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World Bank says poor countries lack assistance
After announcing a new focus on social protection, the bank says 80% of the developing world’s population is without assistance in tough times.
Zoellick prepares to leave World Bank presidency
World Bank president Robert Zoellick is leaving the job at the end of his five-year term in June, opening the door for speculation on his successor.
Sub-Saharan Africa might feel Europe, US pinch
Sub-Saharan Africa could maintain its economic expansion in the near term, but faltering US or European recovery could threaten trade, says the IMF.
Gold hits new high as fear stalks financial markets
Gold has reached $1 921.41 per ounce and FTSE staged ‘marginal’ recovery as double-dip recession fears sent Japan’s Nikkei index falling.
World Bank warns of ‘more dangerous’ times ahead
World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned of a "new and more dangerous" time in the global economy on Saturday, with little breathing space.
World Bank targets conflict in war against poverty
Conflict and violence are holding back global economic growth and trapping 1,5-billion people in dire poverty, the World Bank said on Sunday.
Zoellick: World moving towards new monetary system
The global economy is moving towards a new monetary system with gold emerging as a preferred alternative to existing assets, said the World Bank.
Coming home bearing gifts
President Jacob Zuma will return home on Friday from his visit to the UK with good news for SA but bad news for SADC.
Food price crisis: ‘We cannot afford to fail’
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday that failure was not an option in addressing the global food price crisis, and said an extra -billion to -billion per year…
World leaders to tackle food crisis at Rome summit
It has been described as a global crisis pushing 100-million people into hunger, threatening to stoke social and political turmoil and set the fight against world poverty back by…
Scorpions boss to join World Bank
The head of South Africa’s Scorpions crime-fighting unit, Leonard McCarthy, was appointed on Monday to head the World Bank’s anti-corruption unit. World Bank president Robert…
UN and World Bank to tackle food crisis
United Nations agencies and the World Bank pledged on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social…
UN pledges action on world food crisis
United Nations agencies and the World Bank pledged urgent action on Tuesday to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is hurting developing countries. The…
Rising food prices: 100m people now at risk
A doubling of food prices over the past three years could push 100-million people in poorer developing countries further into poverty and governments must step in to tackle the…
UN: Food price rises threaten global security
Rising food prices could spark worldwide unrest and threaten political stability, the United Nations’s top humanitarian official warned on Tuesday after two days of rioting in…