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Why a nominee from rest of the world must head World Bank and end US' reign
Europe should vote with emerging-market nations in order to ensure that, for the first time, a nominee from the rest of the world runs the bank
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Nations like India should pad up for trade, manufacturing turbulence: WB
In India, growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane
 "Nations like India should pad up for trade, manufacturing turbulence: WB")
World Bank lowers global economic growth prospects amid rising risks
Growth in advanced economies is estimated to slow to 2 per cent in 2019 from 2.2 per cent in 2018
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World Bank's search for new chief, a test of Trump's America First policy
Kristalina Georgieva will take over as interim president on February 1
After Jim Yong Kim's exit, is it time to give up on the World Bank?
Its outgoing president thinks he can do more to build infrastructure in the developing world by working in the private sector
World Bank's Jim Yong Kim to resign effective Feb 1, work on infrastructure
Kim intends immediately to join a firm to focus on increasing infrastructure investment in developing countries, the bank said
Can the World Bank redeem itself?
World Bank's leadership should empower new chief economist to lead the charge in making the intellectual case for open markets for goods, services, and people
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A few high-growth Indian firms have lion's share in output: World Bank
Globally, too, the trend is not dissimilar
India made major strides in improving prospects for businesses: World Bank
The two-year jump is the second largest for any country on the index
World Bank 'human capital' rankings: Singapore, S Korea take top spots
The 'human capital' index was unveiled at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings on the Indonesian island of Bali
India gets World Bank's support for transition to high-middle income nation
India is the largest IBRD client of the World Bank. Between 2015 and 2018, the World Bank lent around $10.2 billion to India
World Bank red flags $237-trillion debt amid rising interest rates
"With interest rates going up, that attention on debt sustainability has to be stronger", says Kristalina Georgieva, chief executive officer of the World Bank
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Why India needs to urgently worry about migration caused by climate change
The significance of rural-urban migration will rise in future as agriculture-dependent livelihoods come under increasing climatic stress
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190 mn Indian adults don't have bank account, says World Bank report
In India, the share of adults with an account has more than doubled since 2011, to 80 per cent, said the World Bank
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World Bank to raise lending to India by $1 billion for next five years
The lending will be mainly for infrastructure projects, thy World Bank India director said
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World Bank commits $100 million to boost Tamil Nadu's rural economy
The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project will create an enabling environment for producer organisations and enterprises to promote businesses, finance ministry said in a statement
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Ease of doing business indicators, methodology designed on hard data: WB
The World Bank's chief economist Paul Romer told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that the organisation changed methodology of its 'doing business' rankings in ways that were unfair and misleading
How World Bank unfairly influenced its own competitiveness rankings
The World Bank's chief economist said he would recalculate national rankings of business competitiveness going back at least four years
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Economist Summers cites India's forex, questions World Bank's lending power
Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H Summers has questioned the relevance of lending power of top global financial institutions like the World Bank in the 21st century
India's economic slowdown an aberration: World Bank
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would be leading the Indian delegation to the annual meeting next week
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