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Statement from World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim upon Receiving the Prince Mahidol AwardWASHINGTON, November 21, 2013 - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement today upon receiving the Prince Mahidol Award:"I am deeply honored to have been selected as one of the four recipients of the Prince Mahidol Award this year for my past work on HIV/AIDS. I extend my congratulations to the other three recipients: ...

Moldova Must Accelerate Reforms to Further Reduce Poverty and Boost Shared Prosperity World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, Qimiao Fan, visited Chisinau on November 10-13 to discuss with Moldovan political leadership and development partners ongoing World Bank Group support to the countrys development agenda. Discussions with President Timofti, Prime-Minister Leanca and other members of the Cabinet, as well as leaders ...

Accelerating Access to Clean and Efficient Stoves can Mitigate Health Hazards in ChinaBeijing, October 31, 2013 - Effective strategies to scale up the dissemination of clean-burning, fuel-efficient stoves for household cooking and heating can mitigate the health hazards associated with the burning of solid fuels, says a new World Bank report released today. World Banks Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 estimates that globally, household air ...

Take action now to unlock commercial financing for clean energySINGAPORE, October 31, 2013 - A low-carbon growth path is in the best interest of each country in East Asia, and governments should take action now to create an enabling environment to attract clean energy investments, coupled with public financing mechanisms to provide incentives to investors and unlock commercial financing, says a new World Bank report titled Unlocking Commercial ...

Reforms Through Process Simplification and Automation Make Business Start-ups Easier in BangladeshA new World Bank Group report says that Bangladesh has made notable progress in reforms that make it easier to start and run a business in the country.The report, Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, released today analyzes regulations that apply to businesses during their life cycle, including ...

Europe and Central Asia Second to OECD in Implementing Good Business Regulatory PracticesWASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2013—A new World Bank Group report finds that the pace of regulatory reform in Europe and Central Asia remains strong, with 19 economies implementing 65 reforms to improve business regulation in the past year.Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises shows that efforts to strengthen ...

New Doing Business report finds Moldova has improved business regulatory practices but challenges remainWashington, D.C., October 29, 2013—A new World Bank Group report finds that the pace of regulatory reform in Europe and Central Asia remains strong, with 19 economies implementing 65 reforms to improve business regulation in the past year.Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises shows that efforts ...

Singapore Continues to be Most Business-Friendly Economy in the World, the Philippines among the Top 10 in Improving Business RegulationManila, the Philippines, October 29, 2013—A new World Bank and IFC report finds that Singapore continues to provide the worlds most business-friendly regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs, followed by Hong Kong SAR, China. In the past year, 15 of 25 economies in East Asia and the Pacific implemented ...

Indonesia Continues to Improve Regulatory Environment for Doing BusinessWashington, D.C., October 29, 2013—A new World Bank Group report finds that Indonesia continued to improve its business regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs in the year from June 2012 to June 2013 by implementing its 10th regulatory reform since 2009. Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises finds that Indonesia ...

Ukraine Improves its Business Regulatory Environment, but Many Challenges RemainWashington, D.C. - Kyiv, October 29, 2013 — A new World Bank Group report finds that Ukraine has improved its business regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs by implementing regulatory reforms in eight areas between June 2012 and June 2013. Nevertheless, major challenges persist in the country, where firms continue to face regulatory hurdles in doing ...

Lao PDR inches up the Doing Business rankings but still has a long way to go Washington, D.C., October 29, 2013—A new World Bank Group report finds that Lao PDR has made some improvements to the business environment by making it easier to trade across borders and by reducing the rate of corporate income tax. Released today, Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, analyzes regulations that apply to ...

Palau, Tonga, and Vanuatu Lead Business Performs in the Pacific in 2012/2013Sydney, Australia October 29, 2013—Palau, Tonga, and Vanuatu are among the Pacific regions top performers when it comes to implementing business reforms over the last year, according to the World Bank Groups annual report measuring the ease of doing business in 189 economies across the globe.Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size ...

Countries Converge in the Kyrgyz Republic for New Global Initiative to Conserve the Snow Leopard and High-Mountain EcosystemsPresident Atambayev announces snow leopard recovery program to confront poaching, manage landscapes, assist mountain communities and address climate change threatsPresident of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev and officials representing 12 Central and South Asian countries outlined and endorsed an ambitious new global ...

Fourth Riparian Meetings on Rogun Assessment StudiesDUSHANBE, October 22, 2013 - The fourth information-sharing and consultation meetings on the Assessment Studies for the proposed Rogun Hydropower Project (Rogun HPP) took place on October 17, 18, and 20 by videoconference from Dushanbe with connections to World Bank offices in Central Asia, Washington, D.C., as well as Kabul, Afghanistan, and Paris, France. The purpose of these meetings was to ...

Address Structural Roots of Macroeconomic Problems in Belarus - Says The World BankMinsk, October 22, 2013 -- Consistent macroeconomic policies and deep structural reforms are urgently needed to stabilize the economy in Belarus and to avoid yet another balance of payment crisis, says a World Bank Economic Update for Belarus.In the first nine months of 2013, Belarus saw a significant slowdown in real GDP growth. This was due to a combination of ...

India: The Current Downturn Presents an Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth, Says World BankExpects GDP to expand 4.7% in 2014 and 6.2% in 2015; pace of poverty reduction faster, especially in low income statesRecent global market turmoil is unlikely to have major adverse effects on India and instead provides an opportunity to regain growth momentum through further progress on reforms, says the latest India Development ...

Big Business, Environmentalists, Science Agree Pathway to Align Ocean Health and Human Well-BeingA unique panel of business, government, conservation and academic leaders has agreed a global strategy for aligning ocean health and human well-being. The Blue Ribbon Panel, which includes 21 global experts from 16 countries, emphasizes that without action to turn around the declining health of the ocean, the consequences for economies, communities ...

World Bank Group President: No More Business as UsualKim announces changes to align staff, finances and priorities to meet strategic goalsWorld Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced a set of sweeping changes to align the staff, finances, and priorities of the global institution to meet the twin goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. ...

Report Finds 400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty World Bank Group analysis shows low-income countries lagging behind in lifting people out of povertyThe number of people living in extreme poverty around the world has sharply declined over the past three decades, but it still includes roughly 400 million children, or one -third of those living in such abysmal conditions, according a new World Bank analysis released today that for the ...

Enforcing AccountabilityWorld Bank Debars Thang Long Infrastructure Development Joint Stock Company for Fraudulent Practices Relating to Development Projects in East AsiaThis 2.5years debarment follows the companys acknowledgment of fraudulent PracticesThe World Bank Group announced the debarment of Thang Long Infrastructure Development Joint Stock Company, a privately held company headquartered in Vietnam and its affiliates for a period of 2.5 ...