All posts tagged "World Bank"

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  First build the foundations: Shaida Badiee on governments’ misplaced aid policies

  After nearly two decades running the World Bank’s Development Data Group, Shaida Badiee now works to help developing nations improve their data systems. And she has a clear message for

  • Posted March 2, 2021
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  WTO appoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new director general

  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) appointed its first woman and first African director general, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday. Okonjo-Iweala takes the helm after the Biden administration endorsed her appointment

  • Posted February 19, 2021
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  South African president condemns COVID procurements corruption

  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency,

  • Posted August 28, 2020
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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure pays dividends in COVID response and recovery

  Saudi Arabia’s investment in digital infrastructure helped ease the burden of COVID-19 lockdown measures, ensured easy access to e-government services and is likely to support the country’s economic recovery, according

  • Posted July 1, 2020
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  Former world leaders call for G20 to coordinate corona response

  In an open letter to G20 leaders, 92 former presidents and prime ministers have urged coordinated global leadership in the fight against coronavirus. “We are writing to call for immediate

  • Posted April 8, 2020
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  Opinion: the ‘power of where’ – realising the potential of geospatial data

  For millennia maps have guided exploration, supported trade and allowed us to defend our nations and maintain the social fabrics of our societies. They tell the story of human endeavour

  • Posted December 6, 2019
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  All accounted for: how four nations tackled financial exclusion

  Access to banking and financial services can help tackle poverty, boost economic growth and ease service delivery. Pablo Jiménez Arandia examines four countries’ very different approaches to tackling financial exclusion

  • Posted September 4, 2019
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  Ghana launches Africa’s first national e-procurement system

  Public sector e-procurement is gathering momentum in West Africa, with Ghana in April becoming the first country in the region to establish a national system. The initiative, funded by the

  • Posted May 14, 2019
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  Calls for end to US monopoly as World Bank chief quits

  The resignation of the World Bank’s president has prompted calls for his successor to be non-American, amid fears that the bank’s policies could shift to reflect US president Donald Trump’s

  • Posted January 13, 2019
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