While inaugurating the renovated ECOSOC Chamber today at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was encouraged that the first meeting held in the Chamber was with the World Trade Organization, UNCTAD, and the Bretton Woods Institutions. UNTV
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discuss what the two organizations and their partners must do to turn the goal of ending extreme poverty into a reality and engage global citizens around this topic. WORLD BANK
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and the Bank’s chief economist outline goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity during the Bank’s annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. WORLD BANK
East Asia economies are projected to grow by 7.8 percent this year, outpacing last year's growth and potentially boosting the world economy, according to a new report by the World Bank Group. But a Bank official said in order to maintain sustained long term growth, East Asia governments must create jobs and improve infrastructure. WORLD [...]
The World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, today (3 April) outlined a bold global agenda for ending extreme poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity to boost the incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population. WORLD BANK
High priced food is contributing to an obesity epidemic in developing countries as poor people increasingly rely on cheap, high caloric food products, according to the World Bank's Food Price Watch. WORLD BANK
Nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people don't have access to toilets, most notably in villages. The lack of sanitation is the cause of one in every ten deaths in India. Diseases cause billions of dollars in economic loss. WORLD BANK
Cleaner cook stoves and rural electrification are part of energy projects in Senegalthat rely on women in the decision-making process, helping them improve their lives and the prosperity of their families. WORLD BANK
To export a truckload of goods out of Nepalmeans a flurry of paperwork, unbelievably treacherous mountain roads, and a border post without a proper computer system. It’s an exhausting, frustrating journey. Now there are plans to streamline the process to improve trade with India and the world. WORLD BANK
If only a quarter of the food that is now being wasted or lost was to be saved, that alone would be enough to feed the almost one billion people around the world who go hungry daily, a UN food expert said ahead of a new campaign against food waste to be launched in Geneva [...]