Third Regional Training Session Brings Together Pacific Education Experts PORT VILA, July 14, 2017 – More than 80 Pacific Islanders working in early childhood education and readiness came together this...
Date: July 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Brazilian development bank would benefit from reforms to increase operational potential, says new World Bank study WASHINGTON, July 14, 2017— Far-reaching reforms to modernize the state-owned National...
Date: July 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2017– The World Bank Group announced the debarment of AECOM Asia Company Limited for a period of 18 months for violations of the World Bank’s consultant guidelines that constitute...
Date: July 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
CONAKRY, July 14, 2017— The World Bank Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop will visit Guinea from July 15 to 17, 2017 to discuss with the President of the Republic, His Excellency Prof Alpha Condé...
Date: July 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors endorsed today the 2018-2023 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Brazil. This CPF covers a period of six years and guides the...
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WB bi-annual report recognizes strong momentum of Vietnam’s economy and points to policies to solidify macroeconomic resilience and address structural bottlenecks to growth. Hanoi, July 13, 2017 – Amidst...
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SOFIA, July 13, 2017 – Smaller cities in Bulgaria and Hungary are more business-friendly as they vie to compete with their respective capitals of Sofia and Budapest, a new World Bank Group report finds....
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In June 2017, the World Bank launched the most recent edition of the Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU). Produced every six months, the report provides a more in-depth examination of selected economic...
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Paris, July 13, 2017—Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Sameh Wahba, Director of the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice of the World Bank, signed a new Memorandum of Understanding...
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
This is the fifth in a series of interviews with grantees of the World Bank Group’s Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE). Shubha Chakravarty, Senior Economist, led the Africa Gender Innovations...
Date: July 12, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
HANOI, July 12, 2017 — Vietnam’s business community now has a one-stop shop to get information on import-export regulations and procedures, thanks to the newly-launched Vietnam Trade Information Portal...
Date: July 12, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KABUL, July 12, 2017—The Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance today signed a financing package of $482.3 million in grants with the World Bank to help the country through a difficult phase in its struggle...
Date: July 12, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Zagreb, July 10, 2017 – Ms. Elisabetta Capannelli has been appointed as the new World Bank Country Manager for Croatia and Slovenia, to lead the WB office in Zagreb. Ms. Capannelli, an Italian national, brings 25 years...
Date: July 12, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2017 – The World Bank Group (WBG) and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced the winners of its 3rd...
Date: July 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Investments in Innovative Financing and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Will Enable Countries to Accelerate Progress on Family Planning LONDON – The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in support...
Date: July 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Women’s economic empowerment is a moral issue, but it’s also a critical economic issue. No country, organization, or economy can reach its full potential and meet the challenges of the 21st century without...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
By Mahmoud Mohieldin and Nancy Vandycke One of the toughest environmental and social challenges of our time is managing the mobility of people and goods. By 2030, passenger traffic will exceed...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the town of Tabuk lies Pinukpuk, a municipality located in the northern part of Kalinga. Pinukpuk is an agricultural community where more than half of the population are indigenous peoples. It has a...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
GENEVA, July 10, 2017 – Global value chains (GVCs) are transforming world trade, but must be more inclusive if they are to deliver greater benefits to developing countries and smaller companies, according...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) today released flaring data for 2016, showing an overall increase in global flaring from the previous year, largely caused by negative developments in...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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