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More women walk to work compared to men in India: World Bank report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the World Bank's report -- a toolkit on 'Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India', how men and women travel is also intrinsically different. More women tend to walk to work compared to men -- 45.4 per cent versus 27.4 per cent.
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India remains more resilient than other emerging market economies: World B
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For other EMEs, the World Bank in the report said impacts from the US, euro area, and China are at least 1.5 times larger than for India. It added India's relative resilience comes from its solid economic fundamentals, significant foreign exchange reserves, available policy space and prudent
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World Bank: Indian migrant workers from Singapore, other countries send ho
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
That puts its inflows far ahead of Mexico (USD60 billion), China (USD51 billion), the Philippines (USD38 billion), Egypt (USD32 billion) and Pakistan (USD29 billion), positioning the country to retain its spot as the world's top recipient of remittances. Such foreign remittances make up almo
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India's urban infrastructure needs USD 840 billion investments over next 1
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
India will need to invest USD 840 billion over the next 15 years, or an average of USD 55 billion per annum, into urban infrastructure if it is to effectively meet the needs of its fast-growing urban population, according to a World Bank report.
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Afghanistan's economy contracted by about 20 per cent in 2021: World Bank
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The World Bank report released last week points to a sharp decline in public spending, lower household incomes, and reduced consumption caused aggregate demand to fall. It also highlights disruptions in the payment system and supply constraints further hampered private sector activities, ini
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Startups: Catalysing healthy and mindful cultures
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI/Mediawire): Do not count startups for their size. For, it is their disruptive impact to the economy and policies that makes startups engaging and in constant limelight. Startups are not only catalysts in innovation and help create jobs to fuel economy, but
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Risk of global recession rises amid simultaneous interest rate hikes: Worl
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): As central banks across the world simultaneously hike interest rates in response to inflation, the world may be edging toward a global recession in 2023 and a string of financial crises in emerging markets and developing economies that would do them lasti
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World Bank report lauds handling of COVID-19 by Indian government
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The Covid-19 pandemic brought with a spate of challenges like shortage of medical supplies, equipment, however, a concerted effort by various departments along with the involvement of the private sector defined the Indian response, according to a World Ban
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Overlapping food, debt crisis in Afghanistan can have devastating impacts:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the country is under a massive humanitarian crisis and is currently at the greatest risk of overlapping food and debt crises, a report by the World Bank stated recently.
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Growth in developing economies likely to halve in 2022, says World Bank re
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US)], July 14 (ANI): The growth in emerging and developing economies are expected to roughly halve to 3.4 per cent in 2022 in comparison to 6.6 per cent the previous year, as the spillover effects led by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has adversely affected these nations, the Wo
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Pakistan: Political instability, policy paralysis exacerbating economic di
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Political instability and policy reform slippages are exacerbating the economic distress that Pakistan has been facing in the last few years according to a World Bank report.
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Sri Lanka's health ministry reports drug shortage amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the continued economic hardship in the country, Sri Lankan Health Ministry has said there is a shortage of some drugs and equipment in certain government hospitals.
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