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World Bank extends USD 1 billion emergency funding to India amidst COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): The World Bank on Thursday (local time) approved USD 1 billion emergency financing to India which will support better screening of coronavirus patients, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics. The fund will also be used for procurement of personal
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COVID-19 impact: World Bank predicts South Asian economies will bleed, 11
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): East Asia and the Pacific could see up to 11 million people driven into poverty, with low wage and informal sector workers becoming the most vulnerable, the World Bank has warned in a report on the economic impact as experts predict dire economic fallout
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Union Cabinet approves construction of 780 km Green National Highway Corri
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has approved construction of 780 km Green National Highway Corridor project with an investment of Rs 7660 crore in partnership with the World Bank.
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World Bank announces up to USD 12 bn as emergency aid to countries coping
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): As coronavirus reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group has pledged to make available an initial package of up to USD 12 billion to assist countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the global outbreak.
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Invest in human resources, World Bank team tells Andhra Pradesh government
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh would make rapid strides in development if it invests more in human resources, said the World Bank team led by Regional Director of South Asia Human Resources Branch of World Bank, Sherbern Benz, which met Chief Minister YS Jag
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India, World Bank sign USD 450 million loan agreement to improve groundwat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The India government and the World Bank on Monday signed a USD 450 million loan agreement to support the national programme to arrest the country's depleting groundwater levels and strengthen groundwater institutions.
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India jumps 79 notches in World Bank's ease of doing business rankings, lo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Since 2014, India has moved up 79 positions in the World Bank's Doing Business rankings, improving from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019 with the country improving on seven out of the 10 parameters, points out the Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled in Parliament on F
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Firms blacklisted by World Bank got CPEC contracts: Alice Wells
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): Senior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday sharply criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying that the companies blacklisted by the World Bank had got contracts in the multi-billion dollar project.
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World Bank, Centre sign $88 mn loan agreement for Assam inland water trans
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The central government, Assam government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 88 million here on Thursday to help modernise Assam's passenger ferry sector that runs on its rivers including Brahmaputra.
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World Bank projects modest pickup of 2.5 pc in global growth in 2020
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Global economic growth is forecast to edge up to 2.5 per cent in 2020 as investment and trade gradually recover from last year's significant weakness but downward risks persist, the World Bank says in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects.
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World Bank pegs India's growth at 5 pc in FY20, projects recovery next yea
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): The World Bank has projected India's growth at five per cent in the current financial year 2019-20 which is set to recover to 5.8 per cent in the following fiscal year.
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World Bank to provide USD 406 mn loan to Pak for Khyber Pass Economic Corr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 14 (ANI): Pakistan and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement worth USD 406 million for the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project.
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