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Delayed World Bank-funded Metro Manila flood control project makes progress after loan extension

Manila Bulletin 28 Mar 2025
After the World Bank loan for the delayed project aimed at mitigating flooding in Metro Manila was extended last year, the Washington-based multilateral lender reported implementation progress at a number of pumping stations.
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World Bank Group launches Business Ready Report in Ghana 

Ghana Business News 28 Mar 2025
The World Bank Group has launched the Business Ready (B-READY) Report in Ghana, providing a comprehensive assessment of the country’s business environment and identifying key areas for reform.
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Ten year of PMJDY: Catalysing digital financial inclusion

Hindustan Times 28 Mar 2025
According to the World Bank data, in ... For instance, a report by Women’s World Banking revealed that 97% of women account holders did not know about the overdraft facility that these accounts offer.
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IFC urges stronger business environment

B & FT Online 28 Mar 2025
as World Bank B-Ready report highlights challenges ... The IFC’s Senior Manager pointed out the private sector’s role in sustainable development, tracing origins of the IFC to World Bank efforts to rebuild post-war economies.
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TEMBA A NOLUTSHUNGU: Expropriation Act explicitly allows for no compensation

Business Day 28 Mar 2025
That is explicitly stated in the Act ... The World Bank report stipulates that 50% of Zimbabweans languish in extreme poverty. What a tragic irony for a country that was considered the breadbasket of Africa during its colonial era ... .
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Editorial: Bureaucratic inefficiencies costing Ghana’s business-readiness rankings

B & FT Online 27 Mar 2025
Ghana’s business environment is under renewed scrutiny following release of the World Bank’s Business Ready Report, which highlights significant inefficiencies in property transfer and construction permitting processes.
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High costs, long delays in property permits threaten business growth – World Bank

B & FT Online 27 Mar 2025
The country’s business environment is under renewed scrutiny following release of the World Bank’s Business Ready Report, which highlights significant inefficiencies in property transfer and construction permitting processes.
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Word Bank predicts Morocco’s economy to grow by 3.6% in 2025

Middle East Online 27 Mar 2025
The World Bank report underscores Morocco’s potential for stronger, more inclusive growth through targeted reforms to enhance the business climate and labor market dynamism.
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Public investment a key growth driver this year: WB

Vietnam News 27 Mar 2025
The World Bank recently released the 'Taking Stock' report, which reviews Việt Nam's economic achievements in 2024 and provides forecasts and analysis for the country's growth this year.
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How will business payment technologies change in 2025?

The Signal 27 Mar 2025
According to the latest World Bank report on financial inclusion, about 1.4 billion adults lack access to a bank account ... Considering the world is slowly going cashless, adopting digitalization in payments and banking is necessary for everyone.
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Ghana: Ghana Ranks High in Labour, Utility Services, Business Insolvency - WB Report 2024

All Africa 27 Mar 2025
Ghana performed creditably in areas such as labour, utility services and business insolvency in 2024, the latest World Bank Group Business Ready Report 2024 has revealed ....
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Secret documents on Nazis who fled to Argentina after WWII being declassified

Virtual Jerusalem 27 Mar 2025
Argentina is set to declassify all government-held files relating to Nazi ...
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Morning Briefing: March 26, 2025

Anadolu Agency 26 Mar 2025
... the facility, Jiji Press reported ... International organizations, including the UN, World Bank and IMF universally project the global economy to stabilize or even resume expansion in the next two years.
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GEXIM boss wants accelerated empowerment of women in agric

B & FT Online 26 Mar 2025
The World Bank Group (WBG) reported that agriculture contributes between 30 to 40 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in sub-Saharan Africa, and employs over two-thirds of the population, with ...
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Karti Chidambaram 'learn from Indore' advice to TN civic body raises eyebrows

The Times of India 26 Mar 2025
... MP Shashi Tharoor earlier.The report posted on X handle of Namma Chennai claimed that the World Bank will support Chennai officials' visit to cities like Barcelona to study clean waste management.
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