IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Equatorial Guinea
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Lisandro Abrego visited Malabo from February 5 to 13, 2020 to discuss with the authorities and take stock of progress on Equatorial Guinea’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s EFF.
New Strategy to Help Vietnam Scale Up and Better Utilize Solar Power
A report based on two years of World Bank support to the Government of Vietnam recommends new approaches to bidding and deployment for solar projects that will help Vietnam substantially boost and effectively manage its abundant solar energy resources...
Airbus 'Deeply Regrets' US Decision to Raise Tariffs on EU Aircraft
Airbus said Saturday it "deeply regrets" the U.S. decision "to increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the EU."
The European aerospace corporation said in a statement the new tariffs would heighten "trade tensions between the US and the EU,...
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Last year companies like Coca Cola and Tetra Pak, an international food packaging and processing company, collaborated with Vietnam’s biggest city to lower garbage levels. Their work included putting recycling bins around Ho Chi Minh City and...
Statement at the Conclusion of the IMF Mission to Pakistan
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, visited Islamabad during February 3-13, to initiate discussions on the second review of the authorities’ economic reform program supported under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF...
IMF Statement at the end of a Staff Visit to Chad
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Edward Gemayel visited N’Djamena during February 6-12 to take stock of the latest economic and financial developments and follow-up on the implementation of the authorities’ structural reform agenda...
Regional Statistics Project Will Help Close Data Gaps on Poverty and Gender in the Pacific
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, on Febuary 11, approved US$4.4 million to modernize statistical and data collection in the Pacific, and another US$2 million each for Tonga and Kiribati to act as ‘pilot’ countries to help demonstrate...
Lao PDR: Additional World Bank Financing for Sustainable Forest Management
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, on Febuary 11, approved US$5 million in additional financing to the Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management Project, which will help the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) improve...
World Bank and Partners Invest US$117 million in Water for Palestinians in Gaza
Against the extremely limited access to safe drinking water in Gaza, the World Bank, on Febuary 10, announced a US$15 million grant to the Water Security Development - Gaza Central Desalination Program — Associated Works Phase I Project.
Agreement Reached to Extend World Bank Group Office in Malaysia for Five Years, Highlighting Deepening Partnership
