HAMBURG, Deutschland, 8. Juli 2017– Anlässlich des G20-Gipfels hat die Weltbankgruppe heute die Schaffung einer innovativen neuen Fazilität angekündigt, die mehr als 1 Milliarde US-Dollar für die Förderung...
Date: July 8, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
HAMBURG, Germany, July 8, 2017—On the occasion of the G20 leaders’ summit, the World Bank Group today announced the creation of an innovative new facility that aims to enable more than $1 billion...
Date: July 8, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MAZAR-E-SHARIF CITY, Balkh Province – In a brightly lit basement, over 30 women are carefully folding and sewing pieces of fabric to produce fashionable garments for men, women, and children. Their products...
Date: December 29, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MASERU, December 1, 2015 – Mamosala was devastated when she found out that she was HIV positive. As a 35-year-old woman, her worry was not for herself but for her unborn child. Pregnant and living in a...
Date: December 1, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Distinguished Speakers, Dear Moderator, and Guests, March is a special month in our calendar not only because of Martisor and the welcoming of spring, but also because it allows us to celebrate women and...
Date: March 18, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
NAMBALE, January 22, 2015 – After years of earning about 15,000 shillings a year farming sugar cane and maize, Geoffrey Kokonya, a father of 15, has moved into the dairy industry, where earnings are as...
Date: January 22, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Honorable Congressman Alfredo Benitez, Honorable Mayors Mr. Del de Guzman, Mr. Jed Mabilog Ms. Cecilia Alba, Secretary General, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Ms. Ana...
Date: August 27, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Poland has maintained an impressive record of job creation over the last decade, with positive net employment - the difference between new jobs and destroyed jobs- even during the downturn caused...
Date: July 1, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Less educated girls far more likely to suffer violence, child marriage WASHINGTON, May 14, 2014—Girls with little or no education are far more likely to be married as children, suffer domestic violence,...
Date: May 14, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The World Bank Group joins the global community in congratulating the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for their momentous signing of the Comprehensive...
Date: March 27, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Today the UN observes the International Day of Rural Women. Women contribute to the rural economies in many ways from small village self-help groups to leadership roles in decision making processes at...
Date: October 15, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DR. KIM: Thank you, I apologize for being noisy, your Excellency President Kikwete, but I promise you it will be brief noise and may I suggest that as one strategy put your earphone in and turn to the...
Date: June 2, 2013
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Reflecting its commitment to reach out and listen to the people, the Government of Myanmar consulted with large groups of stakeholders to select the first three townships that will participate in the National...
Date: May 8, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
HERAT, Afghanistan – With hands that fly and tie, Shirin Waziri repeats movements made for centuries by the carpet-weavers who worked in the shadow of Herat’s ancient citadel. “This is our history, our...
Date: April 2, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Lekhnath, Nepal--More than 50 women in Lekhnath came together on a grey, rainy day, despite their busy schedules to discuss the municipal budget. The look on their faces showed they meant business. They...
Date: March 7, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In Sisum’s childhood home in a rural village of Bhutan, the men eat dinner first and the women must wait until they finish. But at her uncle’s house in the city, where she lived while in school, the family...
Date: February 26, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
By Robert Holzmann* For decades, we have been used to hearing experts from industrialized nations propounding theories for poverty reduction in developing countries. Sometimes it goes the other way. Ideas...
Date: December 27, 2011
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, November 29, 2011 – Despite alarmingly high gender inequalities in education, health, economic participation, as well as being victims of harmful traditional practices, Ethiopian women have...
Date: November 29, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
VIENTIANE, Laos, June 18, 2011 --The World Bank and AusAid organized the Young Entrepreneurial Marketplace Competition, a contest where young Laotians could pitch their business ideas and turn these into...
Date: June 18, 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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