Wednesday, March 28, 2012

World bank

  • Aimia (TSX:AIM) today announced it has been engaged by one of the worlds leading international banks - Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) to enhance its rewards proposition across markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Developing nations again seem unlikely to propel one of their own citizens to the World Bank presidency. It may not matter. A group of rising powers is mulling its own alternative to Western-dominated lending institutions.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • The head of the World Bank, by custom an American, traditionally has come from a relatively small circle of bankers, diplomats and economists.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • With so much to worry about in the global economy, here's a reminder of the expected benefits of Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, which is due to be ratified this summer.
  • (Financial Times)
  • Jose Antonio Ocampo, the former Colombian finance minister and one of three candidates to become the next president of the World Bank, expects Latin American and the Caribbean nations to support his bid.
  • (Businessweek)
  • NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The BRICS group of emerging world powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - is expected to launch plans this week for a joint development bank and measures to bring their stock exchanges closer together.
  • (Reuters India)
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $132 million zero-interest loan to help Cameroon build a dam to generate more electricity for homes and businesses across the west Central African nation.
  • (Reuters)
  • WASHINGTON, March 27, 2012 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today discussed and welcomed a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of the World Bank Group with Turkey for 2012-2015.
  • (World Bank Group)
  • MOSCOW — Russia is rebounding from the global recession more slowly than other developing countries despite high oil prices, according to a report Tuesday by the World Bank that hints at problems awaiting Vladimir V.
  • (New York Times)
  • Barack Obamas administration announced Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as its nominee for the next president of the World Bank on Friday, March 23.
  • (New America Foundation)

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