KABUL CITY – Vendor Ewaz Ali, 65, is arranging vegetables in neat piles on his cart and spraying water on them to keep them fresh. He nods to the beat of the music playing on the radio hanging on his vegetable...
Date: March 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The project will establish a network for monitoring air and water quality in cities, increase access to environmental information and create a national laboratory for air, water and soil WASHINGTON,...
Date: January 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
For people living in the remote Bangladeshi village of Saraswatipur, getting to the nearest health care provider 10 kilometers away in Upazila Health Complex in Mohadevpur meant an hour-long, bumpy trek...
Date: September 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
One year ago, a new project was launched in the Kyrgyz Republic that is quite unique in terms of its geographic scope and population coverage. The project, Scaling-Up Peer-to-Peer Learning in Public Finance...
Date: July 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Washington, June 27, 2016 – The World Bank’s Board of Governors authorized on June 24 the transfer of US$55 million to replenish the Trust Fund for Gaza and the West Bank. Since 1993, the World Bank has...
Date: June 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In Russia, the process of registering legal rights for immovable property has greatly improved in recent years, thanks to the development of standardized, clear, and more efficient registration procedures,...
Date: January 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ULAANBAATAR, June 18, 2015 — Minister of Finance J. Erdenebat and World Bank Country Manager James Anderson signed today credit agreements totaling US$63 million for three new projects: the...
Date: June 18, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
As the review is moving toward the approval of the Bank’s new procurement framework, Chief Procurement Officer Chris Browne sat down with Angela Walker from the World Bank’s Staff Engagement and Internal...
Date: May 13, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
“Greetings! Sir, we purchased a property worth 11,000 Euros. We paid a tax for the purchase of 800 Euros and paid a bribe of 400 Euros for property registration”. Citizens from the Pakistan Province (state)...
Date: December 15, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Senate President Drilon, Speaker Belmonte Jr., Chief Justice Sereno, Ombudsman Morales, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, distinguished members of the Cabinet and other officials, partners from...
Date: December 2, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
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
Each town and city can contribute to provincial and national development if urban planning and civic amenities are provided and maintained in partnership with citizens By 2030, 315 million people are expected...
Date: June 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In February 2014, Rab Nawaz, a retired employee of Pakistan Railways (PR), passed away, while in dispute over not receiving any pension payments despite retiring six months ago. Similar issues of...
Date: May 20, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The kind of development that has taken place in Renala Khurd under the Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project is commendable, and engenders a sense of healthy competition between TMAs in the province...
Date: May 12, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON — The World Bank approved $410 million to improve municipal governance and basic urban services in district towns and municipalities in Bangladesh and benefit 3.4 million people in around 100...
Date: January 16, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
“They treated us very well; they didn’t ask for any bribes. Their behavior was very good,” reads a text message from a resident of Toba Tek Singh, a district in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province....
Date: December 11, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In a clinic in Moyamba district in southern Sierra Leone, mothers stand in line with their infants to receive free immunizations provided by the government. This is a hopeful picture for a country...
Date: November 13, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
As one enters the Delhi Gate of Lahore’s fabled Walled City, it is with the knowledge that travelers from across the world have walked through its grand arch for hundreds of years. The gate faces the historic...
Date: October 28, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Project to improve public service delivery for population of the city of Rio de Janeiro WASHINGTON, June 17th, 2013 – More than six million residents of Rio de Janeiro, (Cariocas) will benefit...
Date: June 17, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
March 29, 2013 – The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has approved a grant of $4.3 million to improve access to high quality and financially...
Date: March 29, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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