A very Good Afternoon to you all. I want to say a very warm good afternoon to the beneficiaries in the villages who are joining us by video link. I also want to thank the three beneficiaries who spoke...
Date: March 1, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Every year in August, Peru commemorates the National Day of the Elderly. With the average life expectancy of pensioners projected to reach 89 years, the segment of the population over the age of 60 is...
Date: February 14, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Infrastructure as growth policy Today, Indonesia constitutes the world’s 10th largest economy. With over 260 million people spread across 17,000 islands, a modern and efficient infrastructure is vital...
Date: January 31, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAPUTO, December 12, 2016 – Following three consecutive quarters of slowing economic activity in 2016, Mozambique’s GDP growth for 2016 is estimated at 3.6 percent down from 6.6 percent in 2015. The...
Date: December 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2016 – A Third Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Operation (PRSDPO-III) intended to boost economic transformation in Liberia, critical for achieving inclusive growth...
Date: November 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Workers start their day at 6 am at the construction site of the 460-meter-high skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, which is set to become the tallest building in Vietnam once completed. Vietnam is growing...
Date: November 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When Branko Drcelic was appointed head of the Serbian Public Debt Administration (PDA) in 2012, he had his work cut out for him. He was determined to build a best-in-class, market-competitive public debt...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
PRETORIA, August 17, 2016 – A downgrade of sovereign credit ratings to sub-investment or 'junk' status has a negative effect on public borrowing costs, according to a recently released World...
Date: August 17, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 12, 2016- Prime Minister Holness and World Bank Country Director Sophie Sirtaine opened today a high-level brainstorming session on growth strategies and debt management with...
Date: July 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MAPUTO, May 3, 2016 - After several consecutive years of accelerating growth, Mozambique’s economic performance eased to its slowest pace since 2009, whilst the economy remains increasingly exposed to...
Date: May 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Efficient and predictable insolvency regimes enhance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises’ (MSMEs) access to credit that they need to thrive. A leading group of experts discussed this topic...
Date: November 25, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ENTEBBE, May 13, 2015 – About 30 local government representatives participated in a recent creditworthiness academy which provided training on how to improve their financial management performance. The...
Date: May 13, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Sub-national debt management in difficult times was the theme of a World Bank conference held in Warsaw on 15-16 October, 2012, which examined the impact of the current global crisis on debt and debt management...
Date: October 19, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
With the debt debate in the Euro-zone heating up, many in Latin America are thinking of ways to shield the region from a crisis that, pretty much like the previous recession, it did not help to create....
Date: December 7, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2010—The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), the part of the Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants to the poorest countries, and the International...
Date: June 29, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Nepal has made efforts to establish a new identity in governance and fiscal priorities since the end of a decade long conflict in 2006. Its GDP is expected to grow 3-3.5% although challenges remain in...
Date: May 13, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
January 27, 2010 - Afghanistan and its donor community face a dilemma that demands to be resolved: how to channel foreign aid through the government’s budgetary system that lacks the capacity to properly...
Date: January 27, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ANKARA, January 16, 2008 — Resilience in developing economies is cushioning the current slowdown in the United States, with real GDP growth for developing countries expected to ease to 7.1 percent in 2008....
Date: January 16, 2008
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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