13/4/2016/World Bank World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced that the World Bank Group would invest $2.5 billion over 5 years in education projects that directly benefit adolescent girls, whose empowerment is central to the Bank Group’s development efforts. The announcement, made at the Let Girls Learn event […]
Tag: Sub-Saharan Africa
Remittances to developing countries edge up slightly in 2015
13/4/2016/World Bank Remittances to developing countries grew only marginally in 2015, as weak oil prices and other factors strained the earnings of international migrants and their ability to send money home to their families, says the World Bank’s latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief, released today. Officially recorded remittances […]
Capacity Development in Africa: the Faces behind the Numbers
Posted on April 7, 2016 by iMFdirect By Carla Grasso If there’s one thing all economists can agree on, it’s the importance of numbers. Without good data, it is difficult to assess how an economy is performing and formulate smart policies that help improve lives. In little over twenty years, […]
