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World Bank Presidential Nominee Ajay Banga Tests Covid Positive During Delhi Trip
World Bank presidential nominee Ajay Banga has tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing in New Delhi where he was travelling on the last leg of his world tour, and is currently quarantining in isolation.
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World Bank Cuts China Growth Forecasts On Covid Worries
In a statement, the World Bank slashed its forecast to 2.7 percent from 4.3 percent predicted in June.
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Goal Of Eradicating Extreme Poverty By 2030 Out Of Reach: World Bank
Covid-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned Wednesday that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, World Bank Chief Discuss Covid, Ukraine War
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with World Bank President David Malpass in Washington on Friday and discussed several key economic issues.
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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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World Bank Maintains India's Growth Projection At 8.3% For 2021-22
India's economic growth is expected to be 8.3 per cent in the current financial year and 8.7 per cent in 2022-23, according to a World Bank report
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Informal Sector Hit Hardest By COVID Crisis In India: World Bank President
''....the hit that COVID caused on the Indian economy and especially on the informal sector of the Indian economy which is large," said David Malpass, World Bank, President
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IMF, World Bank Prioritise Vaccine Access To End Pandemic
After kicking massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by Covid last year, the IMF and World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from derailing the global economic recovery.
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Heads Of Global Organisations Issue Joint Call For Vaccine Equality
World leaders must make a "new commitment" to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines to bring the pandemic under control, the heads of four major global organizations said on Tuesday.
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India Signs $400 Million Project With World Bank To Protect Poor From COVID Impact
India on Wednesday signed a pact worth 400 million dollar with the World Bank in a bid to aid the poor and vulnerable reeling under the coronavirus crisis.
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Even Pak Handled Covid Better: Rahul Gandhi On IMF Projections For India
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Centre on Friday over IMF''s projection that the Indian economy is set to contract by a massive 10.3 per cent this year, saying it was another "solid achievement" by the government.
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World Bank Presidential Nominee Ajay Banga Tests Covid Positive During Delhi Trip
World Bank presidential nominee Ajay Banga has tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing in New Delhi where he was travelling on the last leg of his world tour, and is currently quarantining in isolation.
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World Bank Cuts China Growth Forecasts On Covid Worries
In a statement, the World Bank slashed its forecast to 2.7 percent from 4.3 percent predicted in June.
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Goal Of Eradicating Extreme Poverty By 2030 Out Of Reach: World Bank
Covid-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned Wednesday that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, World Bank Chief Discuss Covid, Ukraine War
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with World Bank President David Malpass in Washington on Friday and discussed several key economic issues.
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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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World Bank Maintains India's Growth Projection At 8.3% For 2021-22
India's economic growth is expected to be 8.3 per cent in the current financial year and 8.7 per cent in 2022-23, according to a World Bank report
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Informal Sector Hit Hardest By COVID Crisis In India: World Bank President
''....the hit that COVID caused on the Indian economy and especially on the informal sector of the Indian economy which is large," said David Malpass, World Bank, President
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IMF, World Bank Prioritise Vaccine Access To End Pandemic
After kicking massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by Covid last year, the IMF and World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from derailing the global economic recovery.
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Heads Of Global Organisations Issue Joint Call For Vaccine Equality
World leaders must make a "new commitment" to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines to bring the pandemic under control, the heads of four major global organizations said on Tuesday.
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India Signs $400 Million Project With World Bank To Protect Poor From COVID Impact
India on Wednesday signed a pact worth 400 million dollar with the World Bank in a bid to aid the poor and vulnerable reeling under the coronavirus crisis.
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Even Pak Handled Covid Better: Rahul Gandhi On IMF Projections For India
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Centre on Friday over IMF''s projection that the Indian economy is set to contract by a massive 10.3 per cent this year, saying it was another "solid achievement" by the government.
