All posts tagged "World Bank"
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1.1KNewsIndian origin Ajay Banga set to be next World Bank president
Indian origin Ajay Banga was confirmed as the next President of the World Bank. The World Bank’s 25-member executive board last night...
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1.9KGovernance
Nine World Bank funded projects inaugurated in JK
Admin says committed to modernizing infrastructure rapidly Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated nine projects of Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project...
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1.4KIndia
Closure of schools in India due to COVID may cause loss of over $400 billion in future earnings, says World Bank
New Delhi: As schools in India are closed due to the COVID outbreak, a report by World Bank suggests that the prolonged...
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1.8KCovid-19
By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID, says World Bank
Global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years as the disruption of the...
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1.3KIndia
India likely to slip back into poverty due to income, job losses amid COVID: World Bank
Srinagar: Amid the global Coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank in its draft India Development Update (IDU) has warned that India is at...
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1.6KDevelopment
World Bank Technical Mission concludes JK visit
Jammu: Principal Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring, Rohit Kansal on Thursday called for expeditious implementation of World Bank-funded projects to ensure timely and...
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1.3KNews
Trade between India, Pakistan much below full potential, could be as high as $37bn: World Bank
India and Pakistan’s bilateral trade is only valued at a little over $2 billion, but it could be as high as $37 billion,...
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1.3KInternational
Would launch an ‘aggressive campaign’ against India’s ‘violation’ of Indus Water Treaty, says Pakistan
Pakistan has said that it would launch an ‘aggressive campaign’ to address its concerns over the ‘violation’ of the 1960 Indus Waters...
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1.5KIndia
World Bank’s first Human Capital Index report puts India behind Nepal, B’desh, GoI rejects report
In its first report on Human Capital Index (HCI), the World Bank has placed India at the 115th spot which is lower...
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1.3KEconomy
World Bank projects 7% GDP growth for Bangladesh in 2018-19: Report
The World Bank has projected a seven per cent growth for Bangladesh in the fiscal 2018-19, The Daily Star reported. The growth is driven...
