World Bank

...securities) transactions this year, including the groundbreaking MultiCat Mexico 2009 Ltd., a partnership between the World Bank and Mexico to help manage catastrophe risk from multiple perils more effectively. "We are very...

In this article: Risk management, Mexico, North America, Europe, and Ministry of Finance

...ongoing assistance to the Metrobus system. Along with the Cat Foundation, the World Bank, Global Environment Facility, Shell Foundation and Hewlett Foundation have provided financial support. "Each partner contributed to the success of...

In this article: Embarq, Harvard University, Metrobus, Kennedy School of Government, Caterpillar Inc., and Mexico City

...world. And we have put climate at the top of our diplomatic agenda when it comes to our relationships with countries as varied as China and Brazil, India and Mexico, from the continent of Africa to the continent of Europe. Taken...

In this article: Climate change, Carbon, United States, U.N., Barack Obama, Copenhagen, Coal, Fossil fuel, Waste, and House of Representatives

...regions worst hit. Mexico is seeking a World Bank loan of around 400 million dollars to help finance 20 million swine flu vaccines it has ordered amid preparations for an expected resurgence of the virus when temperatures drop in November.

In this article: Mexico, Argentina, Mexico City, and United States

...that even in the face of a difficult global economic situation the government set its efforts to reduce emissions in the long term and to reach sustainable growth," said Gloria Grandolini, World Bank country director for Mexico and Colombia.

In this article: Mexico, Climate change, The World Bank, Washington, and Colombia

World Bank lends Mexico, Argentina funds for flu The World Bank said on Thursday it had transferred $25.6 million to the Mexican authorities to buy drugs and ramp up testing for the deadly H1N1 flu that has killed up to 176 people in the...

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

...talking farming to a packed room with an international audience that included the CEO of Pepsico, crop scientists, chemists, agronomists, World Bank representatives and ministers of agriculture for the U.S. Egypt, Mexico and Canada? Gates...

In this article: Bill Gates, Iowa, Norman Borlaug, World Food Prize, Africa, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft

...Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia. The G-20 leaders also agreed to increase the voting power of developing countries in the World Bank by at least 3 percent and to shift the quota share in the International Monetary Fund from...

In this article: United States, European Union, Barack Obama, China, Nobel Prize, Carnegie Mellon University, and United Nations

Carstens, speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the IMF and World Bank's joint Development Committee, said the World Bank was giving Mexico an immediate loan of $25 million to help with medicine and medical equipment. In...

In this article: FLU, Agustin Carstens, Mexico, IMF, Robert Zoellick, and Europe