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WBG President Jim Yong Kim and UNSG Ban Ki-moon to visit Kenya for talks on regional peace, security and developmentWorld Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Nairobi on October 28, 2014 for a high level visit to Kenya to strengthen cooperation for peace, security and development in the Horn of Africa.Kim, together with the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will meet President Uhuru Kenyatta. He will later meet with private ...

WBG President Jim Yong Kim and UNSG Ban Ki-moon to visit Ethiopia for talks on regional peace, security and developmentThe World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim will arrive in Ethiopia on Monday, October 27, 2014 for a two day visit to discuss key development priorities with government officials and development partners.Dr. Kim will be joined on the visit by Mr. Ban Ki-moon the United Nations Secretary-General, and other development ...

World Bank Groups Managing Director Visits Kazakhstan, Discusses Development Priorities and Enhanced CollaborationToday, the World Bank Groups Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, paid an official visit to Kazakhstan. The main goal of the visit was to discuss the World Bank Group enhanced collaboration with Kazakhstan under the new Partnership Framework Arrangement signed in May 2014.During the meetings with ...

Declines in commodity prices likely to continue through 2015, says WB reportPrices of most commodities, particularly oil, are expected to remain weak for the remainder of this year and through much of 2015, says the World Banks latest issue of Commodity Markets Outlook, released today.Growing concern over a slowdown in the Euro Area and emerging economies, a strong US dollar, a well-supplied oil market and good crop prospects have contributed to ...

Making the State Money Work Harder: Launching of the Book on Cash Management Reform in IndonesiaA decade-long cash management reform by the Government of Indonesia has resulted in reduced costs for taxpayers and better control of cash and public money. This is according to the Cash Management Reform book, a joint result between the Ministry of Finance and a team from the World Bank Jakarta Office, launched in Jakarta today."Cash management ...

Millions of Mothers and Children in Myanmar to Benefit from New World Bank FinancingThe World Banks Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Myanmar.The Essential Health Services Access Project is expected to benefit about 4 million pregnant women and young children across all of Myanmars 330 townships. The Project ...

World Bank Group and WTO Join Forces to Provide Trade Facilitation SupportTrade is critical for boosting growth in developing world, particularly in Africa The World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to enhance their co-operation in assisting developing and least-developed countries to better utilize trade facilitation programs which can help countries reduce trade costs and more fully engage in the global ...

Middle East and North Africa Needs Young and Productive Firms to Create JobsThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has long struggled to generate enough quality jobs for its large and increasingly educated workforce, but this can be turned around. Governments can make significant strides in job creation by reforming policies used to protect politically connected companies, which would in turn promote competition, and ensure equal ...

World Bank Group Launches New Global Infrastructure FacilityMove paves way for institutional investors to help fill infrastructure gaps in developing world: US$1 trillion a year in extra investment needed through 2020.The heads of some of the worlds largest asset management and private equity firms, pension and insurance funds, and commercial banks are today joining multilateral development institutions and donor nations to work as partners in a ...

New Study on Indian Government Health Insurance Scheme Shows Significant Reduction in Mortality among the PoorResearchers studied nearly 80,000 households from 600 villages and found a 64 percent drop in mortality from diseases covered by the insuranceA government program to provide health insurance for catastrophic illness to households below the poverty line in Karnataka, lowered both mortality rates and out-of-pocket expenses for the ...

Ahead of Haiti Donor Conference WBG Pledges US$50 Million in Water and SanitationWorld Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today pledged US$50 million ahead of the "Haiti: Clean water, Improved sanitation, Better health conference and called on donors and other partners to join forces and help improve access to safe water and sanitation for all Haitians to prevent waterborne diseases."We have made significant progress in controlling the cholera ...

Reforming Energy Subsidies Could Boost Growth and Create Jobs in the Middle East and North Africa Countries The World Bank Groups latest Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor projects regional growth to average 4.2 percent in 2015, slightly more favorable than the 2013-2014 figures. Economic growth could reach 5.2 percent depending on domestic consumption, easing political tensions which could improve investors confidence in Egypt and ...

World Bank Group Integrity Report Calls for Sustained Global Interventions to Overcome Transnational Corruption ChallengesThis years Integrity Annual Report Highlights Global Benchmarks and Underscores Country Leadership in Stamping Out the Cancer of CorruptionSuccessful anti-fraud and corruption interventions in the coming decade will need to rely on concerted international efforts, country leadership and a set of principles guiding solutions ...

Ebola: New World Bank Group Study Forecasts Billions in Economic Loss if Epidemic Lasts Longer, Spreads in West AfricaWith the latest death toll from Ebola now at 3,439 in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, a new economic impact assessment from the World Bank Group says that if the epidemic was to significantly infect people in neighboring countries, some of which have much larger economies, the two-year ...

Led by India, South Asia Economic Growth to Accelerate, World BankEconomic growth in South Asia is forecast to accelerate to 2016 led by an increase in activity in India, the biggest economy in a region that has the worlds largest concentration of poor people, a World Bank report said. In the twice-a-year South Asia Economic Focus, the World Bank said the regions economy will expand by a real 6 percent in 2015 and by 6.4 percent in 2016 compared ...

World Bank Expects Slower Growth in Developing East Asia Pacific in 2014Forecast Shows Region to Grow Nearly 7% This Year and NextDeveloping countries in East Asia Pacific will see slightly slower economic growth this year, but the pace of growth in the region, excluding China, will pick up next year, as the gradual recovery in high-income economies boosts demand for exports from the region, according to the East Asia Pacific Economic Update ...

Cambodia - World Bank Expects Slower Growth in Developing East Asia Pacific in 2014- Forecast Shows Region to Grow Nearly 7 percent This Year and Next- Cambodias Economic Growth remains Strong at 7.2 percentDeveloping countries in East Asia Pacific will see slightly slower economic growth this year, but the pace of growth in the region, excluding China, will pick up next year, as the gradual recovery in high-income economies boosts demand for ...

Sound Financial Sector and Export Competitiveness Key to Minimize External Shocks and Reduce Poverty in MoldovaMoldovas economy registered a 3.9 percent GDP growth in the first half of 2014, driven by higher exports and fixed investments. Despite an unfavorable regional environment due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Moldovas external position has remained strong, but downward risks to the macroeconomic framework persist and will negatively affect ...

Staying on the Reform Path Critical to Restoring Growth and Stability in UkraineRecent trends point to a sharper decline in real GDP in 2014 and a slower recovery in 2015 compared to earlier projections. In its recent Ukraine Macroeconomic Update, the World Bank projects real GDP to fall by 8 percent in 2014 and by 1 percent next year, down from 0 percent in 2013.Conflict in the east is mainly responsible for these lower forecasts as it has ...

Africa: More Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Needed to Meet Regions Promising Economic PotentialA new report from the World Bank and Elsevier* notes that Sub-Saharan Africas striking economic growth in recent years is reflected in its growing capacity for research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-the so-called "STEM fields. However, research in key areas remains insufficient to meet the needs of the ...