14-04-2011 08:28
The World Bank said Wednesday it had blacklisted 45 more companies and individuals last year as it boosted a crackdown on corruption in its contracting.
07-04-2011 16:12
International law firmGide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) has assisted IFC(International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group, and IFC Capitalization Fundin investing in Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade or VietinBank.
12-03-2011 07:57
The World Bank on Friday said it was ready to help the recovery effort in quake- and tsunami-struck Japan by mobilizing and deploying specialists to support recovery and reconstruction.
20-02-2011 07:49
World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned leaders of the top global economies Saturday that the world is reaching a danger point where soaring food prices threaten further political instability.
16-02-2011 09:36
Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned Tuesday.
01-02-2011 21:32
The World Bank predicts inward remittances will increase by more than 6 per cent this year, based on the amount of last year.
19-01-2011 10:04
The World Bank Tuesday announced a $15 million grant to Haiti to fight a persistent cholera epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,700 people since October.
09-01-2011 09:07
World Bank President Robert Zoellick opens a four-day visit to India Sunday where he was expected to laud the efforts by the big emerging country on its growing role in the global economy.
21-12-2010 21:00
Lack of toilets and other proper sanitation facilities costs India nearly $54 billion a year, a World Bank study has found, mainly through premature deaths, especially of young children.
21-12-2010 09:06
Siemens AG last week announced a $500,000 package for Vietnam’s integrity and transparency in business initiative.
17-12-2010 16:15
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the World Bank (WB) on December 16 in Hanoi signed a financing agreement and related legal documents for the Higher Education Development Policy Credit valued at $50 million - the second operation in a programmatic series of three credits.
10-12-2010 09:48
Foreign direct investment to developing countries is expected to rise 17 per cent this year as they drive the global economic recovery, the World Bank said Thursday.
10-12-2010 08:00
Siemens AG has announced the first anti-corruption projects that will receive financing from the $100 million integrity initiative to promote clean markets.
09-12-2010 20:20
The Government Inspectorate and the World Bank on December 9 in Hanoi launched the anti-corruption initiative program for 2011 in an effort to collect innovative ideas from the community for anti-corruption.
09-12-2010 17:17
The World Bank launched an initiative Wednesday to help emerging and developing countries set up carbon markets, inaugurating a fund that it hopes will reach $100 million.