Turkish riot police on Tuesday used tear gas and water canons to break up a rally by 2 000 anti-IMF protesters in Istanbul
The World Bank on Wednesday announced a -million grant to revive Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector.
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/ 22 September 2009
Malawi has received a -million grant from the World Bank to prevent new HIV infections, the bank said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2009
Tanzania needs to do more in its fight against graft and take swift action against perpetrators, the World Bank said.
SA needs to accelerate infrastructure development to minimise the impact of the global financial crisis, the World Bank’s chief economist says.
The head of the World Bank said on Wednesday there were signs the global financial crisis was easing, but warned there were still potential risks.
The World Bank will soon make its first grant to Zimbabwe since the country’s politicians agreed to a power-sharing deal.
Britain on Monday committed $147-million to boost key trade routes in sub-Saharan Africa, saying a further $1-billion had been pledged.
A high-level IMF mission will visit Zimbabwe next week after a two-year break to assess the country’s dire economic situation.
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/ 10 December 2008
The financial crisis is set to sharply slow growth in emerging and developing economies next year, ending a five-year global commodity price boom.
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/ 3 December 2008
SA is in talks with the World Bank over a loan of up to -billion for Eskom’s expansion programme, an official at the Treasury said on Wednesday.
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/ 3 December 2008
Funding for the fight against HIV/Aids may be hit by the current financial crisis, a World Bank economist told a conference on Wednesday.
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/ 29 November 2008
The World Bank has urged industrialised nations to maintain aid flows to developing nations to offset an expected decline in private capital flows.
The financial crisis in developed economies threatens to slash investment flows that have driven Africa’s economic growth, the World Bank says.
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/ 23 September 2008
Civil society members are disappointed that the World Bank investment in oil in the Doba oil fields in southern Chad has broken down.
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/ 3 September 2008
There is no end in sight to global food shortages and multiple crises from climate change and energy and water scarcity will soon intensify.
With more than bn in aid flowing into poor countries every year, donor talks in Ghana this weekend will focus on how to make aid more effective.
The World Bank’s private-sector lender said on Wednesday it was in early talks with Eskom on possible financing to help the company boost capacity.
Drought-ravaged Ethiopia should improve its ”backward” farming systems to curb acute food shortages, a top World Bank official said on Wednesday.
The rising cost of food is a time bomb that could result in uprisings, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday.
More than 40 000 of 350 000 South African teachers are living with HIV/Aids, says a World Bank report.