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World Bank Launches Adolescent Girls Initiative

With a pilot program in Liberia, the initiative to empower adolescent girls will be expanded to countries including Rwanda and South Sudan, and will provide up to $5 million for each country.

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The Economics of Education: World Bank delivers new report on Tertiary Education and Competitiveness to African Finance Ministers
World Bank approves US$10 million to help implement Sierra Leone's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Regional Communications Infrastructure Program to make broadband networks accessible and affordable

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Africa's Food and Fuel Crisis

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Liberia: Women in the Force

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Food Crisis in Liberia

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Events

Oct 01, 2008	BBL - Incorporating Weather Indices into Early Warning Systems for Emergency Response & Social Protection: The Case of Ethiopia
Aug 03, 2008	The World Bank at the XVII International AIDS Conference
Jul 15, 2008	Zambia Commits to the EITI
Jul 01, 2008	Biodiversity conservation in Ghana


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What's New

Oct 13, 2008	World Bank Provides Malawi With First Weather Risk Management Contract New Instrument Helps Fight Negative Impact of Drought (Press Release)
Oct 12, 2008	Addressing Africa’s Infrastructure Needs (Feature Story)
Oct 12, 2008	African Finance Ministers Press Conference (Feature Story)
Oct 12, 2008	Building African Markets, a Means to Encouraging Growth and Countering the Global Financial Crisis (Feature Story)


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