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PODER-ABC* Business Awards Celebrates Leadership Excellence in the Americas...Cooperation and Development from 2003-2004. Ramirez co-authored the book "Poverty, Human Development and Indigenous People in Latin America" which was published by the World Bank in 2005. In 2003, Ramirez created the Cinepolis... In this article: Latin America, Juanes, and Sustainable development |
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Prime Newswire | November 05, 2009
Verisk Analytics Subsidiary AIR Provides Risk Modeling and Analytical Services for More Than 80 Percent of Catastrophe Bonds Issued to Date in 2009
...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
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PR Newswire: Automotive Industry | November 12, 2009
Caterpillar-Sponsored EMBARQ Wins Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Environmental Partnership Award
...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
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washingtonpost.com | September 22, 2009
President Obama Addresses Climate Change at the U.N.
...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
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The Times of India - World | August 25, 2009
15 more deaths push up Mexico swine flu toll to 179
...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
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New Kerala | October 22, 2009
Mexico gets 1.5 billion dollars World Bank loan for environment
...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
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Reuters | April 30, 2009
World Bank lends Mexico, Argentina funds for flu
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
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TechFlash | October 15, 2009
Bill Gates appears in Iowa, finally
...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
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CNN | October 12, 2009
Commentary: Nobel shows U.S. is still dominant
...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
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Reuters | April 26, 2009
UPDATE 1-Mexico says flu could have big economic impact
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
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Description from Wikipedia:
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides leveraged loans to poorer countries for capital programs with a claimed goal of reducing poverty.
The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions:
* International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
* International Development Association (IDA)
Whereas the latter incorporates these two in addition to three more:
* International Finance Corporation (IFC)
* Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
* International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- Name:
- World Bank
- Type:
- International organization
- Founding Date:
- December 27, 1945
- Head:
- Robert B. Zoellick
- Members:
- 186 countries
- Size:
- 200px
- Status:
- Treaty
- Website:
- http://www.worldbank.org/
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