Tag: World Bank

After “Doing Business” (Mauricio Cárdenas, Project-Syndicate)

Following its recent business-environment rankings scandal, the World Bank will have to overcome a deep trust deficit and take drastic steps to restore public...

China urges World Bank to conduct full probe in issues related to business report (Global Times)

Photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, the United States.Photo:Xinhua China's Foreign Ministry on Friday called on the...

Latin America – COVID-19 cost Latin America and the Caribbean 1.5 million jobs. Here’s how to recover them (Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Joana Silva, World...

Low-skilled workers in Latin America and the Caribbean have been most affected by the pandemic, and it could impact for up to a...

(Lebanon/World Bank) World Bank urges Lebanon to ‘help itself so we can help it’ (Al Jazeera)

Abeer Abu Omar Lebanon’s annual inflation rate reached a record high and food prices soared by around 400 percent in December, highlighting the dramatic impact...

(Lebanon/World Bank) World Bank approves $246-million emergency aid package for vulnerable Lebanese (The New Arab)

The World Bank Group on Tuesday approved a $246-million aid package to help 786,000 vulnerable Lebanese reeling under the country's worst economic crisis in decades and...

LEBANON – ‘Deliberate depression’: World Bank’s dire warning on Lebanon (Al Jazeera)

Lebanon has been ravaged this year by an economic and financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut....