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World Bank clarifies its position on Rohingya repatriation
Aug 3, 2021A paper documenting Rohingyas’ freedom of movement, birth certificate, educational and career possibilities, and infrastructure was just given to ERD by the global lender. Before deploying money under the International Development Assistance window, the World Bank... -
World Bank lauds Bangladesh’s development despite pandemic
Jul 30, 2021Bangladesh has been praised by the World Bank for its exceptional economic development and growth despite pandemics. The international development partner told the government that it would continue to support the country’s economic development. According to... -
World Bank, COVAX unveil plan to speed vaccine supplies to developing countries
Jul 26, 2021The World Bank and the COVAX global vaccine distribution program revealed a finance option on Monday to speed up the delivery of doses to developing countries, where Covid-19 immunization rates trail substantially behind those of wealthier... -
World Bank rejects El Salvador request for help in adopting bitcoin
Jun 20, 2021The World Bank rejected a request from El Salvador for assistance in its bid to adopt bitcoin as a currency, a spokesperson for the Washington-based development lender said Thursday. El Salvador uses the US dollar as... -
World Bank suspends financial operation in Mali after coup
Jun 5, 2021The World Bank has suspended its financial operations in Mali following the second coup in under a year in the West African nation, a spokesman in Bamako said Friday. The Washington-based bank has “temporarily paused disbursements... -
World Bank suspended its financial operations in Mali following the second coup
Jun 5, 2021The World Bank has suspended its financial operations in Mali following the second coup in under a year in the West African nation, a spokesman in Bamako said on Friday. The Washington-based bank has “temporarily paused... -
World Bank Support for Country Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
May 22, 2021As of May 13, 2021, the World Bank Board approved operations to support vaccine rollout in 22 countries amounting to $2.4 billion. See the latest project financing, project documents and procurement information in the list below.... -
World Bank approves $600m for Bangladesh to help poor
May 21, 2021The World Bank (WB) today approved US$600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable populations, including youth, women, disadvantaged groups, and returnee migrant workers, improve employability and livelihood opportunities,... -
Bangladesh Govt signs $250m deal with WB to create better jobs
Apr 23, 2021The World Bank today signed a $250 million financing agreement to help Bangladesh create more and better jobs, recover faster from the COVID 19 pandemic and build resilience to future crises. The Third Programmatic Jobs Development... -
1 in 6 children lives in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF analysis shows
Oct 21, 2020An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group-UNICEF analysis released yesterday....
