UK government working with leading engineering firms to create pathway to specialist skills
UK government announced £5.6 million of funding for 6 projects creating new specialist skills and careers in the engineering industry on February 27 .
World Bank approves $100 million in additional financing for poverty reduction in six Vietnamese provinces
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $100 million in additional financing for an ongoing project to help improve living standards for poor people in six provinces in Vietnam’s Northwest, the nation’s poorest region.
World Bank Sanctions Four Companies for Fraud and Corruption
This month, the World Bank Group announced the debarment of four companies involved in misconduct relating to projects in Bolivia, Bangladesh and Cambodia. The debarments were announced by the Sanctions Board following investigations by the World...
World Bank Invests in Tajikistan’s Regional Transport Connectivity
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors Wednesday approved an allocation of US$45 million equivalent to finance the second phase of the transformative Central Asia Road Links Program, to be implemented in Tajikistan in 2015-2020. The...
Reforms can support growth and equity in Latvia, OECD says
The Latvian economy is among the fastest-growing in the euro area, but continued reforms will promote a rapid and sustainable pace of convergence with upper-income countries while limiting the risk of repeated boom-and-bust cycles, according to the...
IMF Staff Concludes Review Mission to Jamaica
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Jamaica during February 16-25, 2015 to conduct discussions on the seventh review of Jamaica’s IMF-supported program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
Draghi to Parliament: deeper Monetary Union needed for facing important shocks
ECB President Mario Draghi arrives in Parliament to debate ECB activities and future EMU...
Buzek: "Energy union can help to boost economic growth and jobs"
Jerzy Buzek
The Rwanda Economic Update: Managing Uncertainty for Growth and Poverty Reduction
Rwanda’s economy recovered in the first three quarters of 2014 growing to 7.1 percent and is expected to continue momentum with projected growth of 7.5 in 2015 and 7.7 percent in 2016, according to the latest Rwanda Economic Update published by the...
The UK economy is doing well, but the job is not yet finished. Unleashing productivity is key to sustaining strong growth, says OECD
The United Kingdom’s economy is projected to expand this year and next, but challenges remain to boost productivity and make future growth more inclusive, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Survey.
