BANGUI, April 13, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a $30 million grant to the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) to support the social and economic reintegration of 5,000...
Date: April 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Dear Romanians, Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. 2016 coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the right for persons with disabilities...
Date: December 3, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
In Vietnam, nearly 15,000 children under the age of five find it “very difficult” or “impossible” to hear. Without access to early education and with little or no support for parents, these children risk...
Date: June 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2016―The World Bank and ONCE Foundation are joining forces to advance the social and economic development of persons with disabilities through education, employment, skills development,...
Date: June 7, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
December 3, 2015--While the developing world has made strong progress towards universal primary education, the Sustainable Development Goals adopted at the United Nations this September now call for access...
Date: December 3, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
If your daily commute forces you to waste precious hours stuck in traffic or to elbow your way into overcrowded public transit vehicles, you probably need little convincing about the importance of good...
Date: December 3, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Do you wear glasses? Take them off for a moment. You are now a person with a disability, according to international definitions. Organizations that defend the rights of persons with disabilities go even...
Date: December 2, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KABUL CITY – Her hands move slowly over the keyboard as she starts typing during computer class. “We are students at the High School for the Blind,” types Tamana Niazi in English on the computer screen....
Date: November 24, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the hustle and bustle of the crowded Disability Resource Center in Vanadzor, a small town in Armenia’s Lori province, nobody seemed to notice the strangers entering with their ledgers and cameras. A...
Date: October 15, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
On behalf of the World Bank, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to participate in the launch of DFID’s Disability Framework. This is an important step towards scaling up global efforts to address...
Date: December 3, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Dejan Tmusic is 40 years old and lives in Cetinje, a town of about 13,000 people in southern Montenegro. Dejan also has physical disabilities.Along with about 2,200 other people with disabilities living...
Date: November 19, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Washington, DC - Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo has been appointed as Disability Advisor in the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (GP SURR) Global Practice of the World Bank Group. Her appointment comes...
Date: October 27, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
North East Local Service Improvement Project (NELSIP) was approved in 2010 to improve the delivery of services by the local authorities in the northern and eastern provinces in a responsive and accountable...
Date: November 6, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW YORK, September 23, 2013 – The following statement was issued by the World Bank Group on the occasion of the UN High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Disability and Development (HLMDD):One...
Date: September 23, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Despite improvements, diseases affecting young children persist in low- and lower-middle-income countries in the region, while ischemic heart disease and lung cancer are rising in many countries...
Date: September 4, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, August 28 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$4.25 million additional emergency recovery grant from the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to boost Burundi’s support...
Date: August 28, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
When five countries decide to exchange experiences and knowledge to improve the lives of the disabled, words such as disabilities, handicapées or discapacidades acquire the same meaning and idiomatic differences...
Date: April 3, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Ecuadorean Vice-president Lenín Moreno has made it his mission to put people with disabilities on the inclusion agenda. After his recent visit to the World Bank in Washington, the idea arose to jointly...
Date: June 13, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
February 23, 2011 – An estimated 210 million people are out of work worldwide, the highest level of unemployment ever recorded. Twelve months after a devastating earthquake, nearly one million Haitians...
Date: February 23, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice. Over the years, the Bank’s support has evolved in focus and...
Date: February 2, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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