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- NORWAY: INCREASED POVERTY LEADS TO MORE WARS.(Brief Article)
- With few exceptions, the wars of the past few decades have been civil wars. Now the World Bank is sounding the alarm, and has documented that, as a rule, these wars are most often sparked by the economy and lack of development, and seldom by ethnic d...
- Research articles 2003-05-19
- INCREASED POVERTY LEADS TO MORE WARS
- With few exceptions, the wars of the past few decades have been civil wars. Now the World Bank is sounding the alarm, and has documented that, as a rule, these wars are most often sparked by the economy and lack of development, and seldom by ethnic differWith few exceptions, the...
- Research articles 2003-05-19
- Industrial hopelessness. (World Bank considers many of the industrialplants in the former Yugoslavia not recoverable due to the region's civil war and ethnic tensions)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 COMPANIES AREN'T EXACTLY WRITING off the Balkans. But the hard truth is that with industrial production down 90%, chances are slim for an industrial revival anytime soon in Muslim-Croat and Bosnian-Serb ... 00-00-0000 COMPANIES AREN'T EXACTLY WRITING off the Balkans. But the...
- Research articles 1996-11-18
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- Action can prevent can wars - World Bank
- A new World Bank study says international action to prevent civil wars in poor countries could avert untold suffering, spur poverty reduction, and help to protect people around the world from negative spill-over effects, including drug-trafficking, disease, and terrorism. The report, Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy,...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- World Bank helps Sierra Leone recover from ravages of civil war.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2000-WORLD BANK: World Bank helps Sierra Leone recover from ravages of civil war C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18022000 WASHINGTON -- The World Bank helped Sierra Leone take a step forward in consolidating a fragile peace today, with a...
- Research articles 2000-02-21
- The World Bank to reopen its office in Sudan after more than a decade.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 January 2005-WORLD BANK: The World Bank to reopen its office in Sudan after more than a decadeC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01192005 Washington DC - The World Bank has announced it plans to reopen its country office in Sudan, a...
- Research articles 2005-01-20
- New World Bank grant to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa's Great Lakes region; Civil war, conflicts, and poverty in the region have fueled spread of AIDS.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2005-WORLD BANK: New World Bank grant to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa's Great Lakes region; Civil war, conflicts, and poverty in the region have fueled spread of AIDSC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15032005 WASHINGTON - The World Bank today approved...
- Research articles 2005-03-16
- The poor man's curse; Civil wars.(Preventing civil war)
- Some things the world can do to prevent wars CIVIL war, says the World Bank, is "development in reverse". The world's poorest countries are disproportionately likely to be at war. Studies suggest that poverty and economic stagnation cause conflicts, and conflicts, of course, aggravate...
- Research articles 2003-05-24
- World Bank Hopes to Repeat Chad Wealth-Sharing Scheme.
- WASHINGTON -- The World Bank model for fairly distributing oil revenue in Africa -- where the economies of some oil- rich nations have actually declined despite high crude prices because of corruption and civil war -- enters a decisive phase later t WASHINGTON -- The...
- Research articles 2003-10-03
- World Bank pledges to do more for DR Congo rainforest
- WASHINGTON AFP — The World Bank, accused of negligence in a forestry program in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pledged Thursday to do more for the world's second-largest rainforest. As the World Bank studied Thursday a complementary action plan, it also received an internal report on its role in...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- World Bank fears famine in Afghanistan
- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 6 Kyodo The World Bank has warned a ''major human tragedy'' is in the making in Afghanistan because of a looming famine from the effects of a continuing drought and civil war, a press release issued by the bank's mission in Islamabad on Tuesday...
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- World Bank back in the DRC
- With the resumption of democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC the World Bank is ready to invest in a range of sectors there. "We have a team of 30 people looking at various industrial sectors and the DRC government has identified a number of concrete projects," says...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Bending the rules: Mozambique.(International Monetary Fund allows a 20% budget deficit in '97 for civil war reconstruction)(Brief Article)
- IN SEVERAL ways, Mozambique is an IMF success story. Inflation, 17% last year, is lower than it has been for ten years; exports have doubled in the same period. But now, under pressure from the World Bank and donor countries, the IMF is to bend the rulIN...
- Research articles 1997-06-28
- SYRIA: SYRIA JOINS WORLD BANK GROUP'S MIGA.(Brief Article)
- Syria recently completed the requirements needed to join the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, making it the agency's 156th member, according to the Syria Report. As a member of MIGA, foreign investors wishing to do business in...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- The long road to recovery: the scale of the reconstruction challenges facing Iraq's war-weary 25m people is formidable and will demand the goodwill of the world community, restoration of political-civil normality and reconciliation among various opposing
- The World Bank notes: "Iraq's overall reconstruction needs are vast--the result of 20 years of neglect and degradation of infrastructure, environment and social services." Restoring the nation's socio economic health is contingent on greater capital injections and technological transfers into almost every sector of the shattered economy. Paul Bremer, head...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- New light on civil strife
- A new World Bank study challenges popular notions about the origins of civil conflict and has thrown new light on why so many African countries are in turmoil. The World Bank's research suggests that civil wars are more often fuelled by rebel groups competing with national governments for control...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- National City: Another Tale of CEO Error and Big Payouts
- National City Bank survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, the World Wars  and the demise and comeback of Cleveland. But it couldn't withstand the decisions made over the past decade by its CEOs who stand to gain millions in golden parachutes. Once a solid, trusted bank, National...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Emergency Palestinian leader named; U.S. supports Fayyad.(PAGE ONE)
- Byline: Josh Mitnick / The Washington Times RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed former World Bank official Salam Fayyad to head an emergency government after militants from the rival Hamas faction routed his Fatah forces and seized control of the Gaza...
- Research articles 2007-06-16
- What's Next: 4 Big Predictions for the U.S. Economy
- The global landscape has changed for good. Here are our biggest predictions for after the shakeout — plus suggestions for what you should do about them. ...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- National City's Demise Owes Much to Greedy CEOs
- National City Bank survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, the World Wars  and the demise and comeback of Cleveland. But it couldn’t withstand the decisions made over the past decade by its CEOs who stand to gain millions in golden parachutes. Once a solid, trusted bank, National...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
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