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The Government of India, the Government of Punjab and the World Bank have signed a $105 million Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project to strengthen urban services in Amritsar and Ludhiana, the two largest cities in Punjab, India.…

The Government of India, the Central Water Commission, government representatives from 10 participating States and the World Bank have signed a $250 million project to support the Government of India’s long-term dam safety program and…

The  World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have provided the the sum of $550 million in funding to support the implementation of the Rural Electrification Agency's off-grid solution projects. Mr Ahmed Abubakar,…

African leaders gathered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to plead with the World Bank for new aid plans to finance their economic recovery and better access to vaccines against Covid-19. The leaders are seeking $100 billion for a pivotal World…

The absence of access to vaccines in Africa is “unacceptable”, World Bank number two Axel van Trotsenburg said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting in Abidjan on the institution’s financial support for the world’s poorest continent.…

The Indian federal government has signed a US $32 million loan agreement with the World Bank to improve the management capacity and quality of health services in the northeastern state of Mizoram. READ ALSO: WHO,…

Remittance flows to low and middle income countries reached $540 billion last year, just 1.6 percent below the 2019 total of $548 billion, latest Migration and Development Brief by World Bank has shown. The bank said the decline in…

The World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO) have endorsed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) call to invest $50 billion to fight Covid-19 by making and delivering vaccines and treatments.…

The Lagos State Government has confirmed that the World Bank, through its assisted Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project is set to construct 13.16km Farm Access Roads (FARs) in four…

Belize has taken steps to transition to a Blue Economy, according to a recent report by the World Bank. Belize, a country located on the northeast coast of Central America, is ecologically diverse with substantial natural…