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World Bank lends $3.75 billion to South African utility
12 Apr 2010
The loan is the world Bank’s first major lending engagement with South Africa since the fall of apartheid 16 years ago
World Bank projects Indian economy to grow 8 per cent in 2011-12
02 Feb 2010
The bank says India had weathered the global crisis relatively well due to the government’s quick response in easing monetary policy and counter-cyclical fiscal policy measures that supported domestic demand
Global economy to grow at 2.7 per cent this year, predicts World Bank
22 Jan 2010
Much depends on the management and timing of withdrawals of large stimulus programmes and adjustments to monetary policy implemented by most economies.
India to return to 8-9 per cent growth: Zoellick
04 Dec 2009
Bank stocks tumble as Dubai seeks moratorium on debt
27 Nov 2009
Fall of Dubai World could wipe out $40 billion worth of investments that foreign, mainly European banks have made in the rise of Dubai
Plan panel seeks foreign hand to focus rural schemes
10 Oct 2009
The Planning Commission is finalising a proposal to set up an independent evaluation organisation to assess the extent to which the government's schemes are benefiting the poor
Pranab calls for major reforms at IMF, World Bank
06 Oct 2009
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today told the IMF-World Bank meeting in Istanbul that both institutions needed a major overhaul
World Bank sanctions $3 billion for national highways
18 Sep 2009
The World Bank has agreed to provide a $3-billion loan for developing India’s national highways, says road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath
BRICs seek higher stake in IMF, World Bank
05 Sep 2009
Brazil, Russia, India and China have demanded that quotas for the emerging economies and developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World bank be raised by 7.0 per cent and 6.0 per cent, respectively.
Robert McNamara: The Quiz Kid who went to war
06 Jul 2009
Robert S McNamara, former president of the World Bank, who, as a previous US secretary of defence, earned himself a reputation as the architect of the infamous Vietnam War, passed away on Monday morning at the age of 93.
India to overtake China in GDP growth in 2010: World Bank
23 Jun 2009
The World Bank has projected an 8-per cent growth for India in 2010, overtaking China’s expected growth of 7.7 per cent. It has also raised India's growth to 5.1 per cent in 2009
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