WASHINGTON, June 12, 2013 – Risks from advanced economies have eased and growth is firming, despite ongoing contraction in the Euro Area. However, the pick-up in developing countries will be modest because of capacity constraints in several middle income countries, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report. Global GDP is […]
Read MoreSTORY HIGHLIGHTS World Bank Vice President visits Mongolia and learns first-hand about support for the “100,000 Solar Gers” project target to deliver cheap, clean electricity to nomadic herders Half a million people – covering half the rural population and 70% of herders – now have electricity through affordable and portable solar home systems A new market […]
Read MoreIt sounds impossible. Unthinkable. A world free from extreme poverty. A world in which no child is born to die, no child goes to bed hungry, every child lives a life free from violence and abuse and has quality health care, nutrition and learns in school. This has long been Save the Children’s vision but […]
Read MoreLighting Africa is a joint IFC and World Bank program that works towards improving access to better lighting in areas not yet connected to the electricity grid. Lighting Africa catalyzes and accelerates the development of sustainable markets for affordable, modern off-grid lighting solutions for low-income households and micro-enterprises across the continent. About 600 million people, […]
Read MoreSTORY HIGHLIGHTS In 2009, the Chinese government launched healthcare reforms to fix its health service system which was plagued by high costs and poor quality of care. With support from the World Bank/DFID -funded Rural Health Project, Henan Province is undertaking hospital reforms in rural public hospitals to tackle these problems. The reforms reduced medical […]
Read MoreThe relationship between finance, inequality and poverty is a controversial one. While some observers attribute not only the crisis but also rising inequality in many Western countries to the rise of the financial system (e.g. Krugman, 2009), others see an important role of the financial sector on the poverty alleviation agenda (World Bank, 2008). But […]
Read More“Five years ago, I was no one,” said Kunti Devi to me, sitting up straight against the wall of her one-room mud hut in Bara, a small village in India’s eastern state of Bihar. “Now, people know me by my own name, not just by the name of my children.” I was sitting on the floor, […]
Read MoreHave You Ever Considered Working From Home Online? Arpitha Goswami from Chennai,Tamil Nadu never thought that she would work online, until curiosity got the best of her and she ordered a course from Millionaire author Kavitha Mehra called Web Profits Direct. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being […]
Read MoreOrganisations: Delivered on: Published: Speaker: Menu Oral statement to Parliament The Queen’s Speech 2013 Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street (https://www.gov.uk /government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street), Deputy Prime Minister’s Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/deputy-primeministers- office) and Cabinet Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations /cabinet-office) 8 May 2013 (2013-05-08T11:30:00+01:00) 8 May 2013 (2013-05-08T11:30:00+01:00) HM The Queen HM The Queen addressed Parliament about the legislative programme for government. […]
Read MoreReinvigorating growth and job creation is a major challenge facing G20 governments, which is why they should pay loser attention to how they support entrepreneurial innovation. Entrepreneurs are valuable because they bring new ideas to life that can create entirely new markets or revitalize existing ones—and, in the process, spur economic growth and reate jobs. […]
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