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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:
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African Children Will Make Up ‘Half of World’s Poor’ by 2030
Voa News 19 Sep 2019
African children are being left further and further behind and will make up more than half of the world’s poor by 2030, according to a new report ... The report criticizes African governments for failing to develop coherent policies, and also warns that the IMF, the World Bank and other donors are failing in their response....
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The risk of a frightening global pandemic threatens millions — and we’re far from prepared ...
Raw Story 19 Sep 2019
If a lethal, respiratory-borne infection spreads around the world, the death toll could be in the range of 50 to 80 million people. That’s the conclusion of an annual report authored by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board on behalf of the World Bank and World Health Organization, according to Vox’s Sigal Samuel ... ....
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Where the Indian diaspora’s money is going
Live Mint 19 Sep 2019
India has the largest diaspora in the world, according to the United Nations’ Migrant Stock 2019 report released on Wednesday ... According to a 2018 World Bank report, India retained its position of receiving the highest remittances last year with NRIs sending as much as $80 billion back to their homeland....
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A new World Bank (WB) report has said that developing countries need to dramatically increase agricultural innovation and the use of technology by farmers to eliminate poverty, meet the rising demand for food and cope with the adverse effects of climate change.
Graphic 19 Sep 2019
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UAE would be prepared against potential pandemic, say medics
The National 19 Sep 2019
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board report was convened by the World Health Organisation and World Bank and warned some governments - particularly in less-developed countries - are grossly unprepared ... The report pointed to the 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic, which ......
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The next global pandemic could kill millions of us. Experts say we’re really not prepared.
Vox 19 Sep 2019
This is the first annual report authored by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, an independent panel of experts convened by the World Bank and the World Health Organization “to provide the most frank assessments and recommendations possible.” They very frankly warn that the risk of a global pandemic is growing....
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Why These Wall Streeters Are Giving to Elizabeth Warren
The Daily Beast 19 Sep 2019
The senator, who has built a career warning about and legislating against the excesses of financial institutions—including crafting a consumer financial protection bureau to carry on that very mission—has reported receiving donations from only about 30 employees at the world’s top 20 investment banks....
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Moneycontrol
19 Sep 2019
Hefty fines not enough to ensure road safety, here is why
Moneycontrol
19 Sep 2019
The latest global report on road safety from the World Health Organization, however, suggests that India fares poorly but is not the worst ... One World Bank report estimates that halving India’s accident rate between 2014- 2038 could generate an additional national income flow worth 14 percent of GDP over the period....
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Lucy Denyer: 'The couple trying to bring up their child as gender neutral are fighting the wrong battle'
Irish Independent 19 Sep 2019
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Foreign investment thriving in China
People Daily 19 Sep 2019
By the end of 2018, FDI inflow to China had ranked second in the world for two consecutive years and first among developing countries for 27 consecutive years ... The country advanced to a global ranking of 46 in terms of ease of doing business last year, up from 78 in 2017, according to a World Bank Group report....
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Tajikistan: More presidential family members sell off assets
EurasiaNet 19 Sep 2019
Sabur came in for oblique criticism in a World Bank report published in August that found overbearing regulation had led to deep stagnation in a once-promising telecoms sector. The measured language of the report failed, however, to fully describe the perverse state of affairs Sabur presides over....
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Dispatch Argus
19 Sep 2019
Immigration is a climate-change issue
Dispatch Argus
19 Sep 2019
A World Bank report estimates that 140 million people will have to migrate by 2050 due to climate change, while other studies put the figure as high as 1 billion ... In 2012, during the presidency of Barack Obama, a report by the Department of Homeland Security referred to climate ......
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