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Philippines picked for WB 'green accounting' project
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The Philippines has been chosen along with four other countries for the pilot implementation of a World Bank-led project to develop "green accounting," or the inclusion of the value of natural resources in...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Environmental Issues, Gross Domestic Product, Productivity, Science and Technology
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Global remittances: South Asia to receive $ 140 bn in 2015
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaRemittance flows to South Asia are projected to remain buoyant in the coming years, reaching $ 140 billion in 2015, according to the World Bank. The World Bank's latest Migration and Development Brief revealed that officially recorded remittance flows...Tags: Lebanon, Asia, Nepal, Politics, World Bank Group
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Global finance officials endorse World Bank target to end poverty
ReutersBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - Global finance officials endorsed a new World Bank goal to end extreme global poverty by 2030 and emphasized that its focus should be on ensuring that the poorest benefit from strong growth and...Tags: Environmental Issues, China, Jack Lew, Economy, Business and Finance, Social Issues
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COOL not ruled illegal by WTO but finds label wording to be a problem
On Friday, March 8, 2013, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new rule to bring the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations into compliance with the July 2012 decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Discrimination, Politics, Social Issues, Consumer Goods Industries
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China's 'black clinics' flourish as government debates health reform
ReutersA one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a non-descript Beijing side street is 29-year-old Chinese migrant worker Zhang Xuefang's best recourse to medical care. Not recognized as a Beijing resident, she does not qualify for cheaper healthcare...Tags: China, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues, Career and Workplace, Politics
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A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader
A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Banking, Economy, Business and Finance, The New York Times, Politics, World Bank Group
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Saudi Arabia, Retraining, International Finance Corporation, Politics
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A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, New York City, World Bank Group, Malaria, Economic Organization
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Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy
More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...Tags: China, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, World Bank Group
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U.N. nuclear talks with Iran fail to get access for inspectors
World NowEight hours of negotiations between U.N. officials and Iran's nuclear policy envoy ended Friday without an agreement for inspectors to visit suspect Iranian facilities, the U.N. nuclear agency's deputy director said.... -
Corn, soybean prices at all-time high worldwide, World Bank says
World NowThe cost of corn and soybeans soared to all-time heights in July, pushing global food prices upwards and pushing budgets to the breaking point in the Middle East and Africa, the World Bank has warned.... -
Ex-Navy SEAL pushes back on Pentagon warning over Bin Laden book
World NowThe former Navy SEAL who wrote a first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden launched another attack Friday as his lawyer disputed the Defense Department’s claim that he was required to obtain Pentagon approval before publishing the...
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