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World Bank Disburses $16.2 Million to 27 Nigerian States

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday

The World Bank has disbursed $16.2 million to 27 Nigerian states as part of its $250 million commitment to the third phase of the Fadama Project announced Dr Bola Adubi, the World Bank Senior Agricultural Specialist in charge of the Nigerian agricultural project known locally as Fadama III. The implementation of Fadama III began in March [...]

World Bank's Sh40 Billion Boost to Famine War

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The World Bank has issued $30 million (Sh40 billion) to Tanzania to help it deal with the imminent food shortage facing 40 districts on the Mainland and the Isles.

State seeks World Bank funds for rural projects

Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

CHENNAI: The World Bank recently gave its consent for a proposal to construct 17,000 houses under the Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project, according to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. He mentioned the multilateral agency’s ...

World Bank official meets Karunanidhi, reviews projects

India eNews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

World Bank's country director Roberto Zagha met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi here Thursday and reviewed the progress of the six bank-assisted projects in the state.

World Bank Lends Costa Rica Money to repair bridges

Costa Rica News, Travel and Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

After the collapse of the hammock suspense bridge between Turribares and Orotina 2 weeks ago, Costa Rica has been approved a loan of $15m to reapir 10 of the most important bridges in Costa Rica. The World Bank left the door open offering up to $60m to the Costa Rican Government to repair any other [...]

Corruption costs poorer states up to $40 billion a year

Reuters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centers are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said Saturday.

• Corruption costs poorer states up to $40 bln a yr - Sify

Six African Countries funded to ease climate adaptation

Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Environment News Service : A total of $1.1 billion in new financing will flow to six African countries to assist them in developing renewable energy and preparing for the consequences of climate change. From solar water heaters to wind energy to development policy planning, a range of new, scalable investments were given the green light October 27 at Trustee meetings of the Climate Investment Funds...

Unintended Consequences?

The Ranting Penguin (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Do you think that The Great Saviour OF The World, Our Unelected Prime Mentalist, who bestrides the world stage like a ghastly shuffling zombie with piss-stained trousers realised the consequences of his cowardice over Lisbon? It means he'll lose his place at the top table at the IMF. And at the World Bank. And there'll be no more G8 or G20 struttings for poor Gordoom. He and the poisonous dwarf Sarkozy...

NEITI – Where is Our Missing Oil and Gas Money? (I)

NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday

NEITI – Where is Our Missing Oil and Gas Money? (I) Nigeria, under the Presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007) became a member of the now global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2003. It is now time to examine what has been happening since then. Former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair announced the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at...

To each according to his greed

the depository (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Slavoj Žižek, from First as Tragedy, Then as Farce. "The only truly surprising thing about the 2008 financial meltdown is how easily the idea was accepted that its happening was unpredictable. Recall the demonstrations that throughout the last decade regularly accompanied meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: the protesters’ complaints encompassed not...

Upcoming event: Social Security reform and labor force participation of seniors

Notes on Social Security Reform (Free subscription) | yesterday

On Friday November 13 at AEI we'll be holding a panel discussion titled "Keeping Granny on the Job" looking at the ways in which Social Security and Social Security reform can affect incentives for individuals to delay retirement. I will present a paper co-authored with David Weaver and Gayle Reznik of SSA titled " Social Security and Marginal Returns to Work Near Retirement" that...

Rethinking the brain drain

PSD Blog - World Bank Group (Free subscription) | yesterday

An article in Foreign Policy last month asks us to rethink the brain drain. Authors Michael Clemens and David McKenzie (the latter an employee of the World Bank) argue that the movement of skilled labor is a boon to both developed and developing countries. They decry the term "brain drain" as a serious mischaracterization of the phenomenon. Perhaps they need an alternative catchy phrase to...

Economists' best friends are at Treasury

SCSUScholars (Free subscription) | yesterday

I worry less than did some of the other bloggers about the Treasury awareness of major economic problems going forward. As governmental institutions go, Treasury has a real incentive to a) worry about the fiscal future, and b) worry about worst-case scenarios, including for financial institutions. Their daily interaction with the bond market gives them a longer time horizon and a more economics-friendly...

Major NGOs Comment on COD Aid

Global Development: Views from the Center (Free subscription) | yesterday

This is a joint post with Nancy Birdsall and Bill Savedoff. During a panel discussion we hosted at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Istanbul last month on mutual accountability and outcomes in aid, Max Lawson from Oxfam, in referring to COD Aid, said that CGD appears to have more effective publicity strategies and [...]

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bryanfuller | 11/04/2009

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bharatbook123 | 10/13/2009

Since the fall of the Miloševic regime in 2000 Serbia has focused on rebuilding its economy and its relations with Europe. Real GDP levels increased almost six fold during 2000-2008, elevating the country to middle income status as defined by the World Bank. Despite the fact that its financial system was not exposed to the financial instruments that are at the heart of the recent global financial turmoil,