DC agrees to $13M settlement with protesters arrested at 2000 World Bank, IMF meetings The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more ...
The World Bank has approved a 200-million-dollar (133-million-euros) loan to Serbia to support its budget, Serbian Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said Tuesday. It ...
Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find. A "public data" feature launched about six months ago with continually updated US population and employment figures will now also ...
Rising inflation is posing a threat to South Asia, with the situation most worrying in the Maldives where a foreign currency black market has emerged, a senior World Bank economist has warned. Noting that the median inflation rate in South Asia was ...
The World Bank on Tuesday revised down its growth forecast for Russia, predicting a steeper contraction in gross domestic product of 8.7 percent in 2009 and very weak recovery for the economy in 2010. In its latest Russia report, the Bank predicted ...
DOHA (Reuters) - Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centers are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said Saturday. Managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said "concerted global action" by both ...
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Outside a small town near Tel Aviv, a pilotless drone aircraft with a three-foot (1-meter) wingspan collects data from hundreds of gauges. A single technician with a laptop monitors the flight from the ground and receives an instant ...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Queen Elizabeth II Thursday on the last day of his trip to Britain, where he sought to drum up investment and signed an Olympic cooperation deal. The meeting at Buckingham Palace followed talks Wednesday ...
Six African countries will receive 1.1 billion dollars in grants or low-interest loans to help a switch to cleaner energy and cope with the impacts of climate change, the World Bank announced here on Thursday. South Africa will receive 500 million dollars ...
The World Bank Wednesday upgraded its 2009 growth forecast for China to 8.4 percent on the back of huge public spending but said stronger domestic demand was needed to ensure a sustainable recovery. The new prediction by the Washington-based lender in its ...
The World Bank on Wednesday upgraded its 2009 economic growth forecast for China to 8.4 percent on the back of huge public spending but warned stronger domestic demand was needed to ensure a sustainable recovery. The new prediction given by the Washington-based ...
A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat. Eduardo Gold, president of non-governmental organization ...
