World Bank policy (policies of the World Bank)

He says in a speech prepared for the World Bank's policy committee that the bank should direct its resources at "poorer borrowers and away from countries better able to finance their own development objectives." Mnuchin cites progress in achieving changes at the World Bank that the U.S. put forward last ...

The proposal, which was approved late Saturday by the World Bank's policy committee, would provide the World Bank with a $13 billion increase in lending resources. The increase in capital was tied to a package of World Bank reforms in how loans are awarded. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim hailed ...

Ethiopian Electric Power has released an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the Procurement of Drilling Rigs and its accessories, Rig Operation and Maintenance for Drilling Geothermal Wells at Aluto (Langano) in Ethiopia with deadline of May 11, 2018.

Facing significant Eurobond redemptions in 2019-21, they are considering strategies to pre-finance the outstanding Eurobonds. The authorities received a firm financing proposal from a consortium of international banks—supported by a World Bank Policy-Based Guarantee—for €250 million (with 12-year ...

Ghana has been selected as the first borrower country in Africa, and second in the world, to be schooled on the new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Policy of the World Bank. Philipine is the first country to have benefitted from the programme. The ESF sets out the World Bank's commitment to ...

She noted that the World Bank's Policy on Access to Information has enabled the organization to become a global leader in transparency and has made a groundbreaking change in how the World Bank makes information available to the public. The World Bank's official further mentioned that over the past ...

Tensions came to the fore last week when the World Bank held its annual meeting in Washington. Zimbabwe, Nigeria and India all have doubts about a policy they say does little to lift people out of poverty. Their unlikely ally is Donald Trump.

A late January report by US-based NGO Bank Information Center (BIC), together with partners in Egypt, Indonesia, Mozambique and Peru, claimed that the Bank is undermining its climate commitments by supporting investment incentives for coal, gas and oil projects through its development policy ...

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2017 – A new World Bank policy report urges developing countries and international development agencies to rethink their approach to governance, as a key to overcoming challenges related to security, growth, and equity. The 2017 World Development Report: Governance ...

Estimates of the financing gap for emerging market infrastructure range from nearly half a trillion USD to more than US$1 trillion a year over the next decade. The range reflects the difference between the estimated level of infrastructure needed to sustain growth across emerging markets and the actual level ...

To demonstrate its commitment to promoting high quality development policy research by young Malaysian scholars, the World Bank will award a prize for the best development policy research paper by an early-career Malaysian national. The inaugural recipient of this prize will be announced by the World ...

MOGADISHU, April 11, 2013– The global fight against piracy in Somalia has centered on prosecuting pirates and mobilizing naval forces. But to get to the root cause of the problem, the international community must focus on helping the nation build a functional political system, according to a new World ...

He says in a speech prepared for the World Bank's policy committee that the bank should direct its resources at "poorer borrowers and away from countries better able to finance their own development objectives." Mnuchin cites progress in achieving changes at the World Bank that the U.S. put forward last year, but says ...

The proposal, which was approved late Saturday by the World Bank's policy committee, would provide the World Bank with a $13 billion increase in lending resources. The increase in capital was tied to a package of World Bank reforms in how loans are awarded. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim hailed the action as a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank's policy committee has approved a $13 billion increase in the bank's lending capacity. The proposal was approved Saturday by the World Bank's Development Committee, which sets policies for the 189-nation lending agency. The increase in lending capacity was tied ...

He says in a speech prepared for the World Bank's policy committee that the bank should direct its resources at "poorer borrowers and away from countries better able to finance their own development objectives." Mnuchin cites progress in achieving changes at the World Bank that the U.S. put forward last ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the global finance meetings in Washington (all times local):. 5:15 p.m.. The World Bank's policy committee has approved a $13 billion increase in the bank's lending capacity. The proposal was approved late Saturday by the World Bank's Development Committee, which ...

Mnuchin says the World Bank needs to continue to shift its lending from fast-growing developing countries such as China to poorer nations. He says in a speech prepared for the World Bank's policy committee that the bank should direct its resources at "poorer borrowers and away from countries better able ...

The proposal, which was approved late Saturday by the World Bank's policy committee, would provide the World Bank with a $13 billion increase in lending resources. The increase in capital was tied to a package of World Bank reforms in how loans are awarded. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim hailed ...