All posts tagged "World Bank"

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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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  World Bank report highlights innovation in 15 case studies

  A new report shedding light on how low- and middle-income countries can improve their public sectors and civil services was launched yesterday by the World Bank. The report, ‘Improving Public

  • Posted October 30, 2018
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  Blockchain: alchemy or wizardry?

  Like the cryptocurrencies that gave birth to them, blockchain technologies attract excitement and scepticism in equal measure. Don’t believe the hype, says James Johns – but in time, blockchain could

  • Posted August 16, 2018
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  Nairobi civil servants to work in shifts, cutting congestion

  Kenya’s public servants will soon be working split shifts to help tackle congestion in the capital city, the government has said. The Public Service ministry has written to all civil

  • Posted July 10, 2018
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  World Bank agrees US$200m social aid package for Iraq

  A US$200 million emergency package to provide social support and employment for communities devastated in Iraq’s ongoing armed conflicts has been agreed by the World Bank. The Emergency Social Stabilization

  • Posted April 10, 2018
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  World Bank funds roll-out of Tajikistan’s social safety net

  Tajikistan is set to launch a nationwide roll-out of its new social assistance programme for poor and vulnerable people after receiving US$1.8 million from the World Bank. The extra finance

  • Posted February 8, 2018
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