JERUSALEM, April 27, 2017 – Foreign aid and investment alone will have limited impact on the Palestinian economy without significant changes on the ground, according to a new World Bank report. A paradigm...
Date: April 27, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 23, 2016 — The African Development Bank (AfDB) took a step toward increased transparency today with the release of AfDB data on AidFlows (www.aidflows.org), a website that visualizes...
Date: November 23, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In May 2016, the city of Khabarovsk in eastern Russia was host to a “Knowledge Sharing and Training Workshop on International Development Cooperation”. The event, organized by the World Bank, brought together...
Date: June 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In part, the World Bank’s response to the Syrian crisis has been to shore-up public services in countries affected by it, like Lebanon and Jordan, which together host more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees....
Date: March 17, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
More powerful than Hurricane Katrina that hit the United States in 2005, Typhoon Yolanda is one of the costliest and deadliest storms in the Philippines to hit the country in recent years, displacing over...
Date: November 27, 2013
Type: Opinion
Language: English
DR. KIM: (Speaking in French) Now, I apologize to my actual French-speaking friends -- French is my fourth language. And it still needs a lot of work. I've been working in development for the...
Date: June 11, 2013
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
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