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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Regardless when Bulgaria is going to recover from the economic crisis, it will not be able to achieve the pre-crisis levels of growth and low unemployment. This was stated Saturday by the Bulgarian Vice President of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, in an interview for Darik Radio. Georgieva said the government on the GERB party must focus on improving the business environment as well as Bulgaria’s...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The World Bank has disbursed $16.2 million to 27 Nigerian states as part of its $250 million commitment to the third phase of the Fadama Project announced Dr Bola Adubi, the World Bank Senior Agricultural Specialist in charge of the Nigerian agricultural project known locally as Fadama III. The implementation of Fadama III began in March [...]
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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | yesterday
Environment News Service : A total of $1.1 billion in new financing will flow to six African countries to assist them in developing renewable energy and preparing for the consequences of climate change. From solar water heaters to wind energy to development policy planning, a range of new, scalable investments were given the green light October 27 at Trustee meetings of the Climate Investment Funds...
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Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centres are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said on Saturday.
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The Ranting Penguin (Free subscription) | yesterday
Do you think that The Great Saviour OF The World, Our Unelected Prime Mentalist, who bestrides the world stage like a ghastly shuffling zombie with piss-stained trousers realised the consequences of his cowardice over Lisbon? It means he'll lose his place at the top table at the IMF. And at the World Bank. And there'll be no more G8 or G20 struttings for poor Gordoom. He and the poisonous dwarf Sarkozy...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW DELHI: The current cess imposed on petrol and diesel to finance road projects is likely to stay at least for the next two decades. At least that is the recommendation of the special committee formed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look ...
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Ismailimail (Free subscription) | yesterday
DAKAR, Sénégal, November 6, 2009 | African Press Organization (APO) Pan-African conference in Dakar will gather Heads of State, First Ladies, Ministers of Finance, Education and Health and experts to promote expansion of programs for young children across Africa. Recognizing the urgent needs facing millions of impoverished African children, senior government officials — including...
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NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEITI – Where is Our Missing Oil and Gas Money? (I) Nigeria, under the Presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007) became a member of the now global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2003. It is now time to examine what has been happening since then. Former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair announced the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Media producer, director and TV personality- how can one woman wear all these hats? Well, Lisa Wickham is not flustered in the least and her success is proof enough that she is indeed capable of her many roles. But there is more. In addition to being the CEO of Imagine Media International Limited, Owner-Producer-Presenter of E-Zone TV Show and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of E-Zone the Magazine, Wickam...
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the depository (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Slavoj Žižek, from First as Tragedy, Then as Farce. "The only truly surprising thing about the 2008 financial meltdown is how easily the idea was accepted that its happening was unpredictable. Recall the demonstrations that throughout the last decade regularly accompanied meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: the protesters’ complaints encompassed not...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is little respite from the harsh reality of life in Kosovo, writesDANIEL MCLAUGHLINin Pristina
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Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
, Denmark.EMISSIONS TARGETS — Industrial nations are asked to make specific pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, while developing nations should state how they are reducing emissions growth. Scientists say industrial countries should reduce emissions by 25 to 40 percent from 1990 levels to avoid climate catastrophe. So far their pledges amount to far less. Developing nations...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?
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World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
For years since 1996, APEC has been a talk shop summit. This year, big shots are coming, to the APEC and the APEC CEO summits. In Singapore, hotels are happy. There'll be traffic jams. The police'll try very hard to avoid and control the protesters, some of the known ones are blocked from...
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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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