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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
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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
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That also happens to be the most fertile area for farming. So as a result of river blindness, people would commonly move away from those most fertile areas. Because of vector control and treatment with Mectizan, in West Africa alone, more than 25 million hectares have been recovered for additional farmi...
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The impact of not having funding is probably greater than the political crisis. If the World Bank doesn't fund Madagascar's national parks, they will run out of money very quickly. We have the potential for losing hundreds if not thousands of species.
SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online -
They serve as the first responders for the global poor and provide a high return on U.S. development dollars ... We estimate that for every dollar that the United States invests in the World Bank as paid-in capital, $26 of aid are delivered.
SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News -
already the four year reduction programme has run into difficulties, the government has not been able to fulfil all the conditionalities contained in the $300 million World Bank/IMF loan which continues to hang on our neck like an albatross, revenue has gone down and there is less donor inflow since the...
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
This is the bank's first strategy for Botswana that comes in response to the increased interest from government for a scaled up World Bank Group's programme that has been rather limited over the past decade and a half
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
Fulgham reiterated Washington's position that this money would best be channeled through a fund administered by the World Bank, whose head is normally appointed by the United States
SOURCE: News-Medical.net -
Guyana is at the forefront of the REDD negotiations and likely to be the first country to sign an agreement with the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. It's a test case for REDD ... Given the challenges in Guyana, good governance, transparency and strong oversight must be the watchwords of...
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This agreement builds on our previous work with the World Bank, notably in Bangladesh where we are sole expert supplier to strengthen the local accountancy body
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There is a pattern of improprieties that have gone on. We do know that the World Bank procedures, and the government of Afghanistan procedures, were badly breached repeatedly ... There is every reason to believe there were probably gratuities exchanged.
SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In -
The Arab world is a priority for the World Bank GroupWorld Bank Group, and addressing unemployment in the region is critical for long-term growth and development
SOURCE: Zawya.com -
Agro-food policies and management of resources for their implementation can only be the competence of the specialised United Nations agencies, above all the FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and should not be handed to the World Bank ... We believe assigning the World Bank the...
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
This situation is due to the unfair trade regulations of the World Trade Organisation and dictates of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank which demand that Ghana opens her market to artificially cheapened products
SOURCE: Ghana Web -
The economic downturn could have been prevented by a coordinated action of central banks and international regulatory bodies such as the Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO and the U.N. Economic and Social Council ... However, such coordination does not exist and global ...
SOURCE: MMD Newswire -
Those whom the World Trade Organisation (WTO), The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) consider as victims are in fact the real protagonists, they are able to produce enough food for themselves, if they are allowed to
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
Brazil, by becoming an IMF creditor and increasing its voting share in the World Bank has become an associate of the oppressive nations strangling the nations they oppress.
SOURCE: Venezuela Analysis -
From the Google Public Data graphing tool, users can learn more about the data on the new World Bank Data Finder, which allows them to access indicator definitions, quick facts, interactive maps, and additional World Bank related resources. All of these features can be easily exported and installed on o...
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We are usually ashamed when we represent Lebanon abroad because we do not have exact figures … Studies need budgets and we are collaborating with the WHO, International Diabetes Union and the World Bank
SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star -
Hawai'i has never had anything remotely approaching an international meeting where the president of the U.S., president of China, prime minister of Japan, and many other heads of state come at the same time, not to mention something like 75 Cabinet officials, the heads of the World Bank, International M...
SOURCE: The Honolulu Advertiser
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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
SOURCE: Al Jazeera -
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
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That also happens to be the most fertile area for farming. So as a result of river blindness, people would commonly move away from those most fertile areas. Because of vector control and treatment with Mectizan, in West Africa alone, more than 25 million hectares have been recovered for additional farmi...
SOURCE: Voice of America -
The impact of not having funding is probably greater than the political crisis. If the World Bank doesn't fund Madagascar's national parks, they will run out of money very quickly. We have the potential for losing hundreds if not thousands of species.
SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online -
They serve as the first responders for the global poor and provide a high return on U.S. development dollars ... We estimate that for every dollar that the United States invests in the World Bank as paid-in capital, $26 of aid are delivered.
SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News -
already the four year reduction programme has run into difficulties, the government has not been able to fulfil all the conditionalities contained in the $300 million World Bank/IMF loan which continues to hang on our neck like an albatross, revenue has gone down and there is less donor inflow since the...
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
This is the bank's first strategy for Botswana that comes in response to the increased interest from government for a scaled up World Bank Group's programme that has been rather limited over the past decade and a half
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
Fulgham reiterated Washington's position that this money would best be channeled through a fund administered by the World Bank, whose head is normally appointed by the United States
SOURCE: News-Medical.net -
Guyana is at the forefront of the REDD negotiations and likely to be the first country to sign an agreement with the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. It's a test case for REDD ... Given the challenges in Guyana, good governance, transparency and strong oversight must be the watchwords of...
SOURCE: YubaNet -
This agreement builds on our previous work with the World Bank, notably in Bangladesh where we are sole expert supplier to strengthen the local accountancy body
SOURCE: VNUNet.com -
There is a pattern of improprieties that have gone on. We do know that the World Bank procedures, and the government of Afghanistan procedures, were badly breached repeatedly ... There is every reason to believe there were probably gratuities exchanged.
SOURCE: Michael Moore - This Just In -
The Arab world is a priority for the World Bank GroupWorld Bank Group, and addressing unemployment in the region is critical for long-term growth and development
SOURCE: Zawya.com -
Agro-food policies and management of resources for their implementation can only be the competence of the specialised United Nations agencies, above all the FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and should not be handed to the World Bank ... We believe assigning the World Bank the...
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
This situation is due to the unfair trade regulations of the World Trade Organisation and dictates of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank which demand that Ghana opens her market to artificially cheapened products
SOURCE: Ghana Web -
The economic downturn could have been prevented by a coordinated action of central banks and international regulatory bodies such as the Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO and the U.N. Economic and Social Council ... However, such coordination does not exist and global ...
SOURCE: MMD Newswire -
Those whom the World Trade Organisation (WTO), The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) consider as victims are in fact the real protagonists, they are able to produce enough food for themselves, if they are allowed to
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
Brazil, by becoming an IMF creditor and increasing its voting share in the World Bank has become an associate of the oppressive nations strangling the nations they oppress.
SOURCE: Venezuela Analysis -
From the Google Public Data graphing tool, users can learn more about the data on the new World Bank Data Finder, which allows them to access indicator definitions, quick facts, interactive maps, and additional World Bank related resources. All of these features can be easily exported and installed on o...
SOURCE: Law Librarian Blog -
We are usually ashamed when we represent Lebanon abroad because we do not have exact figures … Studies need budgets and we are collaborating with the WHO, International Diabetes Union and the World Bank
SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star -
Hawai'i has never had anything remotely approaching an international meeting where the president of the U.S., president of China, prime minister of Japan, and many other heads of state come at the same time, not to mention something like 75 Cabinet officials, the heads of the World Bank, International M...
SOURCE: The Honolulu Advertiser -
Sixty to 80 million still live in slave-like conditions all over the world on plantations and in mines ... It was the same system, we just changed the tools. We don't have the guns to keep slavery; we have the programmes of the IMF and World Bank, the unfair trade system.
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
The World Bank perception is that legal hurdles make doing business in India difficult. We are bringing a bill in the Parliament session for establishment of commercial courts to remove such apprehensions
SOURCE: Economic Times -
Japan has shown its willingness to utilise its pledged money through World Bank’s assisted programme on poverty reduction initiatives and we would encourage other donors to route their pledges through International Financial Institutions (IFIs) channel as this would help cut intermediation cost.
– Hina Rabbani Khar SOURCE: Zee News -
This aim of this visit is to analyse the economic situation in the country. The livelihood of the people of Fiji depends upon economic stability. To this end the World Bank will be looking closely at the economic conditions in the country and will provide suggestions on how best to improve the economic ...
SOURCE: FijiLive -
Since most South African children know someone who has AIDS, the character has become a national hero, beloved by the country's people. Kami has appeared at the United Nations and the World Bank and was interviewed by Katie Couric. She has also been named a UNICEF ambassador for children and has appeare...
SOURCE: GroundReport
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