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TopicWorld Bank

Topic: World Bank

World Bank indices need urgent reform, says CEA Nageswaran — ‘should be transparent, less arbitrary’

Chief Economic Advisor to govt of India, V Anantha Nageswaran, says these indices, used to rate investment safety of countries, is created by ‘experts’ who have no presence on the ground.

World Bank set to host climate loss and damage fund for poor countries despite concerns

The 'loss and damage' fund was a breakthrough for developing country negotiators at the UN climate talks in Egypt last year, despite years of resistance from wealthy nations.

World Bank maintains India’s GDP growth forecast at 6.3%

This fiscal, bank credit in India grew 15.8% in the first quarter compared with 13.3% in the first quarter of the previous fiscal.

Biden urges G20 partners to help ‘scale up’ World Bank so it can better support developing countries

New Delhi: US President Joe Biden is leading a “major new initiative” with G20 partners to “reshape and scale up” the World Bank, the...

US President Biden to focus on World Bank reform, funding to tackle climate crisis at G20 Summit

The Biden administration is pushing the World Bank as a counterpart to China's overseas lending.

Health systems using ‘less than 5% data’ — World Bank says clinical & policy decisions not data-based

Digital-In-Health: Unlocking the Value for Everyone report was launched in Gandhinagar during the online G20 Health Ministers' Meet Saturday.

World Bank to halt new lending to Uganda, says its anti-LGTBQ law contradicts bank’s values

The East African country said the World Bank's move was unjust and hypocritical, since it lends to countries in Middle East, Asia with similar laws on homosexuality.

World Bank chief Ajay Banga unveils new plans to help countries tackle climate change

The new steps, still in discussion, come on top of initial steps approved in April that will boost World Bank lending by up to $50 billion over the next decade.

World Bank approves $1.5 billion financing to boost India’s low-carbon energy sector

The financing will help India promote low-carbon energy by scaling up renewable energy, developing green hydrogen and stimulating climate finance for low-carbon energy investments.

World Bank to provide $500 million in budgetary, welfare support for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is emerging out of its worst economic crisis in 7 decades, and its economy expected to shrink 2% this year before returning to growth next year.

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Labour Codes to QCO—Modi’s third term looks more open to economic reforms

The last 17 months have seen a gradual deferment of and pushback against schemes that are protectionist by nature.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.