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  • Steely logic 28 Aug 2008 17:04 GMT
    ... wrong. It proudly points out that the World Bank refused to put money into the company ... firm is looking to buy mines in Africa, Siberia, Indonesia and Eastern Europe, and has ...

  • The price of being well 28 Aug 2008 16:32 GMT
    ... to inequality) and health? Adam Wagstaff, a World Bank economist, says he still believes income “is ... of money, he cites data from South Africa, where the health of older people improved ...

  • Win VIP treatment and tickets to Floorplay 28 Aug 2008 15:58 GMT
    ... Win VIP treatment and tickets to Floorplay Win VIP treatment ... on planes to Ibiza, Germany, USA, South Africa, Holland and Russia. Their Floorplay night in ...

  • IFC CEO Says Public-Private Partnerships Can Avert Water Crisis 28 Aug 2008 15:29 GMT
    ... He said IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will do its part by investing ... in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Africa, and extensively in Israel. This approach should ...

  • Rich or poor? New faultline in U.N. climate talks 28 Aug 2008 15:05 GMT
    ... some eastern EU members. And by some World Bank yardsticks of purchasing power, non-Kyoto Singapore has ... the developing and developed nations. And South Africa has laid out a scenario that could ...

  • HIV/AIDS: The Silent Killer - Essential New Course Available Free on ALISON 28 Aug 2008 14:33 GMT
    ... world’s most important health issues. In sub-Saharan Africa it is the most important health issue. ... the spread of HIV/AIDS. In 2002, the World Bank published the paper Education And HIV/AIDS: A ...

  • Power Grid to spend Rs550 bn to hike capacity 28 Aug 2008 12:36 GMT
    ... its presence in the Middle East and Africa,” he added. “The company will sign a ... sign a $400 million loan from the World Bank by next week and then will go ...

  • Power Grid to spend Rs 550 bn to hike capacity 28 Aug 2008 11:41 GMT
    ... its presence in the Middle East and Africa, he said. The company will sign a ... sign a $400 million loan from the World Bank by next week and then will go ...

  • Virgin Nigeria row more than a spat 28 Aug 2008 10:55 GMT
    ... > Moneyweb > BLOGS > Soapbox Virgin Nigeria row more than a spat A row ... relations. But Umaru Yar'Adua took office in Africa's top oil producer more than a year ... a fifth that in 2000, according to World Bank data. Nigeria has also been central to ...

  • More people living in extreme poverty than previously thought World Bank 28 Aug 2008 10:37 GMT
    ... in extreme poverty than previously thought World Bank 28.08.08 - 11:07:33 More people living in ... must redouble our efforts, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, he warned. The revised figures are based ...

  • Nigeria: Scholars Find Ways Distance Learning Can Quicken Development 28 Aug 2008 10:31 GMT
    ... and Distance Learning (LODL) in and outside Africa, met for four days in Lagos for ... hosted by the National Open University of Nigeria. They discussed various ways by which the ... the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), and the World Bank were also represented at the conference. Nigeria's ...

  • --> India: home to world's one-third poor 28 Aug 2008 10:19 GMT
    ... the country. The recent distinction bestowed by World Bank is a curtain raiser for many who ... less than $2 a day. Even Sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s poorest regions, is ...

  • Both sides are probably wrong 28 Aug 2008 10:17 GMT
    ... late to her maize field near the Zambian border and then they stopped early. The ... agriculture, backed by the UN and the World Bank and independently peer-reviewed twice. The 400 ...

  • Poor nations need $130 bln a year on climate-WWF 28 Aug 2008 10:17 GMT
    ... 16 funds, run by U.N. agencies, the World Bank and others, channelling money to poor nations ... seas. But a big worry was that Africa, the poorest continent and among the most ...

  • Malawi: AMPROC to Audit 60 Malawian Institutions 28 Aug 2008 09:36 GMT
    ... will bring to six, the number of African countries the firm with its overall headquarters ... others are Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. A Procurement Specialist from the Malawian office ... was out-sourced with financial support from the World Bank. Ms Macheso said the purpose of the ...


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