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In Memory of Patrice Lumumba, Assassinated on 17 January 1961

GlobalResearch 19 Jan 2021

de Groote actively supported Mobutu’s regime and intervened several times to improve the relationships between the IMF, the World Bank and Mobutu, although he was very well placed to know in detail what Blumenthal denounced in his report ... IBRD (World Bank), Fifteenth Annual Report 1959-1960, Washington DC, p....

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China in Talks With Kenya for Debt Relief

Caixin Online 19 Jan 2021

Kenya’s second-biggest external creditor after the World Bank said it “attaches great importance to debt suspension and ... Chinese loans made up 21% of Kenya’s external debt, compared with the World Bank’s 25% at the end of June 2020, according to a National Treasury report....

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Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism

Dissident Voice 19 Jan 2021

According to the World Bank’s lending report, based on data compiled up to 2015, India was easily the largest recipient of its loans in the history of the institution. The World Bank thus exerts a certain hold over India ... The article provides details of a 1991 World Bank memorandum which set out the programme for India....

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Pakistani authorities say major reforms helps facilitate trading across border

Sina 19 Jan 2021

In World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report, Pakistan has jumped 28 places, from 136th to 108th, in the ranking related to the ease of doing business, while its ranking in Trading Across Border index has gone up 31 places, from 142nd to 111th....

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Wall Street opens higher as focus shifts to Biden, earnings

Detroit news 19 Jan 2021

New York – Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Tuesday as the earnings reporting season for U.S ... Goldman Sachs and Bank of America reported their latest quarterly results, and Netflix reports after the closing bell. World markets were mostly higher Tuesday as the coming changing of the guard in the U.S....

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Kenya seeks China debt relief after Paris Club deal

Business Day 18 Jan 2021

Kenya’s second-biggest external creditor after the World Bank said it “attaches great importance to ... Chinese loans comprised 21% of Kenya’s external debt, compared with the World Bank’s 25% at the end of June 2020, according to a National Treasury report....

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In Vitro Fertilization Banking Services Market Share, Development by Companies Outlook, Growth Prospects and Key Opportunities by 2030

Pharmiweb 18 Jan 2021

The report ... Players featured in the in vitro fertilization banking services market report include Cryopoint, The World Egg Bank, MyEggBank, Fairfax Cryo Bank, Cryos International, European Sperm Bank, Seattle Sperm Bank, CCRM´s network and Boston IVF´s network among others....

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Citi appoints Arjun Chowdhry as head of global consumer banking, India

The Economic Times 18 Jan 2021

... teams, the leading global bank said in a press release on Monday....

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America versus China: The Consequences of Moving from Industrial to Financial Capitalism

GlobalResearch 18 Jan 2021

... banks into China and making loans to China not actual industrial capitalism ways ... Yes, and this is promoted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ... First of all, the IMF announced in advance that there was a big meeting in Houston with the IMF and the World Bank....

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Indonesia grapples with resurgence of stunting among kids

Straits Times 18 Jan 2021

The country ranks on a par with Laos when it comes to stunting, while in Thailand, only a tenth of youngsters are considered stunted, according to World Bank data ... Indonesia's poorest households spend nearly two-thirds of their income on food while the price of rice, a staple, is the highest in the region, said a World Bank report last month ... .......

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Jordan says 2021 budget ‘most difficult in kingdom's history’

Arab News 18 Jan 2021

... in 2021 at 1.3 percent, reflecting some economic rebound, expecting a 6.5 percent growth in national exports with the world’s gradual recovery from the pandemic ... Jordan’s economy is expected to grow by 1.8 percent in 2021 and 2 percent in 2022, according to a World Bank report....

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Botswana, an African oasis

Business Day Online 18 Jan 2021

The COVID Pandemic that has blighted economies all over the world has made these worse ... Botswana now has an ‘A’ Standard Sovereign Credit rating (Moodys, S&P); high GDP growth rates (consistently around 5% in the past decade); 87th out of 190 countries on Ease of Doing Business Index and 8th in Africa (World Bank Report, 2020)....

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Gold Exceeds U.S. Dollars in Russia’s Reserves as Putin Focuses on De-Dollarization

Bitcoin 17 Jan 2021

dollars in its reserves for the first time, according to the latest report by Russia’s central bank ... dollars in Russia’s reserves of $583 billion for the first time, according to a report published this week by the Bank of Russia ... The report also reveals that the central bank bought $4.3 billion worth of gold over the period....