Finance & Economics

US$8.8 million Top-Up Grant to Support Jordanian Municipalities Scale-up Service Delivery and Deal with the COVID-19 Impact

The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation and the World Bank virtually signed on Aug. 23rd. 2020 a US$8.8 million grant agreement to support Jordanian municipalities affected by the influx of Syrian refugees to scale-up their delivery of...

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Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way – UN chief

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Tourists in India take an elephant ride at the Amber Fort, outside of Jaipur.

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Uganda looks online for answers to COVID economic crisis

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A SafeBoda rider and market vendor use the SafeBoda app to deliver food and supplies during the...

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European Markets Struggling Tuesday, Asian Posting Strong Gains

European markets are mostly lower Tuesday in a reversal of the strong gains posted hours earlier in Asia.

London’s FTSE index is 0.1% lower at the midday point. The CAC-40 index in Paris is up 0.1%, and Frankfurt’s DAX index is down 0.4%.

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Georgia: Team Europe -The EIB`s lends EUR 10 million to Credo Bank under its Georgia Outreach Initiative to support MSMEs

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Trade pact could boost Africa’s income by as much as $450 billion: World Bank

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A worker prunes trees on a farm in South Africa.

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Government of Nepal and World Bank Sign $450 Million Road Support Project in Nepal to Boost post-COVID-19 Recovery

The Government of Nepal and the World Bank on July 17,2020 signed a $450 million (around Rs. 54 billion) Financing Agreement that will help Nepal improve the efficiency and safety of transport infrastructure, improve efficiency of cross-border trade,...

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Helping youth enterprise take off, will bring sustainable returns, say UN economists

Young entrepreneurs who want their work to have a positive impact on their communities, urgently need more help from governments if they’re to succeed and resist the COVID-19-fuelled economic downturn, UN economists said on Thursday.

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Hard times forecast for global job recovery in 2020, warns UN labour agency chief

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Vendors in a bakery in Constantine, Algeria, during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Kosovo has undertaken critical steps in cybersecurity, says new Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model assessment

Kosovo has improved on many areas of cybersecurity capacity and has gained a comprehensive understanding of existing gaps and opportunities for capacity building in recent years, a new report assessing Kosovo’s cybersecurity says. The report uses the...

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