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World Bank Provides $400 million to Upgrade Bangladesh’s Embankment System

The World Bank approved $375 million in concessional financing and $25 million in a grant to Bangladesh to increase the resilience of the coastal population to climate change induced flooding and other natural disasters....

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On visit to Moldova, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities welcomes dialogue on Latin script schools in Transdniestria

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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek (r), alongside Senior Adviser Bob Deen, at a m...

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Croatia Becomes Newest EU Member

Tens of thousands celebrated across Croatia as it became the 28th member of the European Union.

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New assessment of African government policies and institutions finds uneven performance, governance remains a challenge

The latest World Bank review of policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa shows an overall stable environment for growth and poverty reduction despite divergence across countries.

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