The World Bank says dealing with climate change will require hundreds of billions a year in public and private financing.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Mr.Yunus created the Grameen Bank project with the aim of extending banking services to the poor and ending unfair loans by moneylenders.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

It really began with the death of the Bank of the United States more than a year before.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

The World Health Organization and the World Bank say people with disabilities should be able to use the same services as everyone else.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

Nick Parsons, an economist with the National Australia Bank, says the bank made the right move.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

Earlier in the week, the head of the World Bank said international support can speed progress -- "but only if coupled with real reform."

VOA: special.2011.05.27

Mr.Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in two thousand six for his work with Grameen Bank.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

It goes from Grameen Bank, from someone who has won the Nobel Peace Prize to moneylenders who are ripping people off every day with hundred percent a month interest rates.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

From Nazis to modern-day criminals, Switzerland's legendary bank secrecy has long been exploited by those with assets to hide.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

Current construction of 2,500 homes in the West Bank will continue along with 455 additional new housing units approved this week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Wafa Abdel Rahman, a woman's activist with the West Bank group Filastiniyat, says Palestinian women also face cultural issues.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Mitchell's schedule on Monday included shuttling to the West Bank town of Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

They live above the Mountain Aquifer, which the Palestinians share with Israel and its settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Mr.Abbas now heads a more moderate Palestinian government in the West Bank that supports the peace process with Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The Spanish Foreign Minister later traveled to the West Bank city of Ramallah for meetings with the Palestinian leadership.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

In addition to the Century Bank scandal, police charged anti-graft officials from the Corruption Eradication Commission with bribery and blackmail.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

U.S.envoy George Mitchell's agenda this week includes meetings with Israeli officials and shuttling to the West Bank to speak with Palestinian leaders.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Residents of the West Bank settlement of Kedumim threw eggs at inspectors and clashed with police who came to enforce the construction freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The U.S.official faced large hurdles this week, with all sides far apart on the key issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13