09 February
Les experts tirent les leçons des précédentes catastrophes pour aider Haïti
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- Selon le personnel de la Banque qui avait participé aux opérations de redressement en Indonésie après le tsunami, l'effort de reconstruction doit s'appuyer sur un plan initié par le gouvernement et à base communautaire.
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08 February
A new strategy to strengthen World Bank partnership with the Kingdom of Morocco
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private sector representatives and other donors. These meetings enabled a rich exchange of views and engaging in a free and open dialogue, quite unique in the Middle East and North Africa Region.The consultations report,
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05 February
World Bank Welcomes Steps by Swiss Government to Ensure Stolen Funds Go To Haiti
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money that could be used for development purposes following the devastating earthquake in the Caribbean country.
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World Bank Welcomes Steps by Swiss Government to Ensure Stolen Funds Go To Haiti
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-#- To get more information on the World Bank’s work on stolen assets, please visit: www.worldbank.
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For Co Me Ethnic Minority People, Hydropower Means “New Businesses and a Road to Hanoi”
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Building a hydropower project presents myriad social challenges which will be addressed during the course of the consultations but the Bank’s experience in other countries shows they can be addressed in a way that builds grass roots support for the project.
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Tunisia: A new Country Partnership Strategy for 2010-2013
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The CPS discusses the risks faced by Tunisia and the Bank Group’s program and describes the measures for mitigating these risks.The World Bank’s dissemination schedule of the CPS for the coming months includes a comprehensive diversity of audiences as well as decentralized presentations which will take place in key Tunisian cities outside the capital.
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The Republic of Kosovo – Public Sector Modernization Project
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Media ContactElena Karaban(202) 473-9277ekaraban@worldbank.org For more project information, please visit:http://web.worldbank.
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Programs for Climate Action Get Underway With $400 million for Forests and $300 million for Renewables
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Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, and World Bank. For more information, please visit: http:
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Mozambique: Energy Development and Access Project (APL-2)
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Media ContactRafael Saute+ 258 21 48 29 44rsaute@worldbank.org For more project information, please visit: http://web.worldbank.
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04 February
The Republic of Kosovo – Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project
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monitor, and evaluate the program's effectiveness, as well as build its management and other skills. Media ContactElena Karaban(202) 473-9277ekaraban@worldbank.org For more project information,
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Exciting New Impact Study on Rwanda's Pay for Performance in Health
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http://hso.worldbank.org/hso/HSO Team Member Paulin Basinga Receives Award From Rwandan President Contributed by Phillip Jeremy Hay, Communications Advisor,
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Disaster Experts Share Lessons for Haiti
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* Bank staff involved in Indonesia's tsunami recovery say government-led plan, community-based reconstruction are critical.
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MONGOLIA IN THE GRIP OF A "DZUD": Just like the herders, we must prepare ourselves for hard times
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February 1, 2010 – Mongolia's herders have learnt a hard lesson this winter; a lesson that can perhaps be applied to managing Mongolia's economy.
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Mongolia Livestock Sector Study Volume l - Synthesis Report
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Yet another view sees opportunities for rapid intensification of the sector and significant scope for increased productivity, increased trade and increased herder incomes in a modern livestock sector.
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Kenya: Arid Lands Resource Management Project Phase Two - Integrated safeguards datasheet, appraisal stage
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This will be done through: (i) strengthening climate risk management and natural resource base related knowledge; (ii) building institutional and technical capacity for improved planning and coordination to manage current and future climate risks at the district and national levels; and (iii) investing in communities' priorities in sustainable land and water management and alternative livelihoods that helps them adapt to climate risk.
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03 February
Disaster Experts Share Lessons for Haiti
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” In Haiti, “the government does not have the time to attend multiple meetings to allocate resources. One coherent information system would help them dramatically,” emphasizes Disaster Management Specialist Francis Ghesquiere,
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African Economies Remain at Risk of Contagion from Global Financial Crisis, Zoellick Says
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Zoellick praised the collaboration between the World Bank and the African Union, as well as sub-regional organizations such as ECOWAS and COMESA, and expressed the hope that Bank shareholders (member governments) would ultimately reach a decision on extending grant-funding to such organizations.
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A New Push for Peace and Security
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African Union's African Year of Peace and Security and World Bank's World Development Report 2010 Join Forces to Promote Peace, Security,
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Brazil: US$ 485 Million Loan to improve Education, Health and, Fiscal Management in Rio de Janeiro
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For additional information on the project, please visit:http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P117244 For more information on the World Bank in Brazil,
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Capital Flows to Developing Countries Show Strong Drop in Wake of Financial Crisis: World Bank
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For more information on the GDF database, CD-ROM, and print publications go to: http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/.
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Sudan: Water Supply and Sanitation Project - PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) CONCEPT STAGE
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g. destruction during the war, lack of operation and maintenance arrangements and poor quality of construction.
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Haïti : Une salle de suivi virtuelle pour faciliter l'évaluation des dégâts et la reconstruction
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- La Banque collabore avec Google, Microsoft, le Rochester Institute of Technology et d'autres partenaires afin de recueillir des images à haute résolution.
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02 February
Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Infrastructure Projects: LAC Professionals meet in Lima, Peru
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are available at http://go.worldbank.org/X8Z32USA00 Article contributed by Dominique Lallement and Paloma Marcos, and edited by Emily Brearly. For further information on the workshop, contact: Maria Beatriz Orlando,
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Mongolia: Community Initiative
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Bringing Roads to Life
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This will allow rehabilitating another 140 kilometers of lifeline roads, and almost 40 km of them have been already improved.
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World Bank President Says African Poor Still Vulnerable to Crisis, Important to Create Basis for Future Growth
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committed $7.8 billion to sub-Saharan African countries in the fiscal 2009 year, a 36 percent increase over the year before. The Bank’s private sector arm, IFC, which provides investments and advisory services to build the private sector in developing countries,
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Just like the herders, we must prepare ourselves for hard times
seen at 12:20, 2 February in
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Mongolia’s herders have learnt a hard lesson this winter; a lesson that can perhaps be applied to managing Mongolia’s economy.
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JUST LIKE THE HERDERS, WE MUST PREPARE OURSELVES FOR HARD TIMES
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Mongolia’s herders have learnt a hard lesson this winter; a lesson that can perhaps be applied to managing Mongolia’s economy.
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Dzud: a slow natural disaster kills livestock --and livelihoods-- in Mongolia
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winds and lower-than-normal temperatures. Dzuds occur when the winter conditions – particularity heavy snow cover – prevent livestock from accessing pasture or from receiving adequate hay and fodder.
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Out of Aceh's experience, hope for rebuilding Haiti
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Haiti's future can look much brighter than its past ever did. Joachim von Amsberg, the World Bank's country director for Indonesia since 2007, oversees the bank's management of the Multi Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias.
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01 February
Capacity-Building for Palestinian Economic and Regulatory Institutions - Project information document (PID), concept stage
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the government led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad since 2008 has restored and strengthened key institutions. A series of reforms including the establishment of the Central Treasury Account (CTA), the formation of an internal audit function and the timely publication of public financial information,
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University Graduates and Employment in Tunisia
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Most of the working university graduates experience a lack of stability in their professional paths. 23% of youth in the private sector do not even have a contract.
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The World Bank and Microsoft Sign Partnership Agreement to Promote Development in Africa
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About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Mongolia Monthly Economic Update World Bank - Dec 2009
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As in much of Asia, Mongolia is experiencing winter conditions that are even more severe than usual. With strong snowstorms and temperatures in many parts of the country dropping below –40C, the government estimates that more than half of the country's provinces are experiencing "dzud" conditions (severe winter conditions leading to large livestock losses).
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How to rebuild Haiti
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Haitians don’t want to be victims any more than we would. With strong Haitian leadership and coordinated, consistent and efficient regional and international support, we can transform days of disaster stories into a decade of success stories.
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Interview of Richard Martin Humphreys, World Bank Program Team Leader of Transport to Monitor Magazine
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for a project to be regarded as economically viable, the internal rate of return must, as a minimum, exceed twelve percent for all Bank investment projects in infrastructure. The average IRR to rehabilitation projects supported by the World Bank over the last 10 years,
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Speech by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick at the African Union Summit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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and investment opportunities, that can help developed countries, too. Together we need to show IDA’s results – that IDA works. Thank you.
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Speech by Vinod Thomas Director General, Independent Evaluation Group, The World Bank at the 1st Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
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Doing so will not only save the tiger in the wild, it will also increase the real wealth of nations. That is not an empty dream, but one that we can live by if we pull together at this crucial and historic moment.
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