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World Bank expresses strong support to Aquino administration
World Bank vice president for East Asia and the Pacific region Jim Adams capped his visit to Manila by expressing strong support for the Aquino Administration’s good governance and poverty reduction agenda. Adams was on a two-day visit in Manila to engage in a dialogue with President Benigno S. Aquino III and other government officials on the new government’s priority development programs and ...
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World Bank: Lebanon's water sector must face poor quality and low supply
BEIRUT: The World Bank said the main challenge facing the water sector in Lebanon is to gain the trust of consumers, as the sector suffers from inadequate supply and low quality service, reported Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
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World Bank: Lebanon's water sector must face poor quality and low supply
BEIRUT: The World Bank said the main challenge facing the water sector in Lebanon is to gain the trust of consumers, as the sector suffers from inadequate supply and low quality service, reported Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. The World Bank said the problems exist despite Lebanon having water
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World Bank says foreign investors are crowding out African producers
Leaked report says wealthy investors are threatening local resources as they buy up farmland to gain on commodity prices A leaked World Bank report into investors from rich nations buying up African farmland has intensified campaigners' fears that the growing trend is marginalising local producers. After a spate of investments in African land by sovereign wealth funds looking for gains on rising ...
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Competitiveness concerns aired by World Bank execs
VISITING World Bank officials have raised concerns over the Philippines’ poor showing in global competitiveness surveys but President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III assured them his administration would work to reverse the country’s low rankings, a Cabinet official said.
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World Bank fingers SA labour costs
SA is not attracting enough foreign investment to tackle high unemployment and poverty, the World Bank says, citing expensive employment as a key deterrent.
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Agricultural Bank Moves Closer to World’s Largest IPO
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. boosted the size of its initial public offering to about $20.8 billion after selling more stock in Hong Kong, taking it closer to becoming the largest first-time share sale.
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Singapore central bank bills to soak up inflows, analysts say
Singapore’s planned issuance of central bank bills will help limit money-supply growth as investors channel more funds into the world’s fastest-growing economy, say Standard Chartered Plc and Barclays Plc. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, yesterday announced that it will issue negotiable central bank bills with maturities of up to three months from the second quarter of 2011. The ...
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Marc Louis Bazin: Former Haitian Prime Minister and World Bank economist
Even within the constant shapeshifting of Haitian politics, Marc Louis Bazin's curriculum vitae was quite unique. He was a World Bank development economist when he was named minister for economy and finance in Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's brutal and corrupt dictatorship in 1982. He was sacked and exiled after he criticised Duvalier's corruption and won the public nickname "Mr Clean" – a ...
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World Bank points to SA
SA is falling behind the rest of the continent in education and skills development.
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Sharapova Reaches Bank Of The West Quarterfinals
Marion Bartoli, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic. Shahar Peer, another seeded player, wasn't as fortunate Thursday. The fourth-seeded Bartoli beat former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, 6-3, 6-4, for her eighth consecutive victory at the event and 10th win in her last 13 matches.
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