World Bank Board Approves $250 Million Support to Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project
A $250 million credit to the state of Uttarakhand in India was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors to help the state in its post disaster recovery plans as well as strengthen its capacity for disaster risk management.
New opportunities open up for Eastern partners
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending a European Council meeting in Brussels, briefed the European leaders on preparedness for the Vilnius Summit to be held this coming November. The heads of state and government of the EU...
Western Balkan Countries Develop Joint Strategy for Innovation-Based Economic Growth
The Western Balkans Regional Research and Development (R&D) Strategy for Innovation was adopted in Zagreb by the ministers of science from the region during the ministerial meeting on regional R&D.
Project Signing: Government of India and World Bank sign $360 Million agreement to strengthen and modernize water sector in Uttar Pradesh
The government of India and the World Bank signed a $360 million credit agreement to help build the institutional capacity needed to increase agricultural productivity in Uttar Pradesh (UP) where agriculture will continue to play an important role in...
"We are the richest continent. We can do more" - President Schulz on migration at the European Council
EP president Martin Schulz
Chile should continue strengthening growth and well-being, says OECD
Innovation: Support for young firms would boost job creation, says OECD
Young firms drive job creation
Net job growth, youngers versus older firms, 2001-2011
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Brazilian economy is expanding again but long-term challenges remain, says OECD
IMF and Ghana to Co-Host High-Level Conference on the Opportunities, Challenges of Financial Integration in West Africa
The Government of Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will co-host a regional conference on October 28, 2013, in Accra, on the opportunities and challenges of financial integration in West Africa.
Budgets Committee votes urgent €2.7 billion amending budget to avert 'shutdown'
MEPs approved €2.7 billion in additional EU funding on Tuesday evening during an extraordinary meeting of Parliament's Budgets Committee. The amending budget (N° 6) is needed because revenue from import duties collected at the EU's external borders is...
