Mohan Heenatigala knows there are invaders in his forest. Stepping onto a trail, the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) in Galle sees how the flowering Lantana camara is defeating the grass that would have...
Date: June 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Malaka Rodrigo watched with relief as the flood waters receded from his home in Matara in southern Sri Lanka. “This area doesn’t usually flood,” he said ruefully. Typically, the bunds keep the waters of...
Date: June 5, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LIBREVILLE, May 23, 2017—Walking meters from a herd of elephants, watching hippopotamuses splashing about in the mangroves to cool down, or observing young tarpon leaping in and out of the water is, without...
Date: May 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Washington, April 12, 2017: The World Bank will support India as it sustainably develops its first modern inland water transport fairway on a 1,360 km-stretch of the Ganga river between Varanasi and the...
Date: April 12, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Peru is home to one of the world’s largest single stock fishery – the anchoveta -- a species related to anchovy, which supplies fish oil rich in omega-3, and fishmeal for livestock and aquaculture around...
Date: March 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
COLOMBO January 17, 2017 — Sri Lanka has signed a US$125 million credit with the World Bank to help the country modernize its agriculture sector. Sri Lanka aims to make the sector more efficient...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 8, 2016 – Armenia and the World Bank signed today a US$50 million development policy finance operation to support the Government’s reforms program across key economic areas. The Fourth...
Date: December 8, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
VIENTIANE, November 14, 2016 — On her visit to Lao PDR, World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Victoria Kwakwa reaffirmed the World Bank’s strong support for programs and policies...
Date: November 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
It started with the bang of a gavel. Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, the world has seen a year of unparalleled ambition on climate change. Almost every country on Earth – 190...
Date: November 7, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
From time to time we ‘check up’ on some of the projects we once financed. We do this to show our support to those that took initiative, but also to see what lessons we can draw for the future. As you know,...
Date: October 3, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Following the globally significant 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, attention is now shifting from the identification of emissions reduction trajectories to crucial questions about how these emissions reductions...
Date: October 3, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
COLOMBO, September 5, 2016— Today, the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed a US$45 million credit to help protect Sri Lanka’s natural habitats and resources from degradation and over -exploitation....
Date: September 5, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Protecting the Poor and the Environment in World Bank Investment Projects Economic development depends in part upon providing infrastructure and facilities that improve people’s lives and expand economic...
Date: August 5, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Package expands protections for people, environment in Bank-financed projectsWASHINGTON, August 4, 2016 -- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new Environmental and Social Framework...
Date: August 4, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
June 15-16, The World Bank Group participated in European Development Days (EDDs), an annual event in Brussels organized by the European Commission to bring together the development community to share...
Date: July 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
From East to West, the majority of Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by drylands, where half the continent’s population and three quarters of its poor reside. Today, severe drought and other environmental...
Date: July 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the global effort to minimize the effects of climate change by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, buildings can play a vital role. They account for 18 percent of total emissions today, and...
Date: May 30, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2016—Farmers of the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana are to benefit from a scale-up of Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) interventions in selected watersheds and forest fringe...
Date: May 20, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Honorable Minister Koka, Minister Panariti, Head of the Swedish International Cooperation, and Distinguished Guests, I would like to thank you for the invitation to join the launching of the grants program...
Date: May 16, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2016 – The World Bank Board today approved a $625 million loan to support the Government of India’s program to generate electricity from widespread installation of rooftop solar photo-voltaic...
Date: May 13, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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