Max Baucus, the current US ambassador to China, will leave Beijing for home next Monday. In a video bidding farewell to China and its people, Baucus said he saw huge potential for cooperation between the US and China. It's really not easy for us to l

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Economists say that when gender equality increases, poverty is reduced. Swedish Minister for Finance Magadalena Andersson (left), Swedish Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality Asa Regner (middle) and World Bank's Senior Director in G

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IN THE NEWS – September 28, 2002: IMF-World Bank Meetings Protest By Caty Weaver (VOA Photo - R. Daguillard) This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The International

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By Mil Arcega Washington 18 April 2007 Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting to keep his job after disclosing his involvement in obtaining a substantial pay raise for a female friend. The controversy has provoked demands for Wolfo

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 10 June 2008 Chinese stocks have dropped nearly eight percent after China's central bank announced it would raise the amount of cash banks must keep on hand to a record high. China has been struggling to rein in excess cash

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World Bank Downgrades Global Growth Forecast The world's economy is expected to grow more slowly this year. Hans Timmer, head of development projects at the World Bank, projects overall growth in 2012 at around 2.5 percent - more than a full percenta

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The major high income and developing countries that set policy for the 185 member-nation World Bank agreed in Washington on Sunday that the bank should boost its lending to help poor countries adversely affected by the global economic slowdown. From

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Greek Cabinet Sworn in Amid Bank Run Fears Greece's new caretaker cabinet took office Thursday. Senior judge Panagiotis Pikrammenos, shown here in the center, will head an emergency government of professors, technocrats and politicians through a turb

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American Wins Top World Bank Job - Again Kim obviously is a man of many talents. Before his nomination to be president of the World Bank, he was president of Dartmouth College... Where he played a comic role in a student musical. More seriously, Kim

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American Seeks World Bank's Top Job They have more than doubled the number of people on treatment in the last 18 months, said Kim. This is movement in the area of HIV/AIDS the like of which weve never seen before. Over the course of his career, Jim Y

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World Bank Searches for New Leadership Nominations to replace Robert Zoellick, the latest in a long line of Americans to head the World Bank, are not being made public until top bank officials cut the list down to only three names. That will probably

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New World Bank Chief to Face Many Challenges President Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to be the next World Bank president. Since 1944, an American citizen has always led the institution. But with the growing strength of

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An unidentified resident stands in front of a poor apartment in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. The International Day of the Eradication of Poverty is marked worlwide Tuesday with the aim of eradicating absolute poverty and reducing overall po

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World Bank: Much at Stake at Climate Conference The World Bank says tough decisions lie ahead at the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. A top bank official says nations need to decide on a long-term strategy. Andrew Stee

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World Bank Discusses High Food Prices Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank. The Bank hosted its spring meetings in Washington this week, where it called on policymaker

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Top international economic leaders said continuing disputes over currencies and trade could escalate and hurt the fragile economic recovery. The heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund both had blunt warnings Thursday for national

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere near its heart, the Middle East conflict is a fight over history. Each side has a story to tell about who was first on the land, and each competing view of history becomes part of the argument over who should rule it no

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Popular chat app teaches users to spot fake 100 yuan bank notes On Wednesday the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation and tech giant Tencent launched a new feature in Tencents popular instant messaging app QQ that can help people in China

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I decided to switch banks recently, and after looking at my options, I went for Mar Vista National Bank. I drove over to the bank, parked next to the drive-through teller lanes, and walked inside. I made my way to the new accounts desk, and was greet

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By Barry Wood Washington 22 October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick says that, three months into the job, he is confident that the lender organization is getting back on track following the turmoil that led to the resignation of his predece

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