World Bank

...Exhibition of the Construction Equipment here, he said his ministry had submitted a proposal to the World Bank on the issue. He said World Bank President Robert Zoellick would visit New Delhi soon and discuss issue of extending the...

In this article: Robert Zoellick, Bangalore, New Delhi, and India

Bangalore, Nov 25 : India has approached the World Bank for $3 billion to fund widening of 7,000-km single-lane national highways into double lanes, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said Wednesday. "We have applied to the...

In this article: Kamal Nath, National Highway Authority of India, India, and Bangalore

...and asset prices could cause another downturn in the slowly recovering economies of the United States and Europe, the head of the World Bank said. "Waiting for bubbles to burst and then cleaning up the aftermath is now a new lesson of...

In this article: Robert Zoellick, Europe, Inflation, Financial Times, Australia, United States, Singapore, and China

The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan to support Mexico's economic policies implemented in response to the global crisis, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The Mexican government's policies focus on developing measures...

In this article: Mexico, The World Bank, and Colombia

The World Bank was asked by the Group of 20 nations in September to create a fund to help quickly disburse the pledges. "I'd like (the World Bank) to get more (of the $20 billion promised) but the key thing is that people keep their...

In this article: Robert Zoellick, World Food Program, The World Bank, UN, Climate change, Brookings Institution, and Josette Sheeran

...an interactive chart letting you compare the U.S. with other countries. Since Wednesday, Google has been tapping into data from the World Bank to provide key details and interactive charts on specific topics along with its own search...

In this article: Google, U.S., The World Bank, Google search, CNET, and Twitter

...must handle their monetary and currency policies carefully to avoid unleashing a wave of potentially destabilizing inflation, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Friday. The U.S. and European economies, which are barely...

In this article: Robert Zoellick, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Singapore, U.S., China, Asia, and Beijing

Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find. A "public data" feature launched about six months ago with continually updated US population and employment...

In this article: Google, Internet technologies, Carbon dioxide, Google search, Europe, Somalia, and US

...for now * Says no rush to roll back stimulus measures * Warns of asset bubbles in some Asian countries By Kevin Yao and Kevin Lim World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday that the dollar's role as a reserve currency is...

In this article: Robert Zoellick, United States, China, Singapore, and Japan