World Bank Continues Support to Improve Vietnam’s Competitiveness with US$250 Million Credit

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$250 million credit to the Government of Vietnam for the…

10 years ago

World Bank Supports SME Development with Focus on Financial Reporting in Europe and Central Asia

Ministers of Finance, business leaders, accounting professionals, and academics from Europe and Central Asia, together with representatives of the World…

10 years ago

Turkey’s Public Finances: Time for a Fiscal Policy Pivot?

New World Bank report recommends shift to more sustainable growth model. The World Bank today launched a new report, Turkey in…

10 years ago

Luther George Simjian: ATM Inventor Misses Out on Fame and Fortune

Born in 1905 in Turkey when that country was still known as the Ottoman Empire, Luther George Simjian became separated…

10 years ago

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to Visit Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Jordan

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, will visit Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan from June 1-4, to focus on the…

10 years ago

Paul Krugman: A Plea for a Return to Basics in Finance

Author of no less than twenty books, over 200 scholarly essays in peer-reviewed academic journals and more than 750 articles…

10 years ago

UN Labour Report Shows Solid Return for National Investments in Quality Jobs

Developing countries that invested in quality jobs from the early 2000s grew nearly one percentage point faster every year since…

10 years ago

Nicholas Brady: Soccer Finance and the Pragmatist Who Fixed a Debt Crisis

Back in the days when a top-scoring soccer player could be enticed for a few million, Brazilian attacker Romario set…

10 years ago

The World Bank: Local Currency Bonds Catch On as Countries Aim to Catch Up

Two years ago, the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation tried something that had never been done in the Dominican…

10 years ago

John Maynard Keynes – Keynesianism to the Rescue: It Still Works Wonders

When Steve Forbes rallies against someone, as he often does, the world takes (some) note: Libertarians and conservatives are apt…

10 years ago