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
Regional Investment Climate Assessment for Turkey Project closes with a series of data and analysis required to develop good policies ANKARA, June 14, 2017 - The Ministry of Development, the Central Finance...
Date: June 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Deepening regional integration through national and regional dialogue LAGOS, Nigeria, June 13, 2017 — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Group will co-host the ECOWAS...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Strong, inclusive growth is projected to speed up the pace of poverty reduction MANILA, April 11, 2017 – The Philippines is likely to grow close to 7 percent in the next two to three years, and will remain...
Date: April 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
YANGON, January 30, 2017 – Myanmar’s economy will grow an average of 7.1 percent per year in the next three years, as inflation pressures are expected to ease up and private and public investments...
Date: January 30, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Auctions bring together buyers and sellers to agree on a price for goods or services that are otherwise difficult to value. In climate finance, reverse auctions can be used to produce the biggest bang...
Date: January 11, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Minsk, December 12, 2016 – Lower export revenues and weak domestic demand continued to affect economic growth in Belarus in 2016. While the momentum of the recession seems to have slowed – as evidenced...
Date: December 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PARIS, December 2, 2016— The World Bank Group pledged $1.3 billion over the next three years to support Madagascar’s development through its national development plan. The announcement was made at the...
Date: December 2, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Afghanistan’s economy is experiencing the most sustained period of slow growth since it emerged from the conflict in 2002. The October 2016 edition of the Afghanistan Development Update explores the...
Date: November 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Kuala Lumpur, October 26, 2016 – Malaysia continued its efforts to improve the business climate for local entrepreneurs, enacting two business reforms during the past year, says the World Bank Group’s...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
East Asia and Pacific Makes Steady Progress to Improve Business Environment: Doing Business Report VIENTIANE, October 26, 2016 – Economies of East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region are steadily...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
East Asia and Pacific Makes Steady Progress to Improve Business Environment: Doing Business Report BANGKOK, October 26, 2016 – This year, Thailand ranks at 46 on the ease of doing business, retaining...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Colombo, October 25, 2016 – Over the past year Sri Lanka made progress in two reform areas that are covered by the Doing Business report, namely Starting a Business and Protecting Minority Investors....
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The World Bank presented an overview and analysis of Afghanistan’s economy at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on October 5, 2016. 70 countries and 20 international organizations and agencies were...
Date: October 5, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Manila, Philippines, August 9, 2016 – Climate finance totaling $81 billion was mobilized for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This included...
Date: August 9, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2016 - A new World Bank report draws from experiences in five African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600...
Date: June 22, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Representatives from more than 30 countries, including some of the world’s largest carbon emitters, recently gathered in Lima to move ahead on the carbon pricing policies they say will create jobs, encourage...
Date: May 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Climate change poses an enormous challenge to development. By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people, extend housing and services to 2 billion new urban residents, and provide universal...
Date: April 7, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
CAIRO, March 29, 2016 – The Government of Egypt and the World Bank Group signed US$5 million grant agreement today to support Equal Access and Simplified Environment for Investment in Egypt (EASE) project,...
Date: March 29, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2015 —The Kingdom of Swaziland got a boost to help improve the environment for private sector development and catalyze new investments thanks to the approval today of a US$25 million...
Date: November 30, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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