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Stronger fiscal discipline needed to ensure economic stability – World Bank

B & FT Online 14 Feb 2025
Government must intensify its fiscal consolidation efforts while implementing structural reforms to ensure economic resilience and long-term sustainability, the World Bank has said in its latest Public Finance Review report.
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Nigel Farage could bring criminal proceedings after NatWest debanking scandal as Reform UK leader vows ...

The Daily Mail 14 Feb 2025
The Reform UK leader is exploring the feasibility of a private criminal case against the banking group, The Telegraph reported ... oldest bank in the world, shuttered the Reform UK leader's account.
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Narendra Modi's US visit: What world media said about PM-President Donald Trump meeting, trade deal

Hindustan Times 14 Feb 2025
“For instance, in 2022, the US average tariff rate on imports from India was 3%, whereas India’s average tariff rate on imports from the US was 9.5%,” it reported, citing World Bank data.
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Vietnam's green buildings double in 2024

China.dot.org 14 Feb 2025
... original targets of 80 green buildings by 2025 and 160 by 2030, according to the report issued by the EDGE certification system and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank.
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Ghana remains vulnerable to global shocks — World Bank

Business Ghana 13 Feb 2025
The country remains highly vulnerable to global shocks due to the oil-driven economic growth and debt accumulation over the past decade, a new World Bank report on Ghana’s public finance review has established. .
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World Bank warns against premature return to international capital markets

B & FT Online 13 Feb 2025
... to rebound from the 2022 macroeconomic crisis, the World Bank said ... The World Bank’s report presents a set of high-level priorities aimed at ensuring fiscal sustainability and economic resilience.
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NNPCL AND MENACE OF GAS FLARING

This Day 13 Feb 2025
According to a 2022 World Bank report written by Ooniyi Alimi and John Gibson, it is estimated that around two million people in the country live less than four kilometre away from a flare site.
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Explainer: The economic challenges stifling Syria's reconstruction efforts

China.dot.org 13 Feb 2025
According to a World Bank report, the official exchange rate of the Syrian pound fell 270-fold against the U.S ... The report added that currency depreciation has fueled hyperinflation, noting that in ...
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Philippines maps out danger sites

The National 13 Feb 2025
The disaster struck just after 10.30am on February 17, 2006, as 250 pupils filed into their classrooms at the local elementary school ... The World Bank said in a report published in 2004 that the Philippines, ....
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Flexible working and open-door policies: The future of work

B & FT Online 13 Feb 2025
... 9-to-5 work arrangements, particularly in banking, education, and the public sector ... The World Bank reports that Ghana’s digital economy is growing at 6% annually, making flexible work a viable option.
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GRITG calls for collective efforts against climate change threat

Business Ghana 13 Feb 2025
Additionally, The NGO stated that a World Bank report re­leased on April 30, 2024, in Accra revealed that. “Climate change in Ghana is causing extreme weather events like floods and droughts ... Moreover, the statement advised ... .
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Chinese consumers rush to buy gold, as prices keep rising

People Daily 12 Feb 2025
There has been fresh evidence that demand from central banks has been stronger than previously thought, as officials in many parts of the world seek to diversify reserves away from the US dollar.
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Triumph of Crypto Firms: Publicly-Listed Companies Outpace Market in Stunning Growth, JPMorgan Reveals

Bitcoin World 12 Feb 2025
Are you looking for an edge in the volatile world of cryptocurrency investments? A recent report from banking giant JPMorgan Chase might just offer a fascinating glimpse into a potentially lucrative corner of the crypto space.
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Long Covid: The silent struggle of sufferers ignored by the world

Independent online (SA) 12 Feb 2025
A 2022 global report by the World Bank estimated that Long Covid could reduce annual economic output by 1%, which could translate to billions of rands in economic loss for South Africa.
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UAE Gender Balance Council advances gender equity agenda at World Governments Summit

Urdu Point 11 Feb 2025
Additionally, the UAE ranks first in the Middle East and North Africa region in the Women, Business, and the Law 2024 report by the World Bank.
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