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Philippines secures $500-million World Bank loan for safer schools

Manila Bulletin 20 Nov 2024
A World Bank implementation status and results report last October noted that the project was yet to be active during that time, as the loan agreement had been pending with the departments of Education (DepEd) and of Finance (DOF).
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Nigeria’s Debt to World Bank Grows to $17bn

This Day 20 Nov 2024
The report stated that the World Bank Group delivered a record $42.6 billion in climate finance in fiscal year 2024, supporting efforts to end poverty on a livable planet, investing in cleaner energy, ...
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Eight times more children will face extreme heatwaves by 2050s, Unicef says

AOL 20 Nov 2024
The World Bank recently called the an “economic timebomb”, as climate shocks can have profound effects on children’s education, leading to absence from school and widening learning gaps worldwide.
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Ongoing global crises to affect children in 2050, Unicef warns

Dawn 20 Nov 2024
The report, titled ‘The State of the World’s Children 2024 ... “Young children born here today are only going to achieve about 47 per cent of their development potential,” the press release added, citing the World Bank.
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More Than Brute Force Is Needed to Upset Hezbollah’s Financial Network, by James Durso

The Unz Review 20 Nov 2024
Israel recently attacked banks in ... In 2011, the World Bank reported the U.S ... It must get its own affairs in order as it presumes to police the world’s banks and financial institutions, Hezbollah or no.
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WB backs Vietnam to become high-income nation

The Saigon Times 20 Nov 2024
HCMC – The World Bank (WB) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Vietnam in its pursuit of becoming a high-income nation by 2045 ... Bui Thanh Son and World Bank Managing Director Manuela V.
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Curb your debts to prepare for the next pandemic, Rajan tells US

The Times of India 20 Nov 2024
High public debt can’t be left to fester in the US and its peers in a world that is prone to more pandemics than before, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said.Speaking to reporters ...
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Biden approves anti-personnel mines for Ukraine, US official says

Deccan Herald 20 Nov 2024
<em>The Washington Post</em> first reported the development.</p>.Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank fund for poorest countries.
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Climate damage could shrink BiH's economy by 14 pct by 2050: report

The Star 20 Nov 2024
SARAJEVO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Climate-related damage could shrink Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)'s economy by up to 14 percent by 2050, according to the World Bank Group's Country Climate and Development Report for BiH. Read full story ... .
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GT Voice: G20’s push to eradicate hunger, end poverty requires joint effort

People Daily 20 Nov 2024
In the Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report issued in October, the World Bank pointed out that poverty has risen for the first time in decades, and the global goal of cutting the extreme-poverty rate to 3 percent by 2030 had slipped out of reach.
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Rebuilding Lebanon after Israel's war could cost billions

The New Arab 20 Nov 2024
It has focused its attacks primarily on these three Shia-majority regions in its war with Hezbollah ... In a World Bank report published last week, Lebanon's economic losses were estimated at $8.5 billion, including $2.8 billion in the housing sector.
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Biden pledges record $4bn to World Bank fund for poorest countries

Dawn 19 Nov 2024
Biden announced the three-year US pledge during a closed session of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, the official told reporters, adding that the US Treasury was leading negotiations at the World Bank for the IDA replenishment.
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Debt-saddled Laos struggles to tame rampant inflation

The Manila Times 19 Nov 2024
... their diets, according to a World Bank household survey earlier this year ... The World Bank warned in a report last week that public debt — over $13 billion, or 108 percent of GDP — was "unsustainable.".
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More than brute force is needed to upset Hezbollah's financial network

The Hill 19 Nov 2024
Israel recently attacked banks in ... In 2011, the World Bank reported the U.S ... It must get its own affairs in order as it presumes to police the world’s banks and financial institutions, Hezbollah or no.
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Govt seeks IMF nod for Rs26bn tax exemption to privatise PIA

The News International 19 Nov 2024
... advisers being appointed and a World Bank report on the sector expected in two weeks, Power Division additional secretary informed the committee ... The World Bank’s report will guide future actions.

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