World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday said user charges on healthcare to poor, no matter how tiny, were “unjust and unnecessary”, and voted for cash transfers instead.
Addressing t...
May 21, 2013 6:16 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former World Bank president Robert Zoellick said on Monday Japan's economic drive needed accompanying structural reforms, voicing fear that recent growth could be just a "sugar high". Japan posted 0.9 per...
The World Bank Group’s independent arm CAO is assessing a new complaint that alleges the proposed multi-purpose sea port at Vizhinjam in Kerala would adversely impact farm lands.
The Inte...
The U.S. might be a bit more heavily taxed in relation to its European peers, but regulation and other business burdens has not hampered the country from being the No. 1 place in the advanced economies to set up shop. Here's a look at the best in...
The World Bank has approved $100-million concessional loan to National Housing Bank (NHB) for the implementation of low-income housing scheme. This is for the first-time ever that NHB is...
May 17, 2013 9:24 AM
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial...
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