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Austria Joins World Banks Water Partnership ProgramNew US$5.4 million contribution will scale up efforts to help countries strengthen water resources management and water service deliveryThe Government of Austria has become the fourth donor to the World Banks Water Partnership Program (WPP), joining the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Denmark. The new contribution will help increase the World Banks efforts to help countries become more ...

Romania at the Heart of Domestic Market Financing4th Annual "World Bank Government Bond Market Conference focuses on outlook and challenges for local currency bond marketsThe 4th Annual "World Bank Government Bond Market Conference, organized jointly by the World Bank, the Ministry of Public Finance, and the National Bank of Romania, is being held in Bucharest, on March 12th - 14th. This years event provides investor-country insights on the ...

Philippines: Bangsamoro Development Plan Formulation Kicks Off TodayThe quest for peace and development in Mindanao gets a major boost today with the kick-off of the formulation of the Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP) that will provide a short and medium-term development strategy for the Bangsamoro areas.Specifically, the BDP will identify investments and programs to promote inclusive growth, stability, and help create jobs in the Bangsamoro ...

Lao PDR Economic Monitor: January 2014 - Managing Risks for Macroeconomic StabilityVientiane, March 4, 2014— The World Banks latest Lao PDR Economic Monitor, released today, highlights the challenges and risks associated with accommodative macroeconomic policies while acknowledging still strong growth in recent years. Economic growth is projected at 7.2% in 2014 with a small projected slowdown in some sectors such as mining and construction. ...

Education Quality Key to Bangladeshs Goal to Become Middle Income CountryDHAKA, March 3, 2014: Bangladesh needs to focus on high-quality learning, and strong foundational cognitive and behavioral skills from early childhood, says a new World Bank report "Seeding Fertile Ground: Education That Works for Bangladesh.The findings and recommendations of the report were discussed today at a national dialogue organized by the Campaign for Popular ...

High Level Workshop on Regional Improvements to Legal Environment Impacting Women Concludes with Strong Commitment to Gender EqualityA high level regional workshop on the World Bank Groups Women, Business and the Law project which began on February 27 here in Togo, concluded with renewed commitment to gender parity today. Eleven African economies participated in this event: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic ...

World Bank Board Approves $153 Million Support to Odisha Disaster Recovery ProjectAbout 120,000 people in the state will benefit from disaster resilient houses with better capacity to manage and respond to disastersA $153 million credit to the state of Odisha in India was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today to help the state build disaster resilient houses as well as strengthen its capacity for disaster risk management, ...

World Bank: Pension Reforms Needed in Emerging Europe and Central Asia to Protect Future GenerationsCountries struggle to meet pension needs of their aging populationsThe profound effects of aging populations and a shrinking labor force on overstretched state pension schemes in emerging Europe and Central Asian countries demand significant reforms, says the World Banks new report The Inverting Pyramid: Pension Systems Facing Demographic ...

Strengthening Healthcare Systems in the GCC Countries is Key to Improved Fairness and Accountability Addressing challenges and identifying solutions in the health systems in the GCC countries is the focus of a five-day workshop sponsored by the World Bank in association with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)- Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF).The workshop, Health Systems Challenges and Solutions in Gulf Cooperation Council ...

World Bank Group Executive Director Visits Bulgaria Reconfirms the Knowledge PartnershipThe World Bank Group Executive Director Mr. Frank Heemskerk, representing Bulgaria at the Board of Directors, visited Bulgaria to discuss with the government the existing partnership. In his first visit to Bulgaria Mr. Heemskerk met with President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Development Daniela Bobeva, Minister of Finance ...

World Bank Vice President Laura Tuck Visits Kyrgyz RepublicLaura Tuck, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, today completed her visit to the Kyrgyz Republic. The aim of her visit was to discuss with the countrys leadership - Parliamentary Speaker Asylbek Jeenbekov, First Deputy Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbayev, and other senior government officials - the ongoing partnership between the World Bank and the Kyrgyz Republic.In the ...

World Bank Group Launches 2014 Development Marketplace in IndiaThe World Bank Group announced today the launch of the 2014 India Development Marketplace (DM) call for proposals so that organizations in India can access overall funding of over $1 million for implementing innovative service delivery approaches in the Northeastern states of Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya.The DM is a competitive grant-based program that identifies and supports ...

World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Visits KazakhstanThe World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Ms. Laura Tuck, visited Kazakhstan on February 12 as part of her trip to Central Asia. This was Ms. Tucks first visit to Kazakhstan since becoming regional Vice President in September last year. During the visit, Ms. Tuck met with high-level government officials in the Prime Ministers office and Presidential ...

WB/Jamaica: 300,000 Children to Benefit from Improved Early Childhood Development ServicesMore than 300,000 children in Jamaica will benefit from expanded and improved early childhood development (ECD) programs, as a result of US$12 million in additional funding approved by the World Banks Board of Executive Directors.Additional funds will contribute to improve parenting, care and school readiness for children from zero to six; as well as ...

World Bank Supports Bangladesh in Strengthening Delivery of Urban Services and Quality of Higher EducationDHAKA, February 10, 2014 - The government of Bangladesh today signed two financing agreements totaling $535 million with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Banks concessional arm: $410 million for the Municipal Governance and Services Project and $125 million in additional financing for the ongoing Higher Education ...

World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Visits UzbekistanTashkent, February 10, 2014 - Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, visited Uzbekistan on February 7-8. This was Ms. Tucks first visit to Uzbekistan since becoming regional Vice President in September last year. The visit focused on the World Banks ongoing partnership with Uzbekistan as well as priorities going forward. During the visit, Ms. Tuck ...

Tonga to Receive US $1.27 Million Payout for Cyclone ResponseCyclone Ian Triggers First Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance PayoutThe World Bank today announced that Tonga will be the first country to benefit from a payout under the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot and will receive an immediate payment of US $1.27 million towards recovery from Cyclone Ian.The Category 5 Cyclone, which swept across Tongas Haapai island group on January ...

World Bank Regional Director visits Belarus to introduce new World Bank Country Manager for BelarusThe World Bank Regional Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Mr. Qimiao Fan is on a three-day working visit to Minsk to introduce Mr. Young Chul Kim, new World Bank Country Manager for Belarus, taking the post on January 15, 2014.The World Bank Regional Director will have meetings with the Prime-Minister and key counterparts in the Government ...

Credit agreement signed to support more efficient transport in northern VietnamJanuary 14, 2014 - The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank today signed a credit of US$ 250 million to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the road asset management and maintenance practices in Vietnam.The funding, to support the Vietnam Road Asset Management Project - VRAMP, will come from the International Development Association, the World Bank Groups ...

World Bank to support more efficient transport in northern VietnamThe World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a credit of US$ 250 million to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the road asset management and maintenance practices in Vietnam.The funding, to support the Vietnam Road Asset Management Project - VRAMP, will come from the International Development Association, the World Bank Groups funding resource for low ...