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A US$300 million World Bank project will improve the living conditions of over 1.5 million poor households in Iraq by increasing access to basic services and creating employment opportunities at the community level. Approved on February 6, by the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors, the Social Fund for Development will finance community level subprojects in education, health, water, small-scale economic infrastructure, and access to markets.

An online platform for monitoring, reporting and verifying emission sources and greenhouse gases (GHG) was officially launched by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the World Bank, on February 5.

Afghanistan can boost its growth and create more jThe report Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan outlines how expanding formal employment abroad for Afghans could, within 15 years, triple the amount of income sent back home in the form of remittance.

Olivia Nankindu, 27, surveys the fruits of her labor in the waning afternoon sunlight on her farm near Kyotera, Uganda.

The World Bank and the Government of Liberia have signed a $24.67 million grant agreement for the Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Operation (PRSDPO-IV) for Liberia. This agreement comprises a $20 million grant from the International Development Association* (IDA), and a $4.67 million grant from the Norwegian Liberia Forest Landscape Single Donor Trust Fund.

Boosting economic growth and increasing incomes for ordinary Belarusians are the main goals of the Economic Policy Support Project, launched jointly by the European Union and the World Bank, on February 2.

Seeing the emergence of a new filing season scam, the Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals to step up security and beware of phishing emails that can secretly download malicious software that can help cybercriminals steal client data on Feb 02, 2018.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released its 2018 pre-budget submission to the federal government on Feb 02, 2018.