By Scott Stearns White House 13 April 2007 President Bush is backing the embattled head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who is under pressure to resign for increasing the salary of a former employee who was his girlfriend. VOA White House Correspo...
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 April 2007 Afghan artisans are getting a helping hand from a small retail shop in Washington D.C. The store, called Pangea, is operated by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, th...
By David McAlary Washington 30 October 2006 The World Bank says rapidly diminishing tropical forests could be saved if farmers and loggers were paid not to cut the trees. It proposes to extend the current international system of carbon trading for t...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 27 October 2006 watch Deforestation report Deforestation, an ongoing problem, is receiving new scrutiny, this time from the World Bank. It is all part of the bank's mission to reduce global poverty by spurring economic g...
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 21 September 2006 Finance ministers from mainly developing countries have expressed concern that the World Bank's anti-corruption campaign may divert resources from poverty relief and attach too many conditions to aid. At...
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 20 September 2006 World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz speaks during annual meetings in Singapore The annual meeting of the World Bank andInternational Monetary Fund has ended after two days of discussions in Singapore, wi...
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 19 September 2006 The first day of the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have ended in Singapore. Leaders of the two organizations expressed concern that high oil prices, global trade imbal...
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 18 September 2006 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund open their annual meetings in Singapore Tuesday. At the top of the agenda for two days of talks among the world's finance ministers are debt relief and...
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 04 August 2006 watch World Bank Aid Malaria and HIV/AIDS still afflict Africans disproportionately When he became World Bank president 14 months ago, Paul Wolfowitz said it was clear that Africa had to be at the top...
By Ivana Kuhar and George Dwyer Washington, DC 07 February 2006 watch World Bank report World Bank report A new report by the World Bank says most post-communist European countries are now better inte...