MAPUTO, May 15, 2017 - Mozambique is richly endowed with natural resources including 40 million hectares of natural forests. Despite their tremendous potential, the country’s natural forests are being...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 3, 2017 – “While the World Bank is certainly best known as a donor institution, it is also a knowledge-sharing institution, and I am inclined to believe that we should be known more as...
Date: May 3, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017—Over 52 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana are to benefit from a $5.5 million Ghana Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Local Communities project...
Date: April 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Acknowledgements Dr. Ernesto Pernia, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority;Dr. Lisa Bersales, National Statistician and Civil...
Date: March 30, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Local rice producers, upland farmers, and forest users from four regions will have access to improved irrigation services, agricultural inputs, and service delivery WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 – Today,...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
VIENTIANE, November 14, 2016 — On her visit to Lao PDR, World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Victoria Kwakwa reaffirmed the World Bank’s strong support for programs and policies...
Date: November 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
They emerge abruptly from the harshly golden Sahara, symbols of ancient culture and protectors of diverse ecosystems. Tunisia’s traditional oases, longtime centers of agricultural production and trade,...
Date: November 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Balaclava, MAURITIUS, September 6, 2016— African Ministers from coastal countries and small island developing states along with the World Bank and development partners met in Mauritius on September...
Date: September 6, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
COLOMBO, September 5, 2016— Today, the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed a US$45 million credit to help protect Sri Lanka’s natural habitats and resources from degradation and over -exploitation....
Date: September 5, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Balaclava, Republic of Mauritius, September 1, 2016 ‒ We, the Ministers and representatives of the participating countries to the “Towards COP22: African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate...
Date: September 1, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In Central Asia, energy and water security are critical to boosting income levels, reducing poverty, and ensuring sustainable development for all citizens across the region. This cannot be achieved, however,...
Date: June 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DARFUR, February 24, 2016 – For Zainab Ibrahim, a middle-aged woman living in West Darfur State, making a living was a dangerous affair. She used to trek into the forests surrounding her small village...
Date: February 24, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador is a good illustration of this. Located along the Pacific coast in what’s known as the Central American Dry Corridor, Bajo Lempa features everything from hillsides...
Date: December 4, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
While the rugged mountains of rural Nepal don’t lend themselves to grid-fed electricity, their rivers, lakes, and glacial melt offer plenty of renewable resources for energy. Between 2007 and 2014, over...
Date: September 15, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When they came back this spring from their winter refuge in Africa, they settled in their nest. The two storks were not aware that during their absence there was an endeavor to ensure they would have their...
Date: June 4, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2015 – A $90 million grant program was approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) yesterday for a global partnership to promote investments in biodiversity conservation, preserve...
Date: June 4, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2015 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved additional financing for the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase II to contribute to collaborative...
Date: May 26, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ELDORET, March 6, 2015 – After episodes of controversy surrounding government officials’ forced evictions of indigenous communities from Kenya’s forests, representatives of forest-dependent communities...
Date: March 9, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, January 26, 2015 – Ethiopia has averaged a 10.7% economic growth rate over the last 10 years, more than double the annual average of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, which was around...
Date: January 26, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Distinguished hosts and guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be addressing such an eminent gathering of protected area professionals, conservation experts and decision makers. Thank you for...
Date: November 13, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
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