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 Don't Be Complacent…World Bank By ISD (Zakari Musah & Elorm Ametepe) The World Bank Managing Director, Madam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has cautioned Ministers of developing and donor countries ...  World Bank president Robert Zoellick, pictured in June 2008,... World Bank president Robert Zoellick, pictured in June 2008, on Thursday called for sweeping reforms in the way international aid is managed if the current food crisis is to be effectively tackled.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
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Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability. Greenspan says Congress needs to give the government new powers to handle troubled companies to minimize any potential losses to American taxpayers. A - 09/05/08 at 11:48AM Last week, the Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations collapsed. Some of the stickiest points involved agricultural trade: Third World governments refused to open their markets further to exports from the European Union and the United States, citing the need to protect small farmers, who make up 75 percent of the world's poor. But just why are these Third World farmers suffering? We' - 09/05/08 at 11:38AM TOLEDO: Italian rider Paolo Bettini of Quick Step won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain on Thursday, a 150.1 kilometre course from Ciudad Real to Toledo, while France''s Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis took the overall lead. Bettini came in ahead of Belgium''s Philippe Gilbert of Francaise des Jeux in while Spain''s Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d''Epargne was third in the sprint. It was the fourth - 09/05/08 at 11:15AM Gulf Coast Faces Sea Level-Sinkage Double Whammy Hurricane Gustav has been a harsh reminder that it's only the whim of a hurricane track, a few miles this way or that, which can make the difference between a close call and another Katrina-like catastrophe for New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities. With the one-two punch being delivered by sinking land and rising sea levels, and with every - 09/05/08 at 11:08AM OVER 70 per cent of the academic staff of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi have so far been trained on effective and modern techniques of teaching using Information Communication Technology (ICT). This is coming as two research projects from the school have won World Bank grants valued at $500,000.00 under the Federal Ministry of Education Step 'B' Project. - 09/05/08 at 10:03AM Changes are needed to make procurement more effective in the new global economic climate, say specialists [ADR International|http://www.adr-international.com]. This could mean increasing procurement from low-cost countries to new regions possibly including the US -- and creating an international talent bank of people who can be recruited at any time. In ADR Internationals latest eBulleti - 09/05/08 at 09:49AM |
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Reactions to the new poverty estimates The discovery of another 400m poor people will not satisfy some of the bank’s critics, who think it still undercounts poverty. Its cost-of-living estimates are based on the prices faced by a “representative household”, whose consumption ... - Fri, Sep 05 World Bank Updates Poverty Estimates for the Developing World WB: August 26, 2008—New poverty estimates published by the World Bank reveal that 1.4 billion people in the developing world (one in four) were living on less than US$1.25 a day in 2005, down from 1.9 billion (one in two) in 1981. ... - Fri, Sep 05 American Chronicle | Abyssinia´s Realities, World Bank´s Illusions ... American Chronicle | Abyssinia´s Realities, World Bank´s Illusions, and Mr. Ken Ohashi´s Grave Blindness. Blogged with the Flock Browser. - Fri, Sep 05 Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted Tony Blair toured a Palestinian aluminum factory and was told it runs at one-third capacity because of Israeli import restrictions. He promised he'll take it up with Israeli authorities. - Fri, Sep 05 The Global Poverty Act and YOUR tax dollars The Global Poverty Act is committed to increase aid to Africa from the current $25000000000 (25 Billion) annually to $50000000000 (50 Billion) by 2010, and to cancel 100 percent of the debt obligations owed to the World Bank, ... - Fri, Sep 05 Rescuing the World Bank : a CGD working group report and selected ... Title: Rescuing the World Bank : a CGD working group report and selected essays / Nancy Birdsall, ed. Edition:. Publisher: Washington, DC : Center for Global Development, c2006. Location: Bird-3rd Floor. Call Number: HG3881.5. ... - Fri, Sep 05 |
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