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World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick praised President Aquino for taking on the challenge of creating more transparent and accountable government to benefit the poor. President Aquino delivered a speech at the Joint World Bank-IMF 2011 Annual Meetings. |
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World Bank Group: Gender Equality, Jobs Top Development Committee Agenda
The 2011 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings wrapped up with the Development Committee’s final statement endorsing the Bank’s emphasis on jobs and growth, gender equality, and recent reforms that have made the Bank more open and transparent. Read more |
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World Bank Group: Asset Recovery Can Work Amidst Challenges, Shows StAR Asset Recovery Watch Database
As prosecutors and international police agencies strengthen their efforts to combat corruption, a new online database is logging efforts by national prosecutorial authorities to recover proceeds from corruption and return them to their country of origin. Read more |
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World Bank Group: World Bank-IFC Report Finds Government Reforms Enhance Economic Opportunities for Women, but Greater Strides Needed
A new report from the World Bank and IFC released today, Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion, finds that women still face legal and regulatory hurdles to fully participating in the economy. Read more |
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World Bank Group: World Bank 2011 Integrity Record Highlights Progress on High-Impact Investigations, Referrals, and Preventive Action
The World Bank announces its integrity results during this past fiscal year, highlighting progress in managing investigations, pursuing delinquent companies and working with national authorities to advance national enforcement action. Read more |
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World Bank Group: Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Attacks, and Other Chronic Diseases Threaten Health and Economies in Poor and Middle-Income Countries – World Bank Report
The World Bank warns that heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, and other non-communicable diseases increasingly threaten the health and economic security of many lower- and middle-income countries, and that most countries lack the money and health services to be able to ‘treat their way out’ of this crisis. Read more |
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East Asia and Pacific: Regional Governance Hub
Newsletter - September 2011. Read more |
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Indonesia: Better Irrigation bringing Better Harvest and Relations among the Community
PNPM Rural is creating positive impact on poverty reduction, economic household welfare, and service delivery. Read more |
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Indonesia: Better Indonesian Students through Autonomous and Accountable Schools
The World Bank is working together with Indonesia to improve implementation of school-based management. Indonesia’s investment in school-based management is starting to pay off, with a gradual increase in test scores over time. Read more |
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Lao PDR: Government Partners with the Mining Sector to Support Local Communities
Conference on Mining and Community Development looks into international and local experiences with community development funds related to the mining industry and discussed how the legal and regulatory requirements for community development funds could help ensure effective benefit sharing mechanisms. Read more |
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Mongolia: Project Profile on Reducing Vulnerability of Rural Communities in Mongolia
Sustainable Livelihoods Project II has benefited a total of 1,763,432 people and 505,745 households: over 50% of the beneficiaries were women; 16% were below the poverty line and 19% were herders. Read more |
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Pacific Islands: Bringing Maternal Health Care Closer to the Remote Communities of Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands’ population which is geographically dispersed makes access to maternal health extremely limited. Through the Rural Development Program, a maternal wing is being built at Lokuru village to serve remote communities. Read more |
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Pacific Islands: World Bank Board Approves Support to Increase Climate Change Resilience for Kiribati’s 100,900 People
The second phase of the Kiribati Adaptation Program will help improve the country’s resilience to the climate change impacts on freshwater supply and coastal infrastructure. Read more |
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Philippines: WB, Philippine Government Sign New Financing Agreement To Reduce Impact of Natural Disasters
US$500 million contingent line of credit—the Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (CAT-DDO)—provides government immediate access to funds for emergency relief, recovery, and reconstruction following a major natural disaster. Read more |
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Timor-Leste: Radio Drama ‘Anastasia’ Helps Inform and Change Attitudes to Women’s Education
The radio drama is a recent initiative by the World Bank in Timor-Leste, working together with the Ministry of Education to address the issue of gender and education. Women in Timor-Leste face difficulty accessing higher education, partly attributed to society’s view on gender. Read more |
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