World Bank overstated environment money TVNZ Jul 23, 2008 10:47 AM | The World Bank overstated its commitment to environmental projects since 1990, possibly by billions of dollars, an internal watchdog group reported. | The bank's official estimate for commitments to programs specifically aimed at helping the environment is $59 billion from fi...
Biofuels behind food shortage Journal Online HAVANA -- The production of biofuels is depriving the world of around 100 million tons of cereals that could go to feed the hungry, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday on a visit to Cuba. | Increased oil prices and trade barriers have prompted farmers to rush to cultiv...
Greenwatch: World Bank criticised on environmental efforts The Guardian Today's top green stories from websites around the world | >> Source: International Herald Tribune | The World Bank and its partners need to do a far better job of considering the environmental effects of projects they finance in poor countries, its ...
World Bank lags in factoring ecology into project plans International Herald Tribune | The World Bank and its partners need to do a far better job of considering the environmental effects of projects they finance in poor countries, its internal review group concludes in a new report. | The review, released Tuesday, examined some of t...
World Bank Shots on Corruption Wall Street Journal The World Bank is nothing if not persistent. In recent weeks, the bank has announced low-interest loans of $320 million apiece to Bangladesh and Vietnam, despite their awful corruption records. | Since May, Bangladesh's military-backed government has...
World Bank overstated environment money TVNZ Jul 23, 2008 10:47 AM | The World Bank overstated its commitment to environmental projects since 1990, possibly by billions of dollars, an internal watchdog group reported. | The bank's official estimate for commitments to programs specifically aimed...
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Bangladesh has one of the highest trade barriers--World Bank Inquirer | DHAKA -- Bangladesh has one of the highest trade barriers in South Asia, the World Bank said on Monday, adding the country could boost its economy more effectively by easing the ...
World Bank: Food prices create $6bn shortfall CNN | AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- The head of the World Bank says poor countries will need some $6 billion in food aid every year because of rising food prices. | Robert Zoellick sa...
World Bank's Zoellick-Food prices high until 2012 The Guardian (Adds quotes, background, detail) AMSTERDAM, July 12 (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at ...
Third World banking on diaspora The Australian | THE remittance man was one of the wilder colonial boys, a miscreant sent to Australia in disgrace rather than in chains, perhaps a ne'er-do-well son of a well-to-do or even aristocratic family given a one-way ticket. In return the family would sust...
World Bank President Calls for Breakthrough Progress on Doha Round All Africa On the eve of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland next week, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick urged Trade Ministers to reach an accord on the Doha Development Agenda: | ...
Coca-Cola Enterprises debt may underperform The Times Of India | NEW YORK: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc's shares have priced in more weakness than its credit default swaps over the past year and as the soda bottling company grapples with high commodity costs and slowing consumer demand, its debt may be likely to weaken also. | The bottling company's deb...
Aust dollar closes firmer on local market Papua New Guinea Post | SYDNEY: The Australian dollar closed firmer for the first time in five trading days as greater risk appetite on the back of stronger equities returned buyers to the market. | At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 97.56 US cents, up from Friday’s close of 97.29 US cents. During the day, the Australian dollar moved between a low of 97....
