Honorable Prime Minister, Minister Malik Samarawickrema, Secretary Ministry of Development Strategies, Honorable Ministers, members of the head table, distinguished invitees and colleagues. It’s...
Date: July 4, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2017 – The World Bank has appointed Ellen Goldstein as its new Director for Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR. In this position, she is responsible for strengthening the partnership...
Date: July 3, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017— The World Bank Group (WBG) endorsed today the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Guinea‐Bissau 2018-2021, which will be the first full country strategy since 1997. “The...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Annual conference focuses on ensuring greater value for money in public expenditure BALI, May 11, 2017—Sharing lessons on how to spend better on education can help countries reduce poverty and inequality,...
Date: May 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Welcome to the 2017 World Bank Group/IMF Spring Meetings. I’ll say a few words on what I’ll be discussing with our shareholders this week, and then we’ll take your questions. As always, the global economy...
Date: April 20, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Under the shade of a wooden house on stilts in a small village in Kampot province in southeastern Cambodia, 24-year-old Heng Sinat is using a flipchart to explain the importance of nutrition. A small group...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Good afternoon, your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I am grateful to the people of the United Arab Emirates and to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for inviting...
Date: February 13, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
PRETORIA, January 17, 2017 – Re-orienting investment tax incentives towards sectors of the South Africa economy that have high productivity and a comparative advantage would stimulate growth, create additional...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Anemic Poverty Reduction Reveals Lack of Social and Economic Inclusion MAPUTO, December 21, 2016 - Between 1997 and 2009 for every percentage point of economic growth in Mozambique, poverty fell by...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Mozambique has made great strides in reducing poverty. But with nearly 50 percent of the population still living in poverty, progress has not been fast enough. What’s more, poverty is concentrated in rural...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Targets fragility, refugees, climate change and other pressing challenges YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, December 15, 2016— A coalition of more than 60 donor and borrower governments agreed today to ratchet up...
Date: December 15, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
LUSAKA, Zambia, December 7, 2016 – Zambia needs higher domestic revenue collection if the current levels of government expenditure are to be maintained in a sustainable manner, says a new World Bank...
Date: December 7, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Dear Minister Ekonomi, Minister Klosi, Deputy Minister Luci, General Director of INSTAT Ibrahimaj, Distinguished Guests, It is a great pleasure to introduce today this event on Promoting Inclusion in Albania:...
Date: December 7, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
New York, November 10 — UNDP and the World Bank Group released its new report “Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs” today, coinciding with the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination's (CEB)...
Date: November 10, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
VIENTIANE, November 9, 2016 — The World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, Victoria Kwakwa, is visiting Lao PDR on November 9 – 12, 2016. During her first official visit to Lao PDR, since...
Date: November 9, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Chisinau, November 3, 2016 - Moldova has an opportunity as well as the potential to continue lifting people out of poverty and building shared prosperity among its people. The key will be continuing...
Date: November 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
East Asia and Pacific Makes Steady Progress to Improve Business Environment: Doing Business Report NAY PYI TAW, October 26, 2016 – Myanmar has improved its business regulatory environment over the...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MR. THEIS: Good morning. I'm David Theis, press secretary for the World Bank. We'll have brief opening remarks from the World Bank president Dr. Jim Yong Kim. And then, we'll turn...
Date: October 6, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Good morning. Welcome to the 2016 World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings. I first want to say a few words about Haiti, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew. Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti, many...
Date: October 6, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
In 2016, we don’t lack for challenges. One of the biggest is extreme poverty. Today 700 million people live on less than one dollar and ninety cents per day. This is happening at a time of accelerating...
Date: October 5, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
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