Wed Apr 27, 2016/Reuters By Felix Onua The World Bank’s managing director and Nigeria’s president on Wednesday discussed how the multilateral lender could help Nigeria overcome its economic crisis and repatriate more than $300 million stolen by a former military ruler. On her second day of meetings with Nigerian officials, […]
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Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2016
14/4/2016/World Bank As Prepared for Delivery April 14, 2016 Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. I would like to first acknowledge our 189th member country — the Pacific island state of Nauru, which officially joined the […]
World Bank Group to Invest $2.5 Billion in Education Projects Benefiting Adolescent Girls
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 […]
