BANGKOK, Jan 16 (TNA) - A World Bank economist expressed optimism that the Thai government’s new stimulus programme announced early this week would help cushion the impact of the world economic slowdown, but said that more measures are needed to improve the country’s competitiveness.
The government’s mid-year package of Bt115 billion (US$3.3 billion) was approved by [...]
The World Bank has agreed to give the Polish government the €975 million it asked for in the summer to help fund a series of fiscal reforms and wider economic changes aimed at improving conditions for businesses, develop more skilled workers and making public finances more efficient. The World Bank is also willing to send experts into Poland to help the government implement the changes. Liam Bai
SINGAPORE, Dec 18 - The global economy is likely to worsen in the first half of next year with rising unemployment adding to the woes of governments, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on...
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With inflation easing, deflation is a bigger worry now, says chief economist
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(SINGAPORE) Aggressive government spending worldwide on infrastructure and other public projects is likely to be more effective than broad tax cuts in supporting global economic growth, the World Bank’s chief economist said yesterday.
The bank will [...]
Top 5 Alarming World Poverty Statistics:5. More than 800 million people suffer from malnutrition. 4. The United States spends 0.16% of its budget on aid to poor countries, the second lowest percentage among all developed countries. 3. A worker in Bangladesh making garments for Disney would have to work 210 years in order to earn what Disney’s CEO gets paid in one hour. 2. 35,000 children a day d
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent, Reuters, Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:26pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite the current global financial storm, rich countries are resolved to keep up funding to help developing nations combat climate change, a top World Bank environment official said on Tuesday. Countries that have pledged to donate a total of $6.1 billion to the bank's newly created C
Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank and cheerleader of free trade, laid down the gauntlet for the world's poor at a meeting of the World Bank's policy-setting committee this weekend while discussing the current economic crisis. As a result of the downturn, developed countries are not expected to help 28 countries facing twin shocks of rising food and fuel prices, said the bank's president, Rob
There is an article on Fox News about the World Bank being hacked. This leads me to the obvious question - is this related in any way, even to a small degree, to the current world financial crisis? If someone had inside information on market movements or confidential economic data on a global scale and [...]
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"Il nostro Wi-Fi unirà l'Amazzonia" La World Bank sceglie il Politecnico
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Deadline: Friday, 10 October 2008The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge to support governments of member countries. This support is provided through project or policy-based loans and grants, as well as technical assistance like advice and studies.We are constantly on the lookout for bright, ambitious team players who have a strong commitment to improvi
by Nicolo Tomaselli, Eurodad, Bretton Woods Project, 29 September 2008 The World Bank finally published a new count of the extreme poor worldwide in August. As expected the new figures are fuelling the ongoing debate on poverty estimates. (See Updates 59, 61) Researchers and academics have long argued about how many poor people there are, how poor they actually are and how we should measure th
The World Bank said on Wednesday it saw little sign of an economic rebound in the West Bank, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas''s Western-bac1 Vote(s)
University of Tsukuba offers Policy Management master program.This Program has been operating from April 1995 and it is the oldest Partner Program in Japan of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program, a large scholarship program funded by the Government of Japan and managed by the World Bank Institute in Washington. In addition to that [...]
Hmm… Anwar Ibrahim receives more and more support from foreign VIPs!
The latest foreign VIPs to do so are former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, former World Bank boss James Wolfensohn and former International Monetary Fund boss Michel Camdessus.
Sorry for asking but aren’t you folks ever wonder why foreign VIPs gave so much support for Anwar?
I’m not implying anything here but I wan
To strengthen the World Bank’s infrastructure program in the Indonesia, the World Bank Office in Jakarta is recruiting for the position of:
Water and Sanitation Specialist
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The applicant should possess the following characteristics:
• Master’s Degree or higher in water and sanitation engineering, WSS engineering and utility management experience, or other field related to util
Thailand is now ranked 15th out of 178 countries throughout the world by the World Bank as the most attractive place to conduct business, according to Gianni Zanini, a leading economist of the World Bank.
Mr. Zanini said Thailand’s ranking was obtained from the World Bank’s world trade indicator for 2008, launched recently and covering global [...]
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Global Research, July 10, 2008
A secret study by the World Bank, which reportedly has not been made public on pressure from the Bush Administration, concludes that bio-fuel cultivation in especially the USA and EU are directly responsible for the current explosion in grain and food prices worldwide. The US Government [...]
by F. William Engdahl Global Research, July 10, 2008 A secret study by the World Bank, which reportedly has not been made public on pressure from the Bush Administration, concludes that bio-fuel cultivation in especially the USA and EU are directly responsible for the current explosion in grain and food prices worldwide. The US Government at the recent Rome UN Food Summit claim
By Lesley Wroughton Reuters - Wed Jul 2, 2008 Original URL 1 of 1Full Size WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday agreed to establish two investment funds to help developing economies switch to clean-energy technologies to curb carbon emissions and help poor countries adapt to climate change. The approval of the Clean Technology Fund and Strategic Climate Fund comes days
Heike Mainhardt-Gibbs Bank Information Center - 3 July 2008 | Washington, DC Original URL As the World Bank prepares to launch two new climate investment funds at the upcoming G8 summit, and positions itself as the "climate bank," new statistics developed by the Bank Information Center show that the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Financial Corporation (IFC), increased its le
Governance SpecialistWorld BankLocation: Dili, Timor LesteLast Date: July 19, 2008 The World Bank is seeking to recruit a Governance Specialist to support the Bank’s work on public sector, economic management and governance reforms in Timor Leste. The Governance Specialist would join a vibrant country team in Dili engaged in a broad portfolio of activities, including the World Bank’s flagship,
World Bank & Nicaragua Water/Small Business Funding
The World Bank’s board of Directors announced last week that it had approved “a zero-interest credit for $20 million to support the government of Nicaragua to improve water and sanitation services in rural areas.” An additional $20 million in zero-interest credit will go “to enhance the competitiveness of [...]
The World Bank on June 9 issued an update on Viet Nam ’s recent economic developments, saying the country’s stabilisation package is showing signs of effect.
There are indications that this policy package is working, as the growth in non-food prices compared to the previous months, and the growth of monthly imports...
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India has been blamed for the recent food crisis around the world. The World Bank put the blame for rising food prices in South Asia on export controls by India and others, while the US criticised India’s handling of the crisis, pointing the trade bans have increased the food prices in the international markets.
Surging food prices have become a serious concern in South Asia, where food
Isn't this a bit outside of their mission?From Reuters UK:A World Bank report warned that "if current trends persist, tigers are likely to be the first species of large predator to vanish in historic times." "Just as with many other challenges of sustainability, such as climate change, pandemic disease, or poverty, the crisis facing tigers overwhelms local capabilities and it is one that tra
University of Tsukuba offers Policy Management master program.This Program has been operating from April 1995 and it is the oldest Partner Program in Japan of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
The World Bank priced a $25 million bond linked to UN-approved carbon emission offset credits, the market’s first such bond, lead manager Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe said.
Payments on the bond are linked to CERs (Certified Emissions Reduction credits) , which are issued under the Clean Development Mechanism, a trading scheme that allows rich nations to invest in clean energy projects in
Viet Nam's moves to cut government spending and slow credit growth will help to ease the fastest inflation since at least 1992, according to the World Bank.
Evidence of an improvement in the economy is critical to preventing investors from fleeing Vietnamese dong-denominated assets, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in a May 30 report. Government reports last week showing accelerating inflation and a
The World Bank warned Thursday that an exceptionally high tide could inundate the Indonesian capital next week, forcing thousands of people to flee homes and cutting off the highway to the international airport.The situation - exasperated by global warming and the fact that Jakarta is sinking up to 2 inches a year - could mean flooding will exceed last November's roof-high levels in the hardest-hi
A long-delayed plan to privately fund a monorail to ease congestion in Indonesia's traffic-choked capital is "completely implausible", the World Bank said here Friday.The plan to build the 27-kilometre (17 miles) network entirely with private sector money would be impossible, with the costs of running the scheme meaning heavy losses, the Bank's infrastructure specialist Hongjoo Hahm told Agence Fr
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Shimla: Mr. J.P. Nadda, Forest Minister said here today that the World Bank has approved the Bio Carbon Credit Project in principle and directed the Forest and Environment Departments to ensure that the Project Design Document (PDD) and the Tripartite Agreement was ready within three weeks for the approval of the Cabinet and the World [...]
by Peter Riggs Solve Climate - Apr 14th, 2008 Original URL When you want to quit smoking, do you call a tobacco company? That in essence is what civil society groups were wondering when they met last week to evaluate the climate-friendly announcements coming out of the World Bank. World Bank leaders had convened in Washington DC -- abloom with cherry blossoms -- for their annual spring meeting, and announced plans to launch two new climate-change funds. One new pot of Bank money is focused on the development of clean technology, and the other pot earmarked for 'resilience'-helping countries adapt to rising sea levels, increased intensity of storms, drought, and other economic harms resulting from climate change. These two new funds are in addition to the Bank's Forest Carbon Partn
From: A man-made famine The reason that today's price increases hurt the poor so much is that all protection from price shocks has been flayed away, by organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank. Even the World Bank's own Independent Evaluation Groupadmits (pdf) that the bank has been doing a poor job in agriculture. Part of the bank's vision was to clear away the government agricultural clutter so that the private sector could come in to make agriculture efficient. But, as the Independent Evaluation Group delicately puts it, "in most reforming countries, the private sector did not step in to fill the vacuum when the public sector withdrew." After the liberalisation of agriculture, the invisible hand was nowhere
From Deutsche Welle : World Bank President Robert Zoellick has called on member nations to act urgently to help avert a global food crisis, saying the rapid rise in food prices could push 100 million people in poor countries deeper into poverty. His warning follows that from the leader of the International Monetary Fund, who said hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of starvation. Steering committees from the two bodies have been meeting in Washington. There have been food riots recently in a number of countries, including Haiti, the Philippines and Egypt. Zoellick called for a "new deal" to tackle the international food crisis. Food prices have risen sharply in recent months, driven by increased demand, poor weather in some countries that has ruined crops and
The head of the World Bank warned that rising food costs could present an emergency for the world.
Speaking ahead of International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington, Zoellick...
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WASHINGTON - RISING food prices, which have caused social unrest in several countries, are not a temporary phenomenon but are likely to persist for several years, World Bank President Robert Zoellick says. He says strong demand, change in diet and the use of biofuels as an alternative source of energy have reduced world food stocks to a level bordering on an emergency. Speaking to reporters on Monday before the bank's spring meeting in the coming weekend, Mr Zoellick said the 185-member World Bank would work with other organisations to deal with the crisis by seeking ways to help farmers, especially in Africa, to increase productivity and improve access to food through schools or workplaces. 'This is not a this-year phenomenon,' he said, referring to the price spike. 'I think it is goin
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The economies of East Asia are sound and should be able to weather a slowdown and inflationary pressures from the high price of rice and other commodities, a senior World Bank official said on Friday.
Global rice prices have been rising since October when India banned exports of non-basmati rice and other major exporters China, Egypt and Vietnam followed.
"High and rising food prices,
" ... Climate change, the possibility of a global recession and the recent resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks are likely to be top issues at the Spring meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. And, as usual, anti-globalization and anti-capitalism protesters have marked the meeting on their calendars. Environmentalism has infected both organizations in recent months, as it has other global and regional bodies. The IMF's lead news release in December urges global action on warming, while eight of 22 WB press releases in that month relate to climate change and/or the environment. At the United Nations climate change conference in Bali, the bank launched a new multi-million-dollar fund to compensate developing countries for the value of their living forests.
Viet Nam’s economic growth is expected to slow by five percentage points this year to 8.0 percent but return to 8.5% next year, the World Bank said in Ha Noi Tuesday.
The Vietnamese economy now shows signs of overheating but overheating is not the result of excessive government spending, Mr. Martin Rama, Lead...
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SINGAPORE, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - The World Bank on Tuesday cut its 2008 growth forecast for East Asia, which it said faces "testing times" as the global fallout from a US financial crisis...
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The World Bank said Tuesday it was cutting its 2008 growth forecast for East Asia, which it said faces "testing times" as the global fallout from the US financial crisis deepens.In its half-yearly report, the bank said East Asia can now expect 7.3 percent growth this year, down from its previous forecast of a more robust 8.2 percent.The revised forecast represents a marked slowdown from the 8.7 percent expansion recorded last year in the bank's East Asia grouping, which includes Southeast Asia, China and most other regional countries but not Japan.Growth this year in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, is seen slowing to 6.0 percent from 6.3 percent in 2007, it said."Global financial turmoil is beginning to have an effect," it said but added: "Indonesia is expected to weather the
Addis Ababa, (March 26, 2008) - The Education for All Program of the World Bank has decided to provide 70 million USD to support Ethiopia's education sector.The results obtained in enrolling school age children to schools and directions set to improve education quality are believed to remarkably improve the education sector in Ethiopia.Accordingly, the Program would provide a financial assistance amounting 70 million USD for the execution of plans set in the education sector over the coming three years, Joy Phumaphi, Vice President of Human Development at the World Bank said.Ethiopia, which along with Ghana represents Africa at the executive committee of the World Bank's Education for All Program is actively playing role in soliciting support of the rich countries for the quality and expan
The World Bank on Wednesday approved a $600-million loan to power transmission giant Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) to strengthen the electricity transmission system to increase reliable power exchange between regions and states.
The Power System Development Project -IV of PGCIL aimed at reducing transmission losses would help cut cost of energy through further investments in
The US may well be heading into a recession and Europe faces further financial market turmoil too but developing countries are showing little signs of being hurt, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said. He said the US is “facing a serious economic slowdown and there may very well be a recession.”
“You are facing a serious [...]
David Wheeler Center for Global Development - 02/15/2008 Original URL Original Document At the recent U.N. climate change conference in Bali, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for a revolutionary change in the world’s energy mix to minimize the risk of catastrophic global warming. The Secretary General's invocation is a sharp break with past practice and an immediate commitment to clean energy development. However, the World Bank Group continues to help finance construction of coal-fired plants as if nothing has changed. This new working paper by CGD senior fellow David Wheeler focuses on the latest proposed venture, a huge coal-fired plant to be fueled by the Mmamabula coal field in Botswana. Using the latest estimates of generating costs for coal-fired electricity and
The World BankJoint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGS)Application deadline: March 31 2008The Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP),is in its 21st year. The Program awards scholarships to individualsfrom World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies atuniversities renowned for their development research and teaching. Inits Regular Program, the JJ/WBGSP has awarded scholarships to 2,707scholars chosen from a total of 54,119 applicants.Contact Information:The World BankJoint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program1818 H Street, NW – MSN J2-204Washington, DC 20433,USATel: +1 (202)-473-6849Fax: +1 (202) 522-4036E-mail: jjwbgsp@worldbank.orgWebsite:
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The World Bank lends money to developing countries but also considers itself a "knowledge bank." Its advice can influence government policies as well as its own future policies.The question is, how valuable is that advice? Not even the bank's chief economist, Senior Vice President Francois Bourguignon, could answer that.So he asked a group of economists, led by Angus Deaton at Princeton University, to do an independent study. They examined all research activities carried out by the World Bank between nineteen ninety-eight and two thousand five.Last September, they reported finding many valuable studies. But they also found that advice from the bank was not always balanced. They said the bank sometimes gave greater weight to information that supported its positions and ignored other findings.Professor Deaton tells us this was especially true with research on the relationship between globalization and poverty reduction. He says the bank has a right to defend its own policies. But he say
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The World Bank encouraged foreign companies to destructively log the world’s second largest forest, endangering the lives of thousands of Congolese Pygmies, according to a report on an internal investigation by senior bank staff [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a meeting with World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick on Tuesday agreed that World Bank and United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNDOC) personel will visit Indonesia to further develop technical assistanceunder the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative.The meeting took place in the UN Headquarters on the sidelines of the United Nations' 62nd General Assembly, said a joint statement issued after the meeting.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
Download the report here: http://iris37.worldbank.org/domdoc/PRD/Other/PRDDContainer.nsf/All+Documents/85256D2400766CC785257298005AA016/$File/Youth_ICTs_Development.pdfNew technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones are growing much faster than older information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as television, radio, mainline telephones, and newspapers.Mobile phones have overtaken mainline phones in coverage in many parts of the world, and there are more internet users per 1,000 people than there are daily newspapers purchased in every region except South Asia.Even so, internet use remains low in poorer developing countries, and radios and televisions are much more prevalent. The main ICT priority for governments is to ensure a good investment climate that allows private companies to serve the growing demand for ICT services, by enacting regulations that provide for easy entry and competition.
Michael J. Gerson, writing in The Washington Post, accurately describes Tony Blair's foreign policy and its liberal intentions:More than that of any other world leader, Blair’s foreign policy approach is a rigorous, logical argument. Like advancements in communications and the global economy, political challenges, Blair contends, have “immediate impact, an ability to cross frontiers.” Irresponsible and failing states become bases of operation for terrorist, crime and drug syndicates. This chaos is tamed, in his view, by promoting economic development, treating killer diseases, fighting global warming and achieving peace in the Middle East — an agenda of exhausting idealism. “Justice,” he says, “is the thing that is most powerful in its appeal to people.”But Blair’s liberalism not only purrs, it bites. When distant chaos grows too intense and threatening, Blair has advocated military interventions from Kosovo to Sierra Leone to Afghanistan to Iraq.His muscular interna
Michael J. Gerson, writing in The Washington Post, accurately describes Tony Blair's foreign policy and its liberal intentions:More than that of any other world leader, Blair’s foreign policy approach is a rigorous, logical argument. Like advancements in communications and the global economy, political challenges, Blair contends, have “immediate impact, an ability to cross frontiers.” Irresponsible and failing states become bases of operation for terrorist, crime and drug syndicates. This chaos is tamed, in his view, by promoting economic development, treating killer diseases, fighting global warming and achieving peace in the Middle East — an agenda of exhausting idealism. “Justice,” he says, “is the thing that is most powerful in its appeal to people.”But Blair’s liberalism not only purrs, it bites. When distant chaos grows too intense and threatening, Blair has advocated military interventions from Kosovo to Sierra Leone to Afghanistan to Iraq.His muscular interna
The World Bank Office in Baku told that the objective of the visit is to get acquainted with the World bank-funded Power Transmission Project and have discussion over prospects of cooperation.The Power Transmission Project will improve the reliability, quality and cost-effectiveness of the electricity supply in the country through investments improving management and performance of the high-voltage transmission network.World Bank’s senior energy economist Bjorn Hamso will lead an energy mission to Baku on June 18.The Project will consist of three main components. The first component, Power Transmission Management, will upgrade the electricity dispatch system in the country, which in turn will support more reliable, secure and economic operation of the electricity sector and facilitate financial settlements in a future wholesale electricity market.The second component, Transmission Network Rehabilitation, will cover priority investments in rehabilitation of high voltage transmission l
The World Bank Office in Baku told that the objective of the visit is to get acquainted with the World bank-funded Power Transmission Project and have discussion over prospects of cooperation.The Power Transmission Project will improve the reliability, quality and cost-effectiveness of the electricity supply in the country through investments improving management and performance of the high-voltage transmission network.World Bank’s senior energy economist Bjorn Hamso will lead an energy mission to Baku on June 18.The Project will consist of three main components. The first component, Power Transmission Management, will upgrade the electricity dispatch system in the country, which in turn will support more reliable, secure and economic operation of the electricity sector and facilitate financial settlements in a future wholesale electricity market.The second component, Transmission Network Rehabilitation, will cover priority investments in rehabilitation of high voltage transmission l
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U.K.: “We have got a new security problem”: Gordon Brown (who is due to become British Prime Minister later this month) supports tougher security measures including more rigorous questioning and phone taps while pledging to protect civil liberties in Britain.
India: “the largest amount being extended so far”: At the end of June, India will become the single largest borrower from the World Bank at 3.8 billion dollars.
Lebanon:“the situation will be really critical”: Humanitarian aid workers express fears over their inability to bring supplies to a refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The situation is becoming dire as the Lebanese army continues to bombard to the Nahr al-Bared camp. According to the BBC, fighting has begun at a second camp as well. More than 100 have died since fighting between militants and the army began in the north two weeks ago.
U.S.:
“subject to undue adult influences”: The youngest detainee at Guantanamo, a boy with
Discuss 3 Factors that can explain the persistence of poverty, despite the efforts of the IMF and the World bank.
The IMF and World Bank are focused on giving loans to countries. Usually with conditions of free market deregulations.
1. These loans are not Targeted to development.
Often they are to meet government deficits and / or lack of foreign exchange. Therefore, may not be used for
Wolfowitz Aide Resigns From World Bank Post - Wall Street JournalExcerpt:"One of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz's top advisers resigned today, the first major casualty of the leadership crisis that has gripped the bank for more than a month.Kevin Kellems, a top communications strategist, was part of Mr. Wolfowitz's inner circle of advisers. He joined the bank nearly two years ago, when Mr. Wolfowitz assumed the presidency of the global poverty-fighting institution."http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117854828523594504.html?mod=googlenews_wsjAlex
Washington, DC (ABSP) - Associated BS PressPaul Wolfowitz, embattled World Bank leader and one of the primary instigators of both the Iraq war and Affleck-Lopez (i.e., Bennifer) fiascos, has formally been replaced by President Bush in favor of the man-stud and overall hunk machine known as Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez. Wolfowitz, who recently got in trouble for promoting his long-time sex partner in violation of World Bank ethics, has refused to resign from his position. While the President is a strong supporter of the Wolfmeister, he finally relented to public pressure and demoted the disgraced neocon to the World Bank's AAA farm club in Toledo. Effective immediately, Wolfowitz will be replaced by New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.Rodriguez, the self-professed "Lord of all things baseball," has shown the versatility required for the role. For example, he switched from shortstop to third base upon his transition to the Yankees. Also, while he has repeatedly failed in the clutch, he has p
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz says that he is going to stay on the job and will continue to carry out the World Bank’s mission to reduce the world’s poverty. Wolfowitz said at a news conference that “the bank has important work to do and I will continue to do it.”
However, there has been pressure On the World Bank President to resign his position over his involvement in the pay increase that was given to his girlfriend. The committee has said this issue is “of great concern to us all” and has had the bank’s board of directors look into the matter.
The committee said, “We have to ensure that the bank can effectively carry out its mandate and maintain its credibility and reputation as well as the motivation of its staff.”
In response to the questions about stepping down, Wolfowitz just kept referring to the committee’s statement and said that he didn’t want any of his comments to interfere with the board of dire
The way World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz handled his girlfriend’s promotion is of “great concern to all of us,” according to the bank’s Development Committee.
The committee said in response to meetings full of questions on the future of Wolfowitz that, “We have to ensure that the bank can effectively carry out its mandate and maintain its credibility and reputation as well as motivation of the staff.”
The committee has authorized an assessment that has been taken on by the bank’s board of directors and have said that “The current situation is of great concern to all of us.”
Reuters: "I made a mistake," World Bank's Wolfowitz saysExcerpt:"World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said on Thursday he made "a mistake for which I am sorry" over his handling of the promotion and pay increase of his girlfriend and staffer Shaha Riza."I proposed to the board that they establish some mechanism to judge whether the agreement reached was a reasonable outcome," Wolfowitz said in a statement he read at a news conference, ahead of the upcoming meetings of finance ministers in Washington this weekend."I will accept any remedies they propose," he added."http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-12T193743Z_01_WAT007302_RTRUKOC_0_US-WORLDBANK-WOLFOWITZ.xmlAlex
From The Manila TimesTHE Philippines’ rising foreign-exchange reserves risk an overheating economy and an asset price bubble, according to the World Bank.The multilateral lender issued this warning as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced that the country’s gross reserves, which have registered fresh record highs every month, may end higher than last year.The World Bank warned the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries of another asset bubble, which could lead to a financial crisis similar to what happened 10 years ago.“Since 1997, countries have built up large foreign-exchange reserves as a buffer against further crises but this could have the unwanted side effects—overheating economies and asset price bubbles,” the World Bank said in a recent report.An asset bubble refers to the incidence of stock or property price increases that are unwarranted by the country’s economic fundamentals.The World Bank’s warning followed a similar concern raised by the United N
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Luật lệ soạn ra để quản lý hoạt động chính thức tại hai trung tâm tại HN và HCMCThủ tướng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng nói Việt Nam chưa cần áp dụng các biện pháp kiểm soát vốn đối với các nhà đầu tư nước ngoài mua bán chứng khoán ở Việt Nam trong thời điểm này. Trong một công văn ra ngày hôm qua 27/02 ông Dũng cũng nói về nhu cầu cấp thiết là phải hoàn thiện hệ thống pháp luật để đảm bảo rằng thị trường chứng khoán tại Việt Nam phát triển nhanh nhưng bền vững và hợp pháp. Theo ông Noritaka Akematsu, Chuyên gia Trưởng về Kinh tế Tài chính từ văn phòng Việt Nam của Ngân Hàng Thế giới tại Hà Nội. Cá nhân tôi đánh giá cao việc Thủ tướng Việt Nam tránh dùng biện pháp khống chế nguồn vốn đầu tư từ nước ngoài. Chúng ta thấy có một số lo ngại về việc có khả năng xuất hi
The World Bank says Indonesia should act quickly to manage its forests to help reduce poverty and development in rural areas.The Bank says forests account for 70 per cent of Indonesia's land cover, but play a weak role in the country's economic and sustainable development due to poor management.It says the Indonesian foreign sector has received more than $US1 billion in development assistance over the past two decades, but management continues to be weak and forest continues to be lost.The World Bank says action now is more likely to be successful than in the past, due to political reforms since the fall of dictator Suharto nine years ago.
The President of the World Bank has urged an immediate curb on surging food prices to fight the problem of hunger and the resulting violence in many countries. Robert Zoellick has said that the international communities have to come forward and “to put our money where our mouth is” ...
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- URGENT OPENING - Deadline: Friday, 10 October 2008 The World Bank is one of the world´s largest sources of funding and knowledge to support governments of member countries. This support is provided through project or policy-based loans and grants, as well as technical assistance like advice and studies. ...
Three days after the World Bank decided to ban it for eight years, Satyam Computer Services today hit back and demanded an apology from the bank for "certain inappropriate statements" made by its representatives.
