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Center for Global Development (Free subscription) | yesterday
Benjamin Leo11/23/2009 Four years ago, the G-7 pushed through an unprecedented initiative forcing the international financial institutions to cancel 100 percent of their outstanding debt claims on the world’s poorest countries. Through the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), these heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) stand to receive up to $60 billion in debt relief over time. Moreover,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Kibaki has asked the Bretton Woods institutions to increase their support to Kenya to help fight unemployment among other issues.
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turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cross River State Governor, LiThe Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Liyel Imoke, has appealed to the World Bank for assistance in providing potable drinking water to people in rural areas of the state. ...The Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Liyel Imoke, has appealed to the World Bank for assistance in providing potable drinking water to people in rural areas of the state. ...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eskom needs about R80bn as a funding shortfall worsens, and reports from the Treasury say the World Bank may agree to lend the state utility about $3.75 billion by early next year.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
With a whopping credit facility of $200 million (N25.2 billion), World Bank Assisted Improvement projects in Lagos State have not lived up to expectations, THISDAY has learnt.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
World Bank management and representatives of 45 donor and 12 borrowing countries today concluded a three-day review of the performance of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's fund for the 79 poorest countries, that has delivered record support during the global economic crisis. The three-day review of the 15th replenishment period (IDA15), which covers funding from July...
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Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Proposals to be unveiled [in a speech today by Conservative Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne] include a “green investment bank” designed to “spur economic growth by financing the next generation of British green technology companies”. The Tories said the bank would be “similar” to state banks in Spain and Germany that back investment in strategically...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The World Bank survey carried out, about three years back, indicates that Uganda has less than the minimum number of accountants that it should have.
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Business Report (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
President Jacob Zuma has written a letter to the World Bank to support a US3.75 billion (about R28 billion) loan application by Eskom.
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Left I on the News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
In a settlement today , the government (technically the Washington D.C. government) agreed to pay $13 million to protesters arrested at demonstrations against the IMF and World Bank in 2000. This is the latest in a series of victories for the Partnership for Civil Justice , who just last week got the police checkpoint system in Washington, D.C. dismantled. A group well worth donating to to help protect...
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Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Naomi Klein, recently speaking out against Israeli crimes in Palestine, goes back to her roots as a leading voice against rampant capitalism and here explains on Democracy Now! that it’s the duty of global citizens to challenge the supposedly accepted concepts of climate change: [There is a] growing demand for the repayment of climate debt. This [...]
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Its endless virgin forests have been decimated and Madagascar has been left paralyzed and lawless in the wake of a coup this year — perfect conditions for the pillaging of the lemurs' remaining habitat.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Pupils from across the EU are today (24 November) competing for EU-wide translation prizes in a competition designed to promote the profession among young people in Europe.
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investid | 20/08/2008
Investorideas.com Ongoing Green Investor Audio Series with Michael Brush Gives Insight into Sector with Leading Renewable Energy Experts POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., August 20, 2008 - www.InvestorIdeas.com , one of the first online investor resources providing in-depth information on renewable energy, greentech and water, is pleased to provide interested investors with a recent audio interview
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gunjan | 19/08/2008
Very few words are more fanciful than the words electronic governance (e-governance). These words have a tendency to portray an image of all advanced Nation or capable manpower. But the bigger question is what is more important; the image or reality? We have to analyse this question in the light of e-governance in India and the efforts of Government of India to achieve the Herculean task of being an
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