This National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM) newsletter includes the following headings: updates; what is PNPM Generasi funding? Upcoming activities; case study program flexibility keeps children...
This newsletter includes the following headings: overview; global indicators; United States (U.S.) dramatic moves by the fed; Japan gross domestic product (GDP) revised down; GDP slows sharply in fourth...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 88102Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Baffes,John ;
Dow,Betty P. ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Rajadhyaksha, Gauresh ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savsecu, Christina ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
Timmer,Hans
Included in this issue: In praise of purchasing power parties (PPP) comparisons. Remarks of International Comparison Program (ICP) anniversary Interviews Alan Hestoland Robert summers. What have we learnt...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 43814Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Arl, Bart van ;
Bello, Abdullateef ;
Bevacque, Graciela ;
Ericta, Carmelita N. ;
Fantin, Marina ;
Fenwick, David ;
Giovannini, Enrico ;
Heston,Alan Wiley ;
Locas, Robert E. ;
Maddison, Angus ;
Maria, Melo Quintslr ;
Murria, Christopher JL ;
Ruiz, Francisco ;
SUMMERS, ROBERT ;
Tandon,Ajay ;
Timmer,Marcel Peter ;
Trewin,Dennis ;
Vogel,Frederic A. ;
Ward, Michael ;
Whitestone, Ben
This newsletter includes some of the following headlines: as Simon Johnson, Director of Research for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) writes, 'sovereign wealth funds are a fairly new name for something...
This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue features: World Bank strategy for a prosperous and viable Palestinian State. Palestinian reform and development plan....
This paper includes the following articles: well coordinated youth policy could help Thai youth cope with social, economic challenges; first regional conference on asset recovery organized by Thailand,...
This newsletter highlights some of the many policies, programs, and initiatives of the World Bank (WB) which may involve or be of interest to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This includes: update on...
Some of the headings included in this newsletter of the World Bank in India are: investment in agriculture vital for millions of poor; revolutionalizing rural incomes in Madhya Pradesh (MP); the services...
News: What it takes for citizens to demand state accountability; by Sidie Sheriff, and Albert Ansu. Civic engagement in the tri-border communities; by George Khoryama, and Sidie Sheriff. Hands apart, silent...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 45001Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Sheriff,Mohamed Sidie ;
Ansu,Albert Baron ;
Khoryama, George ;
Bah, Alpha Amadu
Some of the headings included in this issue of the World Bank Pakistan newsletter are: eliminating poverty in one generation - a tough but attainable goal for Pakistan; Pakistan data profile; current lending...
The situation in Aceh remains on the whole safe and stable. However, the rising levels of violence recorded since December of last year, including a number of incidents involving or targeting KPA, show...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 44092Date: February 29, 2008
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: disappointing U.S. income-and consumption figures for January; American...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60989Date: February 29, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: fed chairman testifies before house financial services committee; U.S....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60987Date: February 27, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. producer prices skyrocket to a 13.5 percent pace rate in January;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60986Date: February 26, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. existing single-family home sales up in January; hard time for hedge...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60985Date: February 25, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: Europe's services growth accelerated more than forecast; Belgian business...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60984Date: February 22, 2008Author:
Kim,Eung Ju ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I. ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Streifel,Shane S.
Write-downs of mortgage-backed securities in the banking sector reached $150 billion and counting. Equities in emerging markets lost more than 10 percent in January, and corporate default risk moved up...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 49380Date: February 21, 2008
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: today's reports on U.S. economy underscore weakness; European indicators...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60983Date: February 21, 2008Author:
De Kleine Feige,Annette I. ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Streifel,Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: mixed showing for global markets; U.S. consumer and producer prices exceed...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60856Date: February 20, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
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