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Climate change didn’t fail them. We did

Dawn 20 May 2025
According to the World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Pakistan, “the combined risks of extreme climate-related events, environmental degradation, and air pollution are ...
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Where the margins break first: Pakistan’s unequal battle with climate change

Dawn 20 May 2025
According to the World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Pakistan, “the combined risks of extreme climate-related events, environmental degradation, and air pollution are ...
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HURIWA Demands Transparency in Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer Claims

This Day 19 May 2025
Referencing recent reports from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), HURIWA noted that poverty levels in Nigeria have continued to worsen. According to the World Bank’s Nigeria ...
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VN enhances international co-operation in low-emission rice production

Vietnam News 19 May 2025
According to a World Bank report, rice cultivation accounts for 48 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 75 per cent of methane (CH₄) emissions in the agricultural sector.
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The real economics behind South Asia’s white-collar exodus

The News International 19 May 2025
A mid-level finance professional in Karachi or Lahore earns between $6,000 and $10,000 annually, but after adjusting for inflation, this salary is worth 30–40 per cent less than a decade ago, as reported by the World Bank in 2024.
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Celebrating the docking of giant ships in West Africa’s ports: Indeed, size matters, but utility ...

B & FT Online 19 May 2025
The reports concluded ... A World Bank report acknowledged that some ports, such as Cotonou (Benin), did experience notable productivity gains after foreign operators took over ... As the World Bank cautiously put it.
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Fuel Subsidy Savings: A Lifeline for Nigerians or Another Lost Opportunity

This Day 18 May 2025
According to the World Bank report, the Nigerian government’s revenue for 2025 is expected to be about 70% from oil and 30% from non-oil sources if full remittance of the fiscal savings from petrol ...
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Syria regains eligibility for loans after arrears cleared, says World Bank

Middle East Monitor 17 May 2025
Syria’s eligibility for World Bank funding has been reinstated after Saudi Arabia and Qatar paid off the country’s $15.5 million debt to the institution, the ...
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InvestHK showcases Hong Kong as Asia’s gateway during Cairo visit

Vietnam News 17 May 2025
To name just a few, the Business Ready 2024 Report published by the World Bank Group has ranked Hong Kong the first in "International Trade"; Hong Kong also ranked as the world's freest economy in the "Economic Freedom of the World.
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1000 health workers, 200 journalists died in Gaza since beginning of war: report

Egypt Today 16 May 2025
The report estimated the economic losses resulting from the war at more than $53 billion, according to estimates by the World Bank, the European Union, and the United Nations, during the first 10 years of reconstruction.
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Republic of Congo’s gold mining boom undermines conservation efforts

Mongabay 16 May 2025
... Toto reported in a video published in February ... If the claims are verified, the World Bank will buy the resulting carbon credits for $8.3 million, Toto writes in an article about the investigation.
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Maharashtra proposes doing away with attendants in heavy vehicles

Hindustan Times 16 May 2025
As such, the concept has been outdated and does not exist anywhere in the world ... According to a 2021 World Bank report, India accounts for 11% of global road accident deaths despite having only 1% of the world’s vehicles.
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TikTok influencer’s killing on camera highlights the femicide crisis in Latin America

The Conversation 16 May 2025
A 2021 report by found that at least ten women or girls are murdered in the country every day ... According to a World Bank report from 2023, there is an institutional complicity in perpetrating violence against women in Honduras.
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NY Federal Reserve taps tokenized assets not CBDCs as future of finance

Cryptoslate 15 May 2025
This granular timekeeping, managed directly by the central bank, enabled near-instant responsiveness to market conditions without reliance on network consensus, sidestepping what the report calls the “oracle problem” in decentralized finance.
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