Shirley Kamara, 37, an expectant mother, smiled as she received medical care at C.H. Rennie Hospital in Kakata, just over 40 miles (68 km) north of Monrovia. “Our hospital is far better now since the Ebola...
Date: June 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
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
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2016—In Guinea, Sierra Leone and Senegal, more than 33.3 million people will benefit from stronger health systems and more effective disease surveillance systems through US$110 million...
Date: June 29, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
By Melanie Mayhew, World Bank Group Every day for 27 years, in the early morning blackness that only fishermen know, John* and his crew dislodged their boat from Sierra Leone’s shore and paddled north...
Date: May 17, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
By Melanie Mayhew, Communications Officer She raced out of the white tent, her family cheering and clapping wildly when they saw her coming. They embraced her, broke into song and praised God for sparing...
Date: April 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Good afternoon. I’d like to thank our host today, Mr. Fratzscher, and the German Institute for Economic Research/DIW. We are grateful that we can have this event in such a remarkable setting. And I would...
Date: April 5, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
BERLIN, April 5, 2016—World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today said that the world’s powers need to pay far greater attention to boosting developing economies and creating jobs in the most fragile...
Date: April 5, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
DR. KIM: I want to start by saying something, Christine Lagarde said it very eloquently this morning when she was in Frankfurt. I am an economic migrant. My parents moved with me and my brother and...
Date: April 5, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Thank you Emily for this very kind introduction. It is a great pleasure and honor to be here today. The World Bank Group has two goals: ending extreme poverty by 2030 and ensuring that prosperity is shared...
Date: March 7, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
West Africa Now Has No Known Ebola Cases WASHINGTON, January 14, 2016—World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement on today’s announcement declaring the end of Ebola transmission...
Date: January 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Despite being launched at the height of the Ebola crisis in 2014, a new collateral registry in Liberia has helped facilitate more than $226 million in loans to small and medium-sized businesses in one...
Date: November 18, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 7, 2015 –World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement on today’s announcement declaring the end of Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone. “My colleagues...
Date: November 7, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MONROVIA, September 10, 2015 – Despite the Ebola outbreak and other challenges affecting a post-conflict and fragile country, the Liberian government is making important strides to better connect the country’s...
Date: September 10, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Thank you. I’m delighted to be among so many distinguished delegates and colleagues in a country of great beauty and historical significance. This week, we have the opportunity to build on Ethiopia’s legacy...
Date: July 13, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Mr. Secretary-General. Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I’m very happy to be here today to officially launch the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child. The Facility, or...
Date: July 13, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Mr. Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Administrator Clark, Ladies and Gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to join you today. I want to commend the Secretary-General for hosting this...
Date: July 10, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
WASHINGTON DC, July 8, 2015—The loss of health workers due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa may result in an additional 4,022 deaths of women each year across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as a...
Date: July 8, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2015 – The 2014 Ebola outbreak highlighted major gaps in disease prevention and control efforts in health systems across East Africa. With the support of US$50 million approved today...
Date: July 7, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Results from third round of mobile-phone surveys show progress since FebruaryWASHINGTON, June 15, 2015—Employment in Sierra Leone has returned to pre-crisis levels, though earnings and hours worked still...
Date: June 15, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
As the Ebola epidemic raged in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, crowding patients into hospitals and quarantining people in their homes, swathes of farmland lay empty. Travel restrictions, quarantines...
Date: June 15, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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