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World Bank, int'l organisations not supporting Afghanistan's health sector
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 2 (ANI): The Taliban have said that international organisations including the World Bank had promised to support the health sector of Afghanistan but now they have stopped doing so, reported local media.
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World Bank loans USD 221mn to Vietnam for economic recovery from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Bank has signed an agreement with Vietnam in the amount of $221.5 million to finance the country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Taliban sack World Bank employees due to shortage of money for salaries: R
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has dismissed a number of the World Bank's employees as it cannot afford to pay their salaries anymore, a media report said.
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Tabreed officially partners with IFC to facilitate expansion in India
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): National Central Cooling Company PJSC (DFM: Tabreed) has officially confirmed its significant strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global developmen
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China's economic growth will slow sharply in 2022: World Bank
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 22 (ANI): China's economic growth has been given a bleak picture by World Bank's report on Wednesday as the world's second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds from the new Omicron variant to a severe property sector downturn.
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World Bank approves USD 195 million loan for Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved USD 195 million loan for Pakistan in order to improve electricity distribution and implement energy sector reforms to increase service quality for consumers.
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Afghanistan International Bank receives 3rd batch of World Bank's USD 19.2
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 14 (ANI): Afghanistan International Bank on Sunday received the third batch of World Bank's USD 19.2 million cash assistance.
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COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN repo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank, which reveal more than half a billion people are being
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World Bank donors approve release of USD 280 million for Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The World Bank donors on Friday (local time) approved to release USD 280 million for Afghanistan to address humanitarian issues.
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Pakistan struggles to pay Chinese debts amid ballooning external payments
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 4 (ANI): Beijing's debts are squeezing Pakistan's pinched finances as external payments are set to balloon to USD 14 billion at the end of this financial year and nearly half is owed to Chinese commercial banks, largely for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
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China urges IMF, WB to resume cooperation with Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 (ANI): Pakistan and China are making efforts at multiple levels for the Taliban government to have a soft landing. In continuation with it, China urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to resume cooperation with Afghanistan.
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13 mln USD World Bank funded plan launched to restore heritage buildings d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanese Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada on Thursday launched a 13 million US dollars plan funded by the World Bank for the reconstruction and restoration of heritage buildings damaged by the Beirut blasts, the National News Agency reported.
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