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African ministers tell rich nations to work harder to end crisis
Reuters* Ministers urge rich nations to prevent prolonged slump * Central banks exit from easy monetary policy poses risk * IMF's Sayeh optimistic about Africa's growth prospects * IMF sees Africa expanding 6.1 percent next year By Lesley Wroughton...Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Finance, Central Bank, Global Expansion
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Philippines picked for WB 'green accounting' project
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The Philippines has been chosen along with four other countries for the pilot implementation of a World Bank-led project to develop "green accounting," or the inclusion of the value of natural resources in...Tags: Mining, Media Industry, Gross Domestic Product, Energy Resources, Conservation
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Global remittances: South Asia to receive $ 140 bn in 2015
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaRemittance flows to South Asia are projected to remain buoyant in the coming years, reaching $ 140 billion in 2015, according to the World Bank. The World Bank's latest Migration and Development Brief revealed that officially recorded remittance flows...Tags: Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Politics, International Organizations, India
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Global finance officials endorse World Bank target to end poverty
ReutersBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - Global finance officials endorsed a new World Bank goal to end extreme global poverty by 2030 and emphasized that its focus should be on ensuring that the poorest benefit from strong growth and...Tags: Global Change, Christine Lagarde, Politics, China, International Organizations
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COOL not ruled illegal by WTO but finds label wording to be a problem
On Friday, March 8, 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new rule to bring the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations into compliance with the July 2012 decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumer Goods Industries, Politics, International Organizations, Food Industry
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China's 'black clinics' flourish as government debates health reform
ReutersA one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a non-descript Beijing side street is 29-year-old Chinese migrant worker Zhang Xuefang's best recourse to medical care. Not recognized as a Beijing resident, she does not qualify for cheaper healthcare...Tags: Beijing (China), Politics, China, Career and Workplace, Conservation
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A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader
A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Politics, Jimmy Carter, International Organizations, Finance
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: International Finance Corporation, Politics, Retraining, Career and Workplace, International Organizations
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A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Global Change, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Malaria, Doha (Qatar)
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Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy
More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...Tags: Global Change, China, Doha (Qatar), Energy, Conservation
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U.N. nuclear talks with Iran fail to get access for inspectors
World NowEight hours of negotiations between U.N. officials and Iran's nuclear policy envoy ended Friday without an agreement for inspectors to visit suspect Iranian facilities, the U.N. nuclear agency's deputy director said.... -
Corn, soybean prices at all-time high worldwide, World Bank says
World NowThe cost of corn and soybeans soared to all-time heights in July, pushing global food prices upwards and pushing budgets to the breaking point in the Middle East and Africa, the World Bank has warned....
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