Business

Washington, 8 July– The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved an IDA Credit of US$18 million for capacity building activities in the mining sector and an IDA Grant of US$21 million for a multisectoral […]

Geneva, 2 July– Senior United Nations officials meeting today in Geneva stressed today that with nearly 75 per cent of the world’s poor living outside major urban centres, there was a real need to find […]

Budapest, 1 July– World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn welcomed a new approach endorsed by government leaders of Central and Southeast Europe to reduce poverty among Roma and include them in European society through better […]

Basel, Switzerland, 1 July– With a number of uncertainties hanging over the global economy, the world economic outlook is mixed, the head of an international banking organization says. Global economic performance was ”lackluster” in 2002 […]

Washington, 1 July– President Bush’s focus on using business as the engine for change in the developing world — a message he will deliver on his first trip to Africa — is being actively promoted […]

Washington, 1 July– Even though Eritrea has a small population, its vital food security needs are not escaping the notice of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), says Lauren Landis, Director of the […]

Geneva, 30 June– Rural development took centre stage at the annual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva today as agency heads from throughout the UN system emphasized its key […]

Washington, 30 June– U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick will meet with Caribbean trade ministers in Jamaica on July 2 to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), global trade talks, trade capacity-building […]