Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Navigating Brazil’s Path to Growth

Brazil’s macroeconomic management faces four major immediate challenges. The response to them will be strengthened if economic agents could have…

10 years ago

Mamta Murthi: World Bank to Help Poland Resolve the “Robin Hood” Tax Issue

The World Bank is helping Poland design a new system called the “Robin Hood” tax system. In the first quarter…

10 years ago

Upcoming Greek Vote a Buying Opportunity?

Mark Zandy is worried that Greece may yet prove the undoing of the euro as the country prepares for elections.…

10 years ago

Fishing for a Sustainable and Equitable Future in the Pacific

World Bank approves US$32.97 million for regional fisheries program. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$32.97 million…

10 years ago

World Bank Approves Financing for Nepal Grid Solar and Energy Efficiency Project

The World Bank today approved a US$130 million credit for the Nepal Grid Solar and Energy Efficiency Project to help…

10 years ago

World Bank to Promote High-Quality Innovations in Kazakhstan

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$88 million loan to help Kazakhstan foster innovation by…

10 years ago

Lebanon: Developing an Internet Ecosystem to Keep Young Talent at Home

High youth unemployment has led to high economic migration from Lebanon Creating an internet workspace could help would-be entrepreneurs Lebanon…

10 years ago

World Bank Supports Greater Resilience to Climate Related Hazards in Mozambique

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today an International Development Association (IDA)* financing in the amount of US$50…

10 years ago

World Bank: Transforming the Economy to Achieve Zero Net Emissions

To stabilize warming at less than 2 degrees Celsius, as the international community agreed in 2009, the world will have…

10 years ago

China’s High-Speed Rail: the Rapid Growth of a New Travel Option

BEIJING - China has the world’s largest and still expanding high-speed rail (HSR) network, but whether ridership would materialize has been…

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