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Effective ECCE cheaper than later remedial programs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 13 (ANI/GPRC): The World Bank's latest report on 'Quality Early Learning: Nurturing Children's Potential' estimates that 53 per cent of children in low and middle-income countries are 'learning poor' meaning they are unable to read and understand a short text by age 10
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World Bank provides 385 million USD to Horn of Africa countries to boost c
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank said it has provided 385 million US dollars in International Development Association (IDA) financing to Horn of Africa countries to tap groundwater potential and boost climate resilience.
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World Bank approves USD 258 million to improve healthcare services in Paki
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): In order to improve the primary healthcare services in Pakistan, the World Bank has approved providing USD 258 million to the country, a press release by the International Financial Institution said in a statement on Wednesday.
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World Bank downgrades 2022 global growth forecast to 2.9 pc, warns of stag
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The global economy is on track to grow by 2.9 percent in 2022, down 1.2 percentage points from the January projection, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released on Tuesday, warning of stagflation risk.
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Afghanistan: World Bank, ARTF approve three projects to help people suffer
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI: In order to curb Taliban's growing atrocities against its citizens, especially women, the World Bank and the Management Committee of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have approved three projects totalling USD 793 million to deliver urgent and
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Aadhaar a 'bedrock' for govt welfare schemes, saved over Rs 2 lakh crore:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said that Aadhaar has become the "bedrock" for the government's welfare schemes and has saved over Rs 2 lakh crore to the government by "eliminating fake and duplicate identities".
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World Bank to disburse USD 700 million to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 31 (ANI): The World Bank is set to disburse about USD 700 million to Sri Lanka within the next few months.
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Govt to soon come out with consultation paper on cryptocurrencies: Secy De
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): There is a lot of discussion going on with different stakeholders including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and the government would soon come out with a consultation paper on cryptocurrencies, Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic A
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World Bank approves 350-mln-USD loan to spur Morocco's blue economy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], May 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank announced Tuesday the approval of a 350-million-U.S. dollar loan to support Morocco launching a blue economy programme.
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Sri Lanka: PM Wickremesinghe seeks support of SJB's two MPs for non-partis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday in a letter to the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarians Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando sought their support in the formation of non-partisan government.
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Sri Lanka PM says, USD 160 million received from World Bank but cannot be
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sri Lanka [Colombo], May 18 (ANI): Grappling with severe food and fuel shortages, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe in the Parliament on Wednesday said that the island country has received USD 160 million from the World Bank, however, the money would not be
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World Bank, UN grant 10 million USD to mitigate impacts of Beirut port bla
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A new 10 million U.S. dollars grant will help Lebanon mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the Beirut port explosions on the neighboring population and support Beirut's reconstruction, the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday.
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