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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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Pakistanis lose $4.5 billion/year in net income on patchy electricity access: WB
The News International 21 Sep 2018
“Based on the more conservative figure of 5 million, connecting the entire off-grid population would raise income by $565 million a year,” the World Bank said in the report based on a study titled “Electrification and Household Welfare ... World Bank said in the report based on a study titled “Electrification and Household Welfare....
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World waste could grow 70 percent as cities boom, warns World Bank
This is Money 21 Sep 2018
"We really need to pay attention to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, as by 2050, South Asia's waste will double, sub-Saharan Africa's waste will triple," said Silpa Kaza, World Bank urban development specialist and report lead author ... Plastics, which can contaminate waterways and ecosystems for thousands of years, comprise 12 percent of all waste, the World Bank said....
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Ease of doing business improves for SA cities - World Bank report
Independent online (SA) 20 Sep 2018
JOHANNESBURG – Mangaung has been rated the best performing metro as South African cities continue making efforts to improve the ease of doing business although the pace of reforms has been slow in the last three years, a new World Bank Group report released on Wednesday has found....
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Indonesian import-cutting measures could dent growth - World Bank
This is Money 20 Sep 2018
In response to the World Bank's new report, Indonesia's planning minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said the government is trying to solve a current account problem for the long term, not only for the near term. At the report's launch, World Bank Indonesia country director Rodrigo Chavez described the rupiah's 9 percent drop against the U.S....
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Global Waste to Grow by 70 Percent by 2050 Unless Urgent Action is Taken: World Bank Report
Public Technologies 20 Sep 2018
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2018-, according to the World Bank's new What a Waste 2.0 ... 'Mismanagement of waste is harming human health and local environments while adding to the climate challenge,' said Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank ... 'It makes economic sense to properly manage waste,' said Silpa Kaza, World Bank Urban Development Specialist and lead author of the report....
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War on extreme poverty faces challenges in Africa: WB
Dawn 20 Sep 2018
The share of the people living in extreme poverty around the globe has declined but is falling a slower pace as the challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa become more acute, the World Bank said on Wednesday. The slowing decline and uneven success rate raises concerns as more of the world’s poor become concentrated in a region beset by conflict and the effects of climate change, the bank said in its annual report....
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Report: Extreme Poverty Declining Worldwide
Voa News 20 Sep 2018
A World Bank report released Wednesday says the number of people living on less than $1.90 per day fell to a record low of 736 million, or 10 percent of the world’s population, in 2015, the latest year for which data is available ... This is one of the greatest human achievements of our time,” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said....
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WATCH: The World Bank on doing business in SA
Business Day 20 Sep 2018
The World Bank released its 2018 report on Doing Business in SA, the report compares business regulations ......
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What is needed to ignite the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem?
The National 20 Sep 2018
Entrepreneurial activities have been increasing steadily in the Arab world over recent years, boosting innovation and generating jobs and opportunities, according to the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2018, published jointly by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank and the World Economic Forum ... World Bank data shows just 8 ......
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World Retail Banking Report 2018: Banks Must Respond to Soaring Customer Expectations as Non-Traditional Competition Looms
Waco Tribune-Herald
20 Sep 2018
the open banking ecosystem, emerging technologies, and soaring customer expectations ... World Retail Banking Report 2018 Infographic (Graphic ... The report also surveyed banking executives about the main causes of industry disruption ... This year’s World Retail Banking Report charts the current perspectives and potential evolution of traditional banks amid the continued emergence of BigTech and FinTech players in the financial services space....
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World Bank survey: Cape Town is ‘fastest in issuing permits and approvals’,
Business Day 20 Sep 2018
Cape Town is SA’s fastest city in terms of issuing permits and approvals, a World Bank Group study on the ease of doing business in SA has found ... She was speaking at the launch of a World Bank Group report titled Doing Business in South Africa 2018, which compares business regulations for domestic firms in nine urban areas and four maritime ports with 189 other economies globally....
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SA cities need to unclog their bureaucracy drains to let business flow
Mail Guardian South Africa 20 Sep 2018
While South Africans continue to battle with rising unemployment, poverty and inequality, a World Bank report on doing business in South Africa says there is room for its cities to improve business conditions for small- and medium-sized enterprises....
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Gates: Nigeria Needs Lot of Work to Address Malnutrition in the North
This Day 20 Sep 2018
Why is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, through the Goalkeepers Report, tracking progress made on the 18 key Sustainable Development Goals? ... Has the world made significant progress when you compare the 2017 Goalkeepers Report and the 2018 Goalkeepers Report? ... In fact, the World Bank does a yearly human development report, and this year, it focused on this issue of education and its access....
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