Forbes (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
... security, income and energy needs in all countries. Last month the World Bank’s managing director, Juan Jose Daboub, said food inflation is “here to stay for a few years” and that skyrocketing gas prices in the last two years sent 100 million people worldwide back into the ranks of poverty, defined as living on less than $2 a day. He warned that the expected doubling of food...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
... its refusal to help cyclone survivors was "an act of inhumanity." World Bank Managing director Juan Jose Daboub said last week that the bank will not extend any financial aid or loans to Myanmar because it has not paid its debts for a decade. The article said the same countries that criticized Myanmar for not opening its door to aid workers were being stingy with relief aid....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
... its present size. His message to investors, including ones from the Gulf states, was reinforced by Juan Jose Daboub, managing director of the World Bank, which has laid much of the blame for Palestinian economic decline on Israeli restrictions on movement and access to markets. Mr Daboub said that Palestinians were still well placed to attract investment, ranking 22nd...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
... for businesses willing to get into the elevator on the ground floor," World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told the conference.Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who was appointed last year after President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Hamas Islamists from government in a move that ended trade sanctions, said "an investment in Palestine is an investment in peace".The...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
World Bank managing director Juan Jose Daboub on Tuesday warned that global poverty levels could surge over the next...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
... bombers away from its cities, hamper trade and stifle economic growth.World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told Reuters he hoped travel restrictions would soon be eased."We are all hoping ... to resolve the issues, to remove the checkpoints or to minimise them," he told Reuters in the West Bank city, just south of Jerusalem. "This is something that we will ... hopefully...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
... to create the conditions for investment, but did not elaborate.World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told Reuters that Palestinian areas were ripe for investment despite hundreds of Israeli roadblocks and checkpoints which many local business people complain hamper trade.He voiced hope that travel restrictions, which Israel says are needed for security but which Palestinians...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
from Monsters and Critics Singapore - The World Bank is currently not in a position to give aid to cyclone-wracked Myanmar because the country has fallen behind in its debt repayments, Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub said on Tuesday. Noting the country has been in arrears since 1998, Daboub said, 'At this time we are not in a position of providing resources to Myanmar.'...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
Singapore - The World Bank is currently not in a position to give aid to cyclone-wracked Myanmar because the country has fallen behind in its debt repayments, Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub said on Tuesday. Noting the country has been in arrears ...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
Already, rising food and fuel prices over the past two years have pushed some 100 million people back into poverty, living below $2 a day, said World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
A World Bank top official said the bank will not give financial aid or a loan to cyclone-hit Burma because of outstanding debts.Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub said the World Bank was working with ...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
Putting food on the table isn't going to get easier for the world's poor anytime soon, the World Bank said Tuesday. The international lending agency said prices for staples such as rice will remain high for the next two to three years, countering efforts to fight poverty. Juan Jose Daboub, managing director of the World Bank, said it believes the phenomenon of high food prices...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
>> News >> World Bank says can't give aid to Myanmar now(Reuters)20 May 2008 SINGAPORE - The World Bank is not in a position to provide any financial aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar because the country has not been servicing its World Bank debt since 1998, a bank official said on Tuesday."The World Bank is not in a position to assist Myanmar at this time," World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
... legally provide any resources to Myanmar because it is in arrears with the bank since 1998,” said Juan Jose Daboub, the World Bank’s managing director.However he said that the bank is working with Asean by providing technical support to assess the damage and plan economic reconstruction.On Monday a plan was announced to channel international aid to Burma through Asean, raising...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
... poorest nations, Myanmar may have problems covering such losses.And World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub said today the bank will not give any financial aid or loans because Myanmar has failed to repay its debts for a decade.Daboub said the World Bank is providing technical support to assess damage in Myanmar and help plan economic reconstruction."But the bank...
