KIGALI, July 7, 2017 -- Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Claver Gatete and World Bank Country Manager for Rwanda, Yasser El Gammal today signed a $ 48.9million Scaling-Up Energy Renewable Program...
Date: July 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2017 – Today, the World Bank approved $26.5 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to increase electricity access in targeted rural areas of Zambia. The Electricity...
Date: June 27, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Financing package underscores World Bank commitment to Afghan people in challenging times WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017—The World Bank today announced a financing package for Afghanistan of more than $500...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
این بستۀ کمک مالی نشان دهنده تعهد بانک جهانی برای افغانها در شرایط حساس در این کشور می باشدواشنگتن ، سیزدهم جون ۲۰۱۷ – بانک جهانی امروز بستۀ کمک مالی بیشتر از ۵۰۰ میلیون دالر امریکایی کمک بلاعوض...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2017—Today, the World Bank approved a $80 million credit to Burkina Faso for the Electricity Sector Support Project (PASEL). This additional financing will be used to incorporate low-cost...
Date: June 8, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
COPENHAGEN, June 6, 2017 – A new World Bank report released today called for increased private sector investment in Africa’s under-developed electricity transmission infrastructure, a vital ingredient...
Date: June 6, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 2nd 2017 – In support of the government of Djibouti’s goal of achieving universal access to electricity by 2035, the World Bank is launching a new project to bring the benefits of electricity...
Date: June 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Almost 9,000 homes and 37 public facilities to be connected to reliable green power WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$4 million to support a project...
Date: May 31, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Vanuatu, May 22, 2017 - Like many Pacific Island countries, Vanuatu is a dispersed nation, with islands scattered across vast distances, and many remote communities never having access to electricity....
Date: May 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 17, 2017 - There was a time when fear was the most common feeling among the residents of Ngaliema, when a rumbling sky would portend torrential rain. These downpours would erode the land...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KABUL, May 17, 2017 – Entrepreneurs in Afghanistan can obtain a permit for setting up a business with relative ease, but they face considerable hurdles in other areas which are important for a firm to...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2017—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $97 million credit for the Transmission Expansion Project to benefit existing and future consumers in Senegal with...
Date: May 12, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today an IDA Grant of $118 million and an IDA Credit of $27 million for an Electricity Access and Services Expansion Project....
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017—The World Bank today approved $59 million in financing to help Bangladesh meet the increasing demand for electricity by improving the reliability and efficiency of the entire...
Date: April 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
RANCHI, April 11, 2017 – The World Bank today extended its support to the Government of Jharkhand with a proposed assistance program of about US$ 600 million (approx. Rs 3,870 crore1])...
Date: April 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017— The World Bank today approved a $325 million credit to Côte d’Ivoire for an Electricity Transmission and Access Project. This project is financed under the IDA Scale Up...
Date: March 30, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
131,000 people in the poorest communities will have access to potable water, education, health, and to social safety nets WASHINGTON, 21 March, 2017— The World Bank today approved a $29 million grant to...
Date: March 21, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Sow Ada Bocoum After working for 29 years in the banking sector, Sow Ada Bocoum decided to go into the local fruit processing business in 2015. She launched Dickel Production, which now sells fruit juices...
Date: March 8, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NIAMEY, February 28, 2017—The World Bank approved today a $50 million IDA grant for Niger. “This grant supports reforms in public investment and public finance management, and the operationalization of...
Date: February 28, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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