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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.