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
Close cooperation between the two institutions will support sustainable infrastructure development WASHINGTON, September 9, 2016— World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and New Development Bank (NDB)...
Date: September 9, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Manila, the Philippines, October 29, 2013—A new World Bank and IFC report finds that Singapore continues to provide the world’s most business-friendly regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs, followed...
Date: October 29, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Changing global outlook highlights the need for structural reformsto sustain growth and share prosperity MANILA, October 7, 2013 – Developing East Asia is growing at a slower pace but the Philippines expects...
Date: October 7, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Three quarters of the world’s poor don’t have a bank account, not only because of poverty, but the cost, travel distance and amount of paper work involved in opening an account, according to new data released...
Date: April 19, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice. Over the years, the Bank’s support has evolved in focus and...
Date: February 2, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Last Update: November 11, 2010 - According to revised estimates, Bangladesh grew by 5.8% in FY10 despite the slow global recovery and continued severe power shortages.
Date: November 11, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Nepal has made efforts to establish a new identity in governance and fiscal priorities since the end of a decade long conflict in 2006. Its GDP is expected to grow 3-3.5% although challenges remain in...
Date: May 13, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
January 27, 2010 - Afghanistan and its donor community face a dilemma that demands to be resolved: how to channel foreign aid through the government’s budgetary system that lacks the capacity to properly...
Date: January 27, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank urges governments to protect poor and vulnerable in face of sharp rise in unemployment and poverty. ISTANBUL, October 3, 2009 — The global economic crisis has reversed the impressive economic...
Date: October 3, 2009
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ANKARA, April 25, 2008 - The Undersecretariat of Turkish Treasury together with the World Bank launched today the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of the World Bank Group with Turkey for 2008-2011...
Date: April 25, 2008
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Ankara, November 9, 2007—The Undersecretariat of Treasury, the Undersecretariat of the State Planning Organization, Turkish Government officials from various Ministries and Agencies, and the World Bank’s...
Date: November 9, 2007
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The Undersecretariat of Treasury, the Undersecretariat of the State Planning Organization, Turkish Government officials from various Ministries and Agencies, and the World Bank’s Turkey Country Office...
Date: November 6, 2007
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Ankara, December 21, 2006- Mr. Shigeo Katsu, Vice-President for the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank visited Turkey on December 20-21, to review Turkey’s economic program and discuss World...
Date: December 21, 2006
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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