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M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit
ReutersGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President...Tags: World Bank Group, International Organizations, Economic Organization, Armed Conflicts, United Nations
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World Bank proposes $150 mln loan to help Jordan with refugees
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday. "The (World Bank)...Tags: Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), World Bank Group, International Organizations, Economic Organization
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World Bank proposes $150 million loan to help Jordan with refugees
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help it with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday. "The (World Bank) board...Tags: John Kerry, Bashar Assad, World Bank Group, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), International Organizations
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W. Bank pledges $1 bln to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes
ReutersKINSHASA, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in...Tags: World Bank Group, Economic Organization, Congo
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World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an...Tags: World Bank Group, Economic Organization, Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), March 23 Movement, Africa
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Retired World Bank official talks of rising above paralysis and discrimination
holly.shok@herald-mail.comShe started her story with the night she was paralyzed — a then 18-year-old lying on the side of a European road, rain splashing on her face, a searing pain as she tried to stretch. “I can’t stand to touch my body,” she said....Tags: Economic Organization, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employment Opportunities
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INTERVIEW-World Bank to announce funds for Jordan and Great Lakes region
ReutersGENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce significant new funding to help Jordan cope with the Syrian refugee crisis, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on Tuesday. Kim was speaking on the eve of a visit to the Great Lakes...Tags: World Bank Group, International Organizations, Economic Organization, Politics, Ban Ki-moon
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, Africa
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on...Tags: World Bank Group, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), International Organizations, Economic Organization, Peace Negotiations
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Reuters(Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China, May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing...Tags: Beijing (China), World Bank Group, Economic Organization, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
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Indonesia's nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle
ReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) - When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the city's public hospitals. The program, introduced in November,...Tags: Private Health Care, World Bank Group, Economic Organization, Singapore, Science and Technology
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Bidding nears for $9-14 bln Congo hydropower plant
Reuters* Chinese, Korean and Spanish firms to bid by early 2014 * Plant would provide 4,800 MW, S.Africa to buy over half * Congo needs more electricity to power mining operations By John Irish PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Chinese, South Korean and Spanish...Tags: Finance, World Bank Group, Electricite de France S.A., International Organizations, Economic Organization
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Developing countries to get bigger share of investments-World Bank
ReutersBy Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial...Tags: Finance, World Bank Group, International Organizations, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Organization
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