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BoM could get its share from World Bank loan

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:28 GMT

RNRL's submissions on the MoU Pune: The recapitalisation exercise of the public sector banks is likely to take off soon.
Source: Expressindia.com

$3-billion WB aid for road projects soon

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:28 GMT

RNRL's submissions on the MoU New Delhi: India may soon get a $3-billion loan from the World Bank for building roads in the country, road and highways minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
Source: Expressindia.com

WB team reviews KSTP works

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:10 GMT

Work on seven boat jetties to be over by early 2010 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A high-level mission from the World Bank has expressed ‘overall satisfaction’ with the progress of the WB-aided Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) being implemented in the State.
Source: The Hindu

MP govt seeks Rs 8,900 cr loan from ADB, WB

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:27:18 GMT

To ensure power supply in the state’s rural areas, the Madhya Pradesh government has sought a loan of Rs 8,900 crore from the Asian Development Bank and World Bank.
Source: Business Standard

Govt sets up division in NHAI for expressways

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:30 GMT

The central government has created a new division within the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for developing expressways in the country.
Source: Business Standard

Houston to become World Bank Group post

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:56:55 GMT

Houston has been selected as the third U.S. site of a World Bank Group post, after Chicago and Seattle.
Source: Houston Business Journal

Vulture funds sue Liberia for £12m in high court

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:43 GMT

A Liberian child soldier. The nation has recently emerged from 14 years of war.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

A humanitarian's guide to Copenhagen

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:03 GMT

JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The humanitarian aid community will not only be keeping tabs on the conversations about "who will cut how much [greenhouse gas emissions]" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen...
Source: YubaNet

Quoted in 'Romania holds presidential vote'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:58:21 GMT

said in Al Jazeera:

This is why the World Bank and the European Commission need a new government to discuss loan schedules and repayments .... though Romania is probably going to apply of a new loan in March next year

Quoted in 'CHOGM to address Sri Lanka refugee issue'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:17 GMT

Stephen Smith said in The Age:

A topic of conversation among Commonwealth ministers will be just how the international community can assist - not just on reconstruction and resettlement (of the Tamils in Sri Lanka's) north, not just bilaterally - but also through agencies like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:17 GMT

Managing Director of The World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses the audience during her speech during the Emerging Markets Summit, a two-day conference in London, on September 17, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:21:24 GMT

The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick (R) and Australia's Treasury Minister, Wayne Swan, arrive for the dinner of the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting at the Guildhall in the City of London, September 4, 2009.

World Bank creating poverty (BBC Newsnight)

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:44:25 GMT