Development
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Britain to help 175,000 girls in world’s poorest countries get an education
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: The UK government will help 175,000 of the poorest, most marginalised girls in the world to get a quality education, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today, Thursday 7 July. The Department for International... -
Adolescent and youth constituency defines its contribution to the implementation of the PMNCH workplan
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: A meeting held from 4-6 July 2016, in South Africa’s Johannesburg, brought together a small group of the Partnership’s Adolescent and Youth constituency members. The aim of this meeting was to facilitate a decision... -
Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall on Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of... -
Colombia’s production of coca surged 39 percent
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: Colombia’s production of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, surged 39 percent last year, the government said on Thursday, citing UN data, reports BSS. “The most recent measure of coca production in this... -
Zoo of Mexico City in shock after it’s beloved gorilla dies
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: Mexico City’s zoo was in shock on Thursday after its beloved male gorilla died as veterinarians prepared to transport him to another city to mate with two females, reports BSS. Bantu, who was 24,... -
World Bank supports governance and competitiveness in the Kyrgyz Republic
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$24 million Programmatic Governance and Competitiveness Development Policy Operation (DPO) for the Kyrgyz Republic. The operation – the first in a series of two... -
Moldova agriculture gets additional support to scale up
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$10 million IDA credit to the Republic of Moldova for the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project 2nd Additional Financing Project, which will contribute to enhancing the... -
World Bank is supporting export development for SMEs in Mongolia
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: Mongolia’s efforts to expand and diversify its exports got a boost with a $20 million credit from the International Development Agency (IDA), approved by World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. The credit finances the... -
ADB updates policy In wake of global tax developments
Jul 8, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is updating its Anticorruption Policy to address tax secrecy, tax evasion, and aggressive forms of tax planning—collectively referred to as “tax integrity issues”—in the wake of recent global developments.... -
WorldFish partners Odisha State to scale-up aquaculture and reduce malnutrition
Jul 7, 2016News Hour: WorldFish and the Government of Odisha, India have entered into an agreement to sustainably boost aquaculture in the state. WorldFish will provide support to increase the productivity of aquaculture through improvements in seed, technology...