TANGUIETA, February 23, 2017—“Poaching has no future if Antoine Loana’s entrepreneurial spirit spreads to all the villages adjacent to the biosphere reserves,” remarked a smiling World Bank expert at the...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MATELILE, December 28, 2016 – Since 2010, Koaile Seithleko has been rearing sheep in Ha Sello, Matelile, in the Mafeteng district of Lesotho. However, until this year, he has never made enough money...
Date: December 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ABIDJAN, June 23, 2016 – Augustin Oussou is a happy man. This poultry farmer from Tieplé, a village located in the center of Cote d’Ivoire nor far from Bouaké, is able to live decently off his farming...
Date: June 23, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON D.C., June 16, 2016 – Over 6.6 million citizens falling in the extreme poor and food-insecure category will have their livelihoods improved with fresh support from the World Bank towards ongoing...
Date: June 16, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON D.C., March 10, 2016 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved $70 million in new financing to support Tanzania’s agriculture sector and strengthen it by linking smallholder...
Date: March 10, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NIENA, January 14, 2016 — Adama Togola began selling cattle in 1985 as a simple trader. Fourteen years later, after having taken up cattle fattening, he is now a successful businessman that heads up the...
Date: January 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
GABORONE, December 8, 2015 — Thousands of Batswana rose out of poverty thanks to increased growth in rural areas driven in part by rising agricultural incomes and welfare improvements, according to a World...
Date: December 8, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, November 23, 2015 – Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made remarkable progress in its economic growth exceeding other low income and Sub-Saharan African countries, with real gross domestic...
Date: November 23, 2015
Type: Press Release
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
HERAT CITY, Herat Province – “Saffron, the most precious gift of Herat Province!” This note appears on the window of a small kiosk at Herat International Airport garnering the attention of travelers. “Whenever...
Date: January 19, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NAIROBI, September 30, 2014— On the last day of September, Kenyans woke to the news that they were richer than they were the day before. The county’s national income of $55.2 billion was 25% higher and...
Date: September 30, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, September 30, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$600 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit to Ethiopia for the Productive Safety...
Date: September 30, 2014
Type: Press Release
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
More than $62 million planned for jobs, roads and bridges TANAUAN (LEYTE), JULY 14, 2014 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today reaffirmed the institution’s support for the Philippines’ reconstruction...
Date: July 14, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Kenya can be one of Africa’s success stories. Its dynamic private sector, rapidly growing number of young people, new Constitution and recent peaceful elections are important ingredients in Kenya’s journey...
Date: June 28, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
TAMBACOUNDA, June 10, 2014 — Mrs. Fatoumata Souaré is a hero in this rural, forested area located 250 miles southeast of Dakar. She and her children own and operate a sustainable charcoal production business...
Date: June 10, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MANILA, MAY 28, 2014 – The World Bank has approved a $700,615 technical assistance grant that will provide data on the current state of the Philippines’ natural resources. Called Wealth Accounting and...
Date: May 29, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In low-income and middle-income countries the world over, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than half in two decades, from 43 percent in 1990 to...
Date: April 9, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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