DHAKA, February 26, 2017 — The World Bank Group today issued the following statement by Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal: 'The World Bank takes the issue...
Date: February 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Grant will improve data collection and understanding of living conditions in eight countries WASHINGTON, April 6, 2016— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development...
Date: April 6, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
LIBREVILLE, October 1 – On September 25, 2015, the Republic of Gabon and the World Bank started preparations for a new $56 million eGabon project, which will leverage information and communications technology...
Date: October 1, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KUTIGI, September 29, 2015 – After years of hard work by community broadcasting advocates, Lavun Community Radio station in Niger State recently became the first of its kind to grace the airwaves. Supported...
Date: September 29, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 27, 2015 — Conscious of their weak digital infrastructure, the Republic of Congo and Gabon have joined forces to build a modern high-speed Internet network that will enable better access...
Date: May 27, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
CHIPITA, March 3, 2014 -- Abraham Sinyenga, 28, from the remote Chipita district in north Malawi, had never heard of the internet until several months ago when an overseas relative asked him to open an...
Date: March 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Specialists from Latin America, Spain and the US will discuss the sustainability of public communication during the fourth edition of this event The role of public media and its future trends will be...
Date: August 21, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Modern Systems to Create Jobs for Youth and High-Skilled Labor WASHINGTON, July 31, 2013 - A new World Bank Group project will boost Lebanon’s mobile Internet systems and create quality jobs for a high-skilled...
Date: July 31, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The way people watch TV has definitely changed in three poor neighborhoods of Joao Pessoa, the capital city of Paraíba in Northeastern Brazil. And it’s not because a new soap opera or any other TV show...
Date: May 24, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Press Freedom Day was a global trending topic for most of the day on Twitter in Spanish. Among the thousands of messages published, that of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos stood out. From...
Date: May 3, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Latin America’s economic performance over the past decade has generated many benefits for the region and has given Latin American governments a larger margin of action. Nevertheless, stability and growth...
Date: November 30, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Maximizing Mobile - New World Bank Report Points to Human and Economic Development Opportunities WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 --- Around three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile...
Date: July 17, 2012
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Under the umbrella of a nation-wide campaign to promote books and reading in Armenia, the World Bank Yerevan Office participated in a book festival and fair held in Yerevan over the weekend. The event...
Date: October 13, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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