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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, which is part of the United Nations system.
The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty. However, according to its Articles of Agreement, all its decisions must be guided by a commitment to the promotion of foreign investment and international trade and to the facilitation of Capital investment.
World Bank Group
The World Bank is not to be confused with the World Bank Group, an extended family of five international organizations:
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away: Industry honchos hail Atalji's vision of development
DNA India 17 Aug 2018
"After Pokharan nuclear bomb test, the World Bank had imposed sanctions which would have seriously jeopardised the implementation of an ambitious direct current transmission line between Talcher and Kolar ... World Bank Atal Bihari Vajpayee RP Singh economic reforms CII Bharti Mittal MSME R&D Pharma sector Ajay Piramal industrialists Britannia ......
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Nicaragua: The Evolution of the Government of President Daniel Ortega Since 2007
CounterPunch 16 Aug 2018
In July 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, an opponent of the PRI and leader of Morena, a centre-Left group, was elected president ... We should add that in May 2007, Ecuador had expelled the permanent representative of the World Bank ... We should also point out that Bolivia, followed by Ecuador and Venezuela, had decided to leave the (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes), the World Bank’s arbitration entity....
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Devendra Fadnavis reviews police housing projects worth Rs 1,690 crore
Indian Express 15 Aug 2018
Maharashtra takes in-principle decision to join National Health Protection schemeGovernment committed to affordable housing for all, says Devendra FadnavisVidarbha Defence Industrial Hub ... At the meeting, Fadnavis also directed the secretaries of all government departments to submit implementation reports of various projects, which are financed by the Centre and World Bank, within 15 days ... Must Watch ... More Related News ... Tags ... ....
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World Bank’s Blockchain-Based Bonds — A Step Toward Adoption?
The Bitcoin News 14 Aug 2018
The Blockchain Offered New Debt Instrument (bond-i) will be issued by the World Bank in Washington ... — The World Bank Treasury (@Treasury_WB) August 9, 2018 ... It is not exactly clear why the World Bank chose the Commonwealth Bank to pioneer this project, but the Australian bank’s Blockchain Centre for Excellence seems to have been a factor....
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to Launch First-ever Blockchain Bond
LB News 12 Aug 2018
A collaboration between the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the World Bank has resulted in an exciting new project – the world’s first blockchain bond ... The project combines the expertise of CBA’s Blockchain Centre of Excellence and the World Bank, a partnership which James Wall believes will be an industry gamechanger ... Reducing poverty has been an essential part of the World Bank’s vision....
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Sambalpur varsity will have 2 centres of excellence
The Times of India 10 Aug 2018
Two centres of excellence - Natural Products and Therapeutics, and Regional Development and Tribal Studies - will be established in the Sambalpur University. The university has received a grant of Rs 5 core from the World Bank for the establishment of the two centres, said a press release issued by the university ... This centre will receive a grant of Rs 4 crore over a period of five years ... Top banks sponsoring cricket teams....
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Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in South Sudan’s brutal civil war
Business Day 10 Aug 2018
Juba — President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in South Sudan’s civil war including his former deputy Riek Machar, as a rights organisation said the authorities in Africa’s youngest country should also free its unarmed critics ... Ajak, a country director for the London School of Economics’ International Growth Centre and a former World Bank economist, was arrested by officers of the security agency in July. Reuters ....
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S.Sudan leader grants Machar, other rebels amnesty
Middle East Online 09 Aug 2018
The conflict has often been fought along ethnic lines ... SPLM-IO is the largest of the rebel groups fighting Kiir's government, and fighters allied to it control several areas close to the capital ... Biar, a country director for the London School of Economics' International Growth Centre and a former World Bank economist, was arrested by officers of the agency in July. ....
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The government is sourcing $120 million from the World Bank to establish centres of excellence for academic research in tertiary institutions to promote sustainable national development.
Graphic 08 Aug 2018
The government is sourcing $120 million from the World Bank to establish centres of excellence for academic research in tertiary institutions to promote sustainable national development ... The members of the GARNET Board are. Prof ... ....
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Brexit means London's financial star is falling. Which of its rivals is best placed to rise?
The Independent 06 Aug 2018
In the absence of a miracle, London’s world-leading financial centre is set to emerge much diminished from what has been going on, with banks and other financial institutions actively setting up subsidiaries in EU countries so they can continue to do business in the event of the UK tipping over a cliff ... of Europe’s largest private banking markets....
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Wamakko: PDP No Longer Alive in Sokoto
This Day 05 Aug 2018
In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity Saturday, Mr Laolu Akande Osinbajo said the Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre “is a public-private partnership involving the federal government, the World Bank Group and the Pan-Atlantic University.”. He said the centre would provide holistic, country-driven support ......
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Sierra Leone News: Inadequate housing causes pressure on the environment – FCC Mayor
Awoko 03 Aug 2018
Though online real-time portal, “worldometers.info” shows a decline in Sierra Leone’s annual growth rate since 2012 to date, the Mayor said according to World Bank study “we are growing at 4.2% per annum; that means if unchecked by 2028 in just 10 years from now there would be over 2 million people in this city…” ... “The telecom companies have moved to the hills; the UN Agencies have moved out, World Bank have moved out....
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Kenya hosts forum on restoring degraded landscapes in Africa
Coastweek 02 Aug 2018
The two-day forum organized by Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR) in conjunction with the UN Environment and the World Bank, seeks to galvanize attention to the plight of Africa’s landscapes and forests grappling with human and climate induced threats ... Another is that many parts of the world will be looking to Africa for food production,” said Solheim....
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