bank)

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for The world Bank

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Energy)

WORLD BANK GROUP: World Bank Continues Energy Sector Support in Ukraine

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a loan in the amount of US$ 60 million for Additional Financing to the Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Ukraine. The original loan for the Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in the amount ... [Individual.com - 14 hours ago]

Entities: World Bank Group, Ukraine, Hydro Power

First Reported 42 mins ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

World Bank commences climate change seminar for Nigerian youths

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe World Bank is to hold a one-day seminar on climate change for 100 youths across Nigeria, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Saturday, ... [People's Daily Online - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, World Bank Group, Nigeria, Climate

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

World Bank approves $300m loan to Jordan

- Powered by WASHINGTON: The World Bank has approved a $300 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) to Jordan to support the Governments medium-term development program in the context of the current global economic crisis. The approval of the Recovery under ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 7 hours ago]

Entities: World Bank Group, Jordan, Enhancer, Grace Period

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Market News)

World Bank report: Malaysia overly dependant on oil, gas revenues

[Report by Yip Ai Tsin: "Malaysia too dependent on oil and gas, says World Bank"]The World Bank said that Malaysia is too dependent on revenues from oil and gas and should instead broaden its revenue base."With proven oil reserves at 4 billion barrels ... [Individual.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: World Bank Group, Malaysia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

John Kerry

John Kerry vs. World Bank

—Photo courtesy of the World Bank.John Kerry gave a barn-burner of a speech at the World Bank on Wednesday, laying into development banks for pouring massive sums into dirty energy projects in poor countries. 'Reducing energy poverty and combating climate ... [Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]

Entities: John Kerry, World Bank Group, Coal

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 6 Documents

International Monetary Fund

European Commission and IMF welcome reaffirmed commitments of the largest foreign banks in Hungary

In a meeting in Brussels of the European Bank Coordination Initiative held on 19 November 2009, the parent banks of the six largest foreign banks active in Hungary reaffirmed their commitments made in May 2009 to support their subsidiaries. These commitments, ... [European Bank for Reconstruction and Redevelopmen - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Hungary, International Monetary Fund, European Commission

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

WB identifies environmental challenges faced by Indonesia

The World Bank on Thursday launched a report highlighting challenges that Indonesia faces in attaining environmental sustainability.The World Bank's Country Environmental Analysis examined the economic costs of environmental degradation and offers options ... [Individual.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Indonesia, Environment, World Bank Group

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

World Bank: M'sia needs faster structural reforms

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s mid-term outlook will depend on how quick the country can implement its structural reforms, which are to “make the next step up the income ladder from upper-middle to high-income economy,” according to a World Bank report ye ... [thestar.com.my - 11/19/2009]

Entities: World Bank Group, Malaysia, Entrepreneurship

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

CIMA signs agreement with World Bank

An agreement, the first of its kind, has been sealed between the World Bank and one of the UK's accountancy institutes to train finance and accounting employees as part of its professional accountancy qualification. The Chartered Institute of Management ... [Accountancy Magazine - 11/19/2009]

Entities: World Bank Group, United Kingdom, Bangladesh

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Senator Lugar and Secretary Geithner discuss the G-20 and the World Bank

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today addressed the role the G-20 will play in the changing global economy, including as leaders in the World Bank.Opening Statement of Ranking Member Richard LugarI join the Chairman in welcoming Secretary Geithner ... [Bank Information Center - 11/19/2009]

Entities: World Bank Group, Richard Lugar, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Power Shortages Cripple African Growth

Johannesburg INADEQUATE access to power is the single largest stumbling block in Africa's economic development, with the cost of blackouts easily rising between one to two per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), the World Bank said yesterday.Launching ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: World Bank Group, Developing World, emergency

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Kerry to World Bank: Don't Be Dirty

Don't Be Dirty Mother Jones if ment Must Reads: ment In Brazil, people with some of the world's smallest carbon footprints are being displacedso their forests can become offsets for SUVs. They’re ... [Mother Jones - 11/19/2009]

Entities: John Kerry, Coal, World Bank Group, Carbon

Quotes

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Afghanistan: Report finds girls' schools face highest risk of violence, suggests steps for preven ... [ReliefWeb - 22 mins ago]

Jensen added, "The World Bank says they have a commitment to integration here but there is no strategy."

HIV-TB: International Calls for New Strategy by Ben Case [Third World Network - 1 hour ago]

"World Bank President Zoellick has rightly called for a fiscal stimulus to assist poor countries. This should be spent in part on a rapid scaling up of government-provided health care - it will save lives and get economies going again."

Privatised Care More Placebo Than Panacea by Marina Litvinsky [Third World Network - 1 hour ago]

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6 pct growth by 2012 possible: World Bank [New Sabah Times - 1 hour ago]
WB fund for poorest countries delivers record s... [Xinhua News Agency - 2 hours ago]
Corruption rampant in health industry [VietNamNet Bridge - 2 hours ago]
CHOGM to address Sri Lanka refugee issue [The Age - 2 hours ago]
World Bank expects Malaysian economy to grow 5.... [Individual.com - 2 hours ago]
WB to contribute to Morocco's solar energy project [MENAFN - 2 hours ago]
Climate Rage by Naomi Klein (17 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 3 hours ago]
Corporate tax burden spurs call for action [The Australian - 3 hours ago]
'India to be third largest economy by 2050' [Indian Express - 4 hours ago]
Gaza's thriving tunnel economy [Al Jazeera - 4 hours ago]
Bank unit to review palm oil and other carbon-i... [Bank Information Center - 5 hours ago]
Children starve in parched southern Madagascar [Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago]
More debate needed on nuclear power, forum told [Irish Times - 6 hours ago]
Innovation should be collective effort : Prof B... [NewKerala.com - 6 hours ago]
World Bank approves $300m loan to Jordan [Lebanon Daily Star - 7 hours ago]
What IMF-advised “social welfare reforms” in Mo... [Eurodad - 7 hours ago]
ADB Joins Global Effort to Reduce Mounting Deat... [Turkish Weekly - 7 hours ago]
Blair 'happy to be out of race for Europe job' [The Independent - 9 hours ago]
Will PM intervene or will robber barons kill CCP? [The News International - 9 hours ago]
Prince Charles to Assist President Koroma Rebui... [AwarenessTimes - 9 hours ago]
Germany Tells APC to Show More Respect for Sier... [AwarenessTimes - 9 hours ago]
In Sierra Leone, 200 Scholarships for Kenema Yo... [AwarenessTimes - 9 hours ago]

Blogs

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Give North Korea a break \| John Delury [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 18 hours ago] Denuclearisation will only come when bridges have been built with Pyongyang and it feels firmly set on a new economic courseNegotiations over the denuclearisation ...
Building a world fit for children \| Marie Staunton [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 19 hours ago] Twenty years after the launch of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we must do more to listen to vulnerable childrenTo 13-year-old Mumo Katumo, the anniversary ...
WIRE WATCH: Christian Activists Unveil ‘Manhatt... [WSJ.com: Washington Wire - 21 hours ago] By Susan Davis A New Kind of Declaration: Christian activists are holding a new conference today at the National Press Club to release the Manhattan Declaration. ...
A healing in Mozambique \| Jonathan Steele [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] In a country where brutal civil war raged just two decades ago, surprisingly little anger remains todayIt's hard to imagine a more tranquil place than Gaza: farmers ...
Russia Moves To Rein In Gas Flaring, Mandating ... [Green Car Congress - 11/20/2009] A view of Russian gas flaring based on satellite observations. Source: US NOAA and the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership. (Video) Click to ...

Audio/Video

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Tunnels provide lifeline for Gazans - 20 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 20 hours ago]
Palestinians denied access to water - 14 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/14/2009]
Buffett the betting man. [Slate Magazine - 11/04/2009]
What Ever Happened to the Amazon Rainforest? [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]
What ever happened to the Amazon rainforest? Di... [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]

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