New World Bank President Jim Kim spoke about involving the private sector in building energy infrastructure in the developing world, and announced a World Bank program to help companies map and identify opportunities for energy investments.
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Per agreements between the UN, World Bank and European Commission on post-crisis cooperation, the World Bank has requested UN and EC participation in the assessment.
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"The World Bank applies standards which are applicable to all countries, " says Akbar Ali Khan a former World Bank official.
It also opens the gate for renewed project funding worth a couple of billion dollars a year to Pakistan by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
City officials say they are prepared to take charge of the Subte if the government pays 10% of its debt to Metrovias and lets the city raise the rest from the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.
IMF, the World Bank and globalisation in general, and that it could all have been so much better if only people had taken his advice when he was chief economist of the World Bank in 1997-2000.
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World Bank spokesperson Richard Mills said there were large unmet needs in infrastructure financing which should be addressed in a variety of ways, and that a global infrastructure fund was one of the options that the World Bank was considering.
"There has been a lot of talk about food prices at the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the general feeling is we are not in the same situation we were in in 2008, " says Marc Sadler, senior agriculture economist at the World Bank.
"I've urged the World Bank president that the global infrastructure facility should be set up as early as possible because countries like India require a large amount of finances for infrastructure, " Mr. Chidambaram said in an interview on the sidelines of meetings of the Group of 20 leading economies, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Hosted by the Chinese Government, the Congress is organized by UNESCO with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), The World Health Organization and the European Training Foundation (ETF).
Hosted by the Government of China, it is organized by UNESCO with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), The World Health Organization and the European Training Foundation (ETF).
Last week the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, created by the U.S. Congress and made up of 11 American economists and other experts, released its reform recommendations for the IMF, the World Bank, the Asian, Latin American and African development banks, the World Trade Organization and the Bank for International Settlements.
The information was drawn from a variety of organizations including the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the World Bank.
She learned that the World Health Organization and the World Bank also oppose putting children in institutions--so why work on fixing them?
Cities have always traditionally been the centers of the world's wealth, and the World Bank says that as much as 80 percent of the future economic growth of the developing world will come from its cities.
She has squabbled publicly with her most famous compatriot, microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, over his control of Grameen Bank, and with the World Bank over a bridge project linked to corruption allegations.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank are finalising their capital-increase plans ahead of their annual meetings in March and April respectively.
The Asian Development Bank is more ready than the World Bank to be a cheerleader for the Bangladeshi government and is keen to resuscitate the project.
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New Delhi (CNN) -- The leaders of five of the world's top emerging economies moved closer Thursday toward establishing a development bank that could one day serve as an alternative to the World Bank.
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Global institutions such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum have helped to popularise entrepreneurialism.
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The government lobbied the World Bank, and the bank eventually changed its policy to allow the tariff and protect the local industry.
Mr Steiner has also spent valuable time in the boardrooms of international agencies including the World Bank and the World Commission on Dams.
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Of course, the plan will only be successful if it is fully funded by governments, financial institutions such as the World Bank and Islamic Development Bank, and philanthropic organizations like the ones we run.
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Among other changes, the letter called for any Indonesian budget surplus to be spent on rural infrastructure rather than on reducing debts and for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank to play a greater role in overseeing agricultural reforms.
Having said this, the Congress should expect to witness substantial enthusiasm on the part of the Bush Administration and other G-7 leaders to off-load this emerging financial nightmare from bilateral arrangements onto the shoulders of multilateral financial institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the BIS and even the Asian Development Bank.
By 2050, the world will need 70% more food, the World Bank believes.
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Gold market bulls were encouraged Thursday when the World Gold Council reported strong world central bank demand for gold in the third quarter, at a total of 148 tons.
Mr Henry used data from the Bank of International Settlements, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and national governments.
Britain suggests rich countries should give the World Bank and the African Development Bank more money in compensation.
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