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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Growth in emerging-market countries is outpacing
developed countries so greatly that the global economic landscape will be
wholly altered over the next 15 years, a World Bank study on Tuesday
predicted. ...
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South Sudan improves business climate: World Bank
AFP
WASHINGTON — Southern Sudan, poised to become Africa's newest nation in
July, is making progress in creating a business-friendly environment, the
World Bank said Tuesday. "The Government of Southern Sudan is making
strides to improve the business ...
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Hope and Fear at the World Bank
Reuters Blogs (blog)
In this case our reality was worse than our fears,” Georgieva said
recently at a World Bank panel on the climate, food and financial crises
the world is facing today and the way they all intertwine. Georgieva's
strong Slavic optimism brightened the ...
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Maharashtra government seeks World Bank funds for infra projects in Mumbai
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Government has sought funds from the World Bank to fund
its infrastructure, water supply, education and AIDS control projects. A
presentation to this effect was made to the visiting World Bank Managing
Director Okonjo Iwealas on ...
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Dharavi tour alarms World Bank chief
Times of India
MUMBAI: Mehboobi Sheikh, a housewife staying in a single-room tenement in a
slum, with eight other family members in Dharavi was taken aback on Monday
when a World Bank official along with others walked into her residence and
asked to see her washroom ...
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Former Minister bags World Bank's executive position
Vanguard
Muhtar expressed optimism that with his appointment, Nigeria and Africa
would have a stronger voice in the bank and be able to impact on its
decision making. He declared: “The World Bank is a strategic institution
in global development issues, ...
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Egypt closes in on $2.2 bln World Bank loans: paper
Reuters Africa
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is nearing an agreement with the World Bank to
receive loans worth $2.2 billion, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, as the
country's budget deficit balloons in the wake of a popular uprising.
Egypt's government has slashed its ...
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Lipsky 'well-prepared' for IMF leadership
USA Today
International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky
speaks during a press conference at the annual IMF and World Bank meetings
in Washington on Oct. 7, 2010. International Monetary Fund First Deputy
Managing Director John Lipsky ...
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Hackers to the rescue: 'Random' asks coders to make the world a better place
GCN.com
By GCN Staff NASA, along with Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, The World
Bank and Yahoo, is encouraging tech enthusiasts to spend the weekend of
June 4-5 brainstorming and problem-solving in the annual Random Hacks of
Kindness hackathon. ...
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A roundup of finance news
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WASHINGTON - The rise of the euro and China's yuan will likely spell the
end of the US dollar's dominance of the global financial system by 2025, a
World Bank study released concludes. WASHINGTON - Home construction in the
United States plunged in ...
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=== Blogs - 2 new results for [world bank] ===
A New Multipolar World Economy | A forward looking analysis of the ...
By Jamus Lim
Source: World Bank staff calculations, from IE Singapore Statlink, IMF DOT
and IFS, World Bank WDI and WIPO Patentscope. Note: Multidimensional
polarity index generated from the first principal component of trade,
finance, ...
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Prospects for Development - A...
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Rural Bangladesh Taps Into Solar Power With World Bank Funding ...
By Yale Environment 360
The number of homes and shops equipped with solar power systems in rural
Bangladesh doubled in the last year to more than 870000 with the help of
funding from.
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=== Web - 2 new results for [world bank] ===
News & Broadcast - Emerging Market Growth Poles ... - World Bank Group
Registered journalists can access the embargoed report through the World
Bank Online Media Briefing Center: http://media.worldbank.org/
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Dharavi tour alarms World Bank chief - The Times of India
A woman staying in a single-room tenement in a slum was taken aback when
World Bank MD Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela walked into her residence.
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