Gov’t-World Bank Group joint report recommends reforms to foster private sector competitiveness, promote social inclusion and build modern institutions. HANOI, February 23, 2016—A new report recommending...
Date: February 23, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
RIGA, January 28, 2016 – Today, The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia and the World Bank signed the Latvia Tax Policy and Equity Reimbursable Service Agreement (RAS) that aims to review the...
Date: January 28, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
TIRANA, January 20, 2016 — Achieving lasting poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Albania requires an economic strategy that is equitable and generates long lasting economic and employment gains....
Date: January 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In a series of four reports World Bank researchers analyzed data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovak Republic to examine the performance...
Date: December 10, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2015— The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved financing of US$600 million in support of Ethiopia’s continued efforts to improve equitable access...
Date: September 15, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Project Seeks to Strengthen Fiscal Sustainability and Social Program Efficiency WASHINGTON, March 19, 2015 – The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors approved a US$100 million loan today...
Date: March 19, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity are unequivocally also about progress in non-monetary dimensions of welfare including education, health, nutrition, and access to essential infrastructure,...
Date: September 23, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Accompanying government efforts to improve collection, management and allocation of budgetary resources for the benefit of the most vulnerable WASHINGTON, September 9, 2013 – The World Bank Board of Directors...
Date: September 9, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The Third World Bank Group’s Conference on Equity, held this week in Washington, focuses on fiscal policies, a topic that may not seem to be directly related to the organization’s mission to end poverty....
Date: June 11, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank Group’s mission to help free the world of poverty has been translated into two clearly articulated goals. The first goal is a moral imperative to end extreme poverty for the 1.2 billion...
Date: May 8, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
While poverty has declined rapidly over the past three decades, humanity continues to face urgent and complex challenges. More than 1 billion people still live in deep poverty, a state of affairs that...
Date: April 19, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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