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Wednesday, 26 February 2020

World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, which is part of the United Nations system.

The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty. However, according to its Articles of Agreement, all its decisions must be guided by a commitment to the promotion of foreign investment and international trade and to the facilitation of Capital investment.

World Bank Group

The World Bank is not to be confused with the World Bank Group, an extended family of five international organizations:

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

International Development Association (IDA)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

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THE MONETIZATION OF OPEN BANKING: How legacy institutions can use open banking to develop new revenue streams, reach more customers, and avoid losing out to neobanks and fintechs

The Times of India 26 Feb 2020

Open banking has arrived, and it's transforming the UK's banking landscape - next up could be the world ... But however you decide to acquire this report, you've given yourself a powerful advantage in your understanding of the fast-moving world of fintech....

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Where the money goes

Dawn 26 Feb 2020

IT has been a tumultuous month at the World Bank ... Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts, it was authored by economists Jørgen Juel Andersen, Niels Johannesen and Bob Rijkers, with the support of the World Bank’s own economists, including its (now former) chief economist Penny Goldberg....

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Liberian former IMF Africa chief named as deputy managing director

Canada Dot Com 26 Feb 2020

She since has been at the Center for Global Development think tank in Washington, having served as Liberia’s finance minister from 2006 to 2008 and spent 17 years at the World Bank ... in a statement, adding that the two had worked together for many years at the World Bank....

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Govt’s focus on boosting growth: PM

Dawn 26 Feb 2020

Highlighting that Pakistan had climbed up 28 places in the World Bank’s recent Ease of Doing Business Report, the prime minister said the country was a ‘land of unlimited opportunities with significant youth bulge’ and offered ideal opportunities in various sectors....

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Offgrid sector attracted more than $1.5 billion investment in 2019-World Bank report

Business Day Online 25 Feb 2020

A 2020 edition technical report released by World Bank on Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report has ... “We are eager to work with our local bank partners in the more mature off-grid markets where commercial debt can drive the next stage of market growth” the world bank report noted....

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New World Bank Report Says that by Improving Trade and Business Environment, Uganda Can Create Higher Labor Productivity Jobs

Public Technologies 25 Feb 2020

To accelerate economic growth and drive transformation, these jobs will need to bring higher labor productivity, says a new World Bank report launched today ... Global experience published in a report by the World Bank Jobs Group titled, 'Pathways to Better Jobs in IDA Countries,' ......

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Five Things to Start Your Day

Business Day Online 25 Feb 2020

Offgrid sector attracted more than $1.5 billion investment in 2019-World Bank report. A 2020 edition technical report released by World Bank on Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report has revealed the off-grid sector have attracted more than $1.5 billion in investment as at the end of ......

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Egyptian FM heads to Washington for meetings on Nile dam

China.dot.org 25 Feb 2020

Shoukry will participate with Ethiopian and Sudanese counterparts in the U.S.-sponsored ministerial-level meetings on Thursday and Friday, which will also be attended by the World Bank, the Egypt's state-run news website reported....

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Sabal: Why the government remains relevant

Sun Star 25 Feb 2020

I HAD the opportunity to facilitate, here in Xavier Ateneo, the presentation of the World Bank Group on the Philippine Economic Report of 2019 a few weeks ago ... For instance, World Bank reports that the weak growth of our Philippine economy is partly an end product of the lack of competition among our various sectors....

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Opinion | The Case for Closing the Pentagon

Politico 25 Feb 2020

The World Bank estimates that nearly two thirds of global wealth is intangible—inventions such as the internal combustion engine or the solar panel that allow people to produce more power with less resources than older technologies, ... spending (as reported by the World Bank)....

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Politics threatening Malaysia’s growth

Taipei Times 25 Feb 2020

5 to Oct ... The actual cost of living can vary by almost 70 percent depending on where a person lives, the World Bank said in a report ... Homes remain unaffordable for many Malaysians, with the World Bank estimating that cumulative salaries and wages increased 59 percent from 2010 to 2018, while house prices surged 87 percent ... ....

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Quitting School Means Less Pay in One's Pocket, Research Shows

Voa News 25 Feb 2020

Across South America, nearly half of all 25- to 29-year-olds in 2017 had left school without earning a degree, the World Bank reported. South African officials have reported similar statistics in their country. Students report many reasons for leaving college or university without ......

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Will Japan be next to adopt digital currency?

Asiatimes 24 Feb 2020

Leaders at the Bank of ... The issues under discussion include how the Japanese government embracing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would impact the world economy ... Representatives of a number of the world’s central banks discussed their CBDC projects last week in Kyiv, Ukraine....