DAR-ES-SALAAM, May 23, 2017 – At Kinondoni Primary Court, Magistrate Esther Kihiyo meets with about 33 people a day. She takes handwritten notes for the case file on the evidence they put before her and...
Date: May 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Trust. Efficiency. Accountability. These are the pillars of a strong, independent, and effective judicial system. For over a decade the World Bank has worked with the government of Romania to build an...
Date: November 30, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank office in Azerbaijan continues to raise youth awareness about projects supported by the institution and how it all works. Students from the Baku Oxford School were invited to the Yasamal...
Date: November 18, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the early 1990s, fear of crime and violence was a defining feature of life in Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city. In 1991, the homicide rate peaked at a staggering 381 per 100,000 inhabitants,...
Date: September 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Modernizing Judicial Services Judicial reform was an important topic of discussion at the first World Bank in Azerbaijan “Knowledge Day”, held in Baku in November 2015. The World Bank works closely with...
Date: June 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Inside the School of Advocates in Yerevan, a queue of people is waiting. The general mood is one of calm, but apprehension is also in the air. Most people are in this building today to deal with one or...
Date: May 30, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The new financing will bring justice services closer to the people WASHINGTON, April 6, 2016 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association...
Date: April 6, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The Oradea Palace before ...and after renovation The Palace of Justice in Oradea is ready to serve the people again. Its re-opening on March 18th marks an important day for the city of Oradea and the...
Date: March 18, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
The attacks in Paris to terrorize innocent civilians, once again, are a reminder of the ordeal that these attacks by extreme fanatics place on humanity and of the universal values of peace that we share....
Date: November 16, 2015
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2014 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved two IBRD loans to the Republic of Azerbaijan. The first loan, in the amount of US$100 million, will support...
Date: July 9, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Efficient and transparent access to justice services for the population ASTANA, April 29, 2014 – Today, the Government of Kazakhstan signed a $36 million loan agreement with the International Bank...
Date: April 29, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
World Bank Working Paper by Bob Rijkers, Antonio Nucifora (both World Bank) and Caroline Freund (Peterson Institute of International Economics) What is this about: Ben Ali clan manipulated regulations...
Date: April 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
New project will help improve judicial efficiency and services to the population WASHINGTON, March 19, 2014 – Today the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$36 million loan to...
Date: March 19, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2013 - The World Bank and its partners are developing tools and approaches in the areas of rule of law and justice to support effective delivery of development solutions. Integrating...
Date: November 14, 2013
Type: Press Release
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
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Given the timing of this event and the uncertainty about which time zone the Maya were referring to in their predictions, you may or may not hear the end of my speech!...
Date: December 21, 2012
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Gated communities guarded by gun-wielding sentinels and houses, both big and small, hidden behind barbed wired fences and barred windows seem to be a common sight -and an eyesore- in much of Latin America.Regardless...
Date: December 13, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
YEREVAN, Armenia - The First Instance Community Courthouse in the center of Yerevan is so dilapidated, you can see through the run-down concrete landings as you climb its perilous stairs. Look at the ceiling...
Date: February 5, 2007
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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