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Blockchain for development
Josh Hallwright At the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference, some of these pilot projects were presented to demonstrate the extent to which Australian NGOs are […]
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Acute hunger affecting over 100 million people worldwide
113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018 A report by […]
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Bangladesh Bhola power project tests AIIB promises
Abu Siddique Locals and NGOs say the bank has breached its own standards by failing to provide adequate compensation and ignoring flood risks in […]
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Ebola Escalated Response: WB commits US$80 Million to DR Congo
The World Bank Group and the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) have approved a total of up to US$80 million in grants to support over half […]
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Alliance to Harness Tech Disruptions in Urban Transport
Urban mobility disruptions have far-reaching effects, affecting labor, land use, government finances, safety and access to opportunity for millions
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World Bank and Bangladesh sign agreement for more and better Jobs
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association(IDA), and has a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. It carries a service charge of 0.75 percent...
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World Bank President Kim to Step Down before term completion
During his term, Kim emphasized that one of the greatest needs in the developing world is infrastructure finance, and he pushed the Bank Group to maximize finance for...
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Narcissism And Hubris Cause The Death Of An NGO
Some of the 50 people who lost their jobs have initiated legal action against the Governing Board to get severance pay
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Weak workplan wounds Paris Agreement
Joydeep Gupta, Soumya Sarkar, Chris Davy, Fermin Koop, Yao Zhe, Tom Baxter The Paris Agreement, itself a compromise that is not enough to combat […]
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Afghanistan scales up ecosystem-based solutions to help build disaster resilience
Afghanistan is one of the frontline countries taking forward affordable ecosystem-based solutions to reducing disaster risk.
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World Bank Group Announces $200 billion over Five Years for Climate Action
By ramping up direct adaptation finance to reach around $50 billion over FY 21-25, the World Bank will, for the first time, give this equal emphasis alongside investments...
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Remittances and migration: the case of Nepal
To reach their place of work, Nepalese international workers must often pay fees for airfares, recruitment agencies, medical exams and orientation training. There are also often long and...