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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's emerging middle class drives growth and democracy
ReutersBy Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, May 10 (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers....Tags: Social Issues, Media Industry, Economic Organization, Services and Shopping, South Africa
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World Bank resumes support for hydropower in Laos
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- The Lao government has gained a new partner to back its hydropower development policy after the World Bank resumed its support for the construction of dams. According to a report published in the Washington Post this...Tags: The Washington Post, Economic Organization, Media Industry, Global Warming, Politics
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TICAD to redefine Japan aid to Africa
The Japan TimesWhen the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development was held 20 years ago, circumstances in Japan and Africa were vastly different than they are today. Japan, despite the implosion of the bubble economy by 1993, was still the second-...Tags: Social Issues, National Government, Somalia, Conservation, Natural Resource Industry
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World Bank report cautions Jordan of 'moral hazard' phenomenon
Jordan Times, AmmanA World Bank report released Wednesday cautioned Jordan of a "moral hazard" phenomenon. World Bank experts termed the persistence of counting upon foreign grants to plug fiscal gaps in the budget a moral hazard phenomenon. According to the report,...Tags: Economic Organization, Budgets and Budgeting, New Products, Credit and Debt, Economy, Business and Finance
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Jordan's 'political vacuum' blamed for delay in World Bank loan
Jordan Times, AmmanJordan and the World Bank are working to overcome the technical obstacles currently delaying Jordan's access to a $100 million loan, a World Bank official said Wednesday. World Bank Director for the Middle East Department Ferid Belhaj told The Jordan...Tags: Economic Organization, Politics, Banking, World Bank Group, International Organizations
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Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...
Tags: Trade Dispute, Brazil, World Trade Organization, Economic Organization, European Union
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World Bank sees progress in some of the most fragile countries
ReutersBy Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Twenty of the world's most troubled countries have made progress in efforts that range from reducing poverty to improving the education of girls and cutting down on the deaths of women in childbirth, the...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Social Issues, Economic Organization, United Nations, Politics
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PH still among top remittance recipients
The Manila Times, PhilippinesThe Philippines remains as one of the top recipients of officially recorded remittances for 2012, according to a newly released report from the World Bank. In the latest Migration and Development Brief, the Washington-based lender said that India, $69...Tags: Economic Organization, Conservation, Politics, Manila (Philippines), World Bank Group
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Company practices among region's best
The Bangkok PostCorporate governance (CG) practices in the Thai capital market have sharply improved, but those of state-owned enterprises could stand further progress, says a World Bank report. The World Bank said Thailand's capital market earned a score of 82.83...Tags: Shareholders, Economic Organization, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand, Politics
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa is still way too dependent on resources
ReutersBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (Reuters) - Africa's brisk economic growth over the past decade has been consumer driven, a much-hyped trend that masks the uncomfortable fact that the region remains far too reliant on commodities. Sub-Saharan...Tags: Economic Organization, Johannesburg (South Africa), Conservation, South Africa, Economy, Business and Finance
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OPINION: Andres Oppenheimer: Latin America's fastest-growing economies of 2013
Miami HeraldNew economic projections from the World Bank and the United Nations show that Latin America countries will keep growing at moderate rates this year, except for the booming economies of three countries that start with the letter P -- Paraguay, Panama and...Tags: Economic Organization, United Nations, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Panama
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Good fences make safe lions
During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...
Tags: Economic Organization, National Parks, Conservation, South Africa, Budgets and Budgeting
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