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By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 29, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says the poor quality of public services in developing countries is hur
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 01 October 2007 Singapore has been ranked the world's easiest place to conduct business and Japan's trade surplus almost quadrupled in August. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong has more on these and ot
Citibank is the banking division of the financial services giant Citigroup. It was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York. It is one of the biggest banks in the world and one of the widest-reaching. Citibank has more than 1,400 branches in over
IN THE NEWS -April 27, 2002: World Bank This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. The World Bank is not a normal bank. It is not a place where individuals borrow money. The
By Zulima Palacio Washington 16 May 2008 With the HIV/AIDS epidemic now 25-years-old, the World Bank has launched a new strategy to combat the disease where it is the most prevalent -- Africa. Nearly two million have died on the continent and HIV has
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 November 2007 The World Bank says economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have turned a corner and after decades of stagnation are catching up with the rest of the world. The organization made the statement in its an
By Barry Wood Washington 18 October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick, three months into the job, said Thursday his vision for the development lender is to partner with the private sector to promote growth in developing countries. VOA's Barry
IN THE NEWS - Wolfowitz and the World Bank By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, March 19, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this week nominated Paul Wolfow
By Barry Wood Washington 10 July 2007 The Washington-based World Bank, the planet's biggest anti-poverty agency, has been in turmoil--its president forced out amid a staff revolt. VOA's economics correspondent Barry Wood reports that the bank--owned
By Ivana Kuhar Washington 27 September 2007 A new report by the World Bank says countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, along with emerging markets including China, and India, have made the greatest strides over the past year in term
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Bank Announces Plan to Improve Anti-Malaria Efforts By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 02, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Ba
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 27 April 2008 The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Palestinian economic development has clashed with Israeli security considerations. A
President Barack Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank. Making the announcement Friday in the White House Rose Garden, President Obama said the World Bank is much more than just a bank. He called the inst
U.S. Senator John Kerry and Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations are reported to have been mentioned as possible candidates to head the World Bank. Indra Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of soft drink maker PepsiCo, is
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 April 2008 World Bank President Robert Zoellick says the escalating price of food is stunting opportunities and creating hardship for people in poor countries. The international lending organization says it aims to double
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank stressed the need for continued cooperation(合作协作) among world economies, saying the global financial system remains vulnerable to further shocks. The warning comes as the world lending in
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- With Monday's choice of U.S.-nominated Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, the global lending institution continued its longstanding -- and controversial -- tradition of keeping an American at the helm. Nominated las
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank announced Friday Cai Jinyong, a Chinese national with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and development, is appointed as the new Executive Vice President and CEO of the
By Ivana Kuhar Washington 11 July 2007 World Bank Governance report According to the World Bank, a number of countries are making progress in improving governance and fighting corruption. In a new report released Tuesday, the World Bank says good gov
The president of the World Bank is warning the world's already troubled economic recovery is in even greater trouble. World Bank chief Robert Zoellick told The Weekend Australian newspaper the global economy has entered what he called a new and more