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This Country Has Highest Living Cost In All Of Asia. Inflation Rate At 25%
This country has the highest living cost in all of Asia with a 25 per cent inflation rate and its economy may grow at the fourth lowest pace of 1.9 per cent in the region, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.
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Indian Economy To Grow At 7.5% In 2024, Projects World Bank
The Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.5% in 2024, the World Bank said, revising its earlier projections for the same period by 1.2%.
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World Bank Explains Why Pakistan's Economic Development Ineffective, Limited
In the wake of the economic crisis in Pakistan, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine said that Pak's economic development is limited to the elite which resulted in the country lagging behind its fellow countries.
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At Bengaluru G-20 Meet, India's Bid To Amplify Influence Over Global South
India is set to use this week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations to try to amplify its influence over developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America called the Global South.
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Air India Leases Fleet Of Airbus Planes From China Development Bank Aviation
Air India has leased a fleet of six Airbus A320 neo aircraft from CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co Limited.
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Asian Bank Tracks Projects In India From Space Amid Covid Travel Bans
In a world of Covid travel bans, the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank has found an unusual way of keeping tabs on major development projects in places like India and Turkey that staff can't visit: tracking progress from space.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
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Asian Development Bank Calls For Reforms To Build Resilient Education Systems
Governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific should initiate far-reaching reforms to strengthen the resilience of education and training systems as they deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a guidance note from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Latest Updates On Lakshmi Vilas Bank Merger: 10 Things To Know
This week, the government approved the merger of crisis-hit Lakshmi Vilas Bank into DBS Bank India, a unit of Southeast Asia's largest lender, DBS. Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) will now operate as DBS Bank India, with restrictions on withdrawals from its customers' accounts now lifted. The development comes days after withdrawals from Lakshmi Vilas Ban...
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Pandemic To Nearly Wipe Out Growth In Large Parts Of Asia-Pacific In 2020: Report
Developing Asia, a group of 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, is expected to post growth of just 0.1 per cent in 2020, ADB said in a report
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Asian Development Bank Cuts India Growth Forecast To 5.1% For Fiscal Year 2019
The ADB also lowered its forecast for South Asia's largest economy India for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to 5.1 per cent and 6.5 per cent, from its September estimates of 6.5 per cent and 7.2 per cent, due to liquidity strains on its non-banking finance companies and slow job growth.
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Sri Lanka Secures $1 Billion Loan From China, Amid Mounting Debt
Sri Lanka's central bank on Friday announced it had secured a $1 billion Chinese loan as the island, a key link in Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, develops closer relations with Asia's largest economy.
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India Fastest Growing Economy, Set To Meet 2018 Growth Target: Asian Bank
Led by India, South Asia will continue to be the fastest growing economic area despite new trade tensions in Asia and Pacific region, Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new report today.
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India To Grow 7.3 Per Cent This Fiscal, Fastest Across Asia: Asian Development Bank
India's economic growth is expected to rebound to 7.3 per cent this fiscal and further to 7.6 per cent in 2019-20 with increased productivity post GST and investment revival due to banking reform, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today.
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Indian Economy On Track To Grow At 7.4% In 2017: Asian Development Bank
South Asia will be the fastest growing of all sub-regions in Asia and the Pacific, with growth on track to meet original projections of 7 per cent in 2017 and 7.2 per cent in 2018, according to Asian Development Bank.
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This Country Has Highest Living Cost In All Of Asia. Inflation Rate At 25%
This country has the highest living cost in all of Asia with a 25 per cent inflation rate and its economy may grow at the fourth lowest pace of 1.9 per cent in the region, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.
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Indian Economy To Grow At 7.5% In 2024, Projects World Bank
The Indian economy is projected to grow at 7.5% in 2024, the World Bank said, revising its earlier projections for the same period by 1.2%.
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World Bank Explains Why Pakistan's Economic Development Ineffective, Limited
In the wake of the economic crisis in Pakistan, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine said that Pak's economic development is limited to the elite which resulted in the country lagging behind its fellow countries.
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At Bengaluru G-20 Meet, India's Bid To Amplify Influence Over Global South
India is set to use this week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations to try to amplify its influence over developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America called the Global South.
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Air India Leases Fleet Of Airbus Planes From China Development Bank Aviation
Air India has leased a fleet of six Airbus A320 neo aircraft from CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co Limited.
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Asian Bank Tracks Projects In India From Space Amid Covid Travel Bans
In a world of Covid travel bans, the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank has found an unusual way of keeping tabs on major development projects in places like India and Turkey that staff can't visit: tracking progress from space.
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COVID-19 Pushes 80 Million People In Asia Into Extreme Poverty: Asian Development Bank
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with what would have happened without COVID-19, according to a new report by th
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Asian Development Bank Calls For Reforms To Build Resilient Education Systems
Governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific should initiate far-reaching reforms to strengthen the resilience of education and training systems as they deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a guidance note from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Latest Updates On Lakshmi Vilas Bank Merger: 10 Things To Know
This week, the government approved the merger of crisis-hit Lakshmi Vilas Bank into DBS Bank India, a unit of Southeast Asia's largest lender, DBS. Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) will now operate as DBS Bank India, with restrictions on withdrawals from its customers' accounts now lifted. The development comes days after withdrawals from Lakshmi Vilas Ban...
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Pandemic To Nearly Wipe Out Growth In Large Parts Of Asia-Pacific In 2020: Report
Developing Asia, a group of 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, is expected to post growth of just 0.1 per cent in 2020, ADB said in a report
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Asian Development Bank Cuts India Growth Forecast To 5.1% For Fiscal Year 2019
The ADB also lowered its forecast for South Asia's largest economy India for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to 5.1 per cent and 6.5 per cent, from its September estimates of 6.5 per cent and 7.2 per cent, due to liquidity strains on its non-banking finance companies and slow job growth.
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Sri Lanka Secures $1 Billion Loan From China, Amid Mounting Debt
Sri Lanka's central bank on Friday announced it had secured a $1 billion Chinese loan as the island, a key link in Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, develops closer relations with Asia's largest economy.
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India Fastest Growing Economy, Set To Meet 2018 Growth Target: Asian Bank
Led by India, South Asia will continue to be the fastest growing economic area despite new trade tensions in Asia and Pacific region, Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new report today.
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India To Grow 7.3 Per Cent This Fiscal, Fastest Across Asia: Asian Development Bank
India's economic growth is expected to rebound to 7.3 per cent this fiscal and further to 7.6 per cent in 2019-20 with increased productivity post GST and investment revival due to banking reform, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today.
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Indian Economy On Track To Grow At 7.4% In 2017: Asian Development Bank
South Asia will be the fastest growing of all sub-regions in Asia and the Pacific, with growth on track to meet original projections of 7 per cent in 2017 and 7.2 per cent in 2018, according to Asian Development Bank.
