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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 57, managing director of the World Bank since 2007
(earlier, she was the first woman to become both finance minister and
foreign minister of Nigeria), came to India on a four-day trip. In an
interview with Indivjal Dhasmana, ...
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World Bank declares Islamic finance a priority area
Arab News
The presence of Sri Muliani Indrawati, managing director of the World Bank
Group, underlined the importance the global multilateral development bank
views the Islamic finance industry. The Basel II regime for capital
adequacy, she conceded, ...
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World Bank boss speaks on Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Standard
THE World Bank recently came up with a new African regional strategy, which
lays out multilateral institution's vision for the next decade. The
strategy was developed through widespread consultations with
representatives from government, private sector ...
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World Bank official probed over sh86b wildlife funds
New Vision
By ANNE MUGISA THE money meant for wildlife conservation was used to pay
for a World Bank official's travel and upkeep, a commission of inquiry has
heard. Natalie Johnson, who was purportedly supervising the project, flew
from Washington to Uganda ...
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Vast Mongolian shantytown now home to quarter of country's population
The Guardian
A World Bank report published last year highlighted the plight of ger
district residents, most of whom have limited access to electricity and no
running water, sewage or central heating. The report found that during the
long winter, when temperatures ...
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World Bank commends Ondo over commitment to community development projects
WorldStage
Press Release-- For its commitments to the transformation of the urban
slums into habitable cities, the World Bank task team leader for the
Community-Based and Urban Development Programme in Nigeria, Mr Hassan Kida
at the weekend scored the Ondo State ...
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World meet on water, sanitation, hygiene
Ninemsn
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conference 2011 will bring
together world WASH leaders including UNICEF, the World Bank, the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WaterAid and others to discuss one
of the greatest challenges for ...
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Iraq to bring banks to the masses -- by mobile
AFP
Only about 20 percent of Iraqis hold a bank account, according to experts.
That figure is markedly lower than the average for developing countries,
which a World Bank report released last year pegged at 28 percent among
adults. ...
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Paul: IMF Implicated After Chief Arrested on Sodomy Charge
Fox News
In this April 15, 2011, photo, International Monetary Fund Managing
Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, walks to a meeting of the G-20
finance ministers and central bank governors at the 2011 Spring Meetings of
the IMF and World Bank in Washington ...
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'Government must build pillars of economic
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By Bassey Udo Vice President of the World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, speaks to
our reporter in Cape Town, South Africa. Excerpts below. Looking at the
many indicators of economic competitiveness, one will see a whole range of
things that have to do with the ...
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