Posts Tagged ‘world bank’
The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development
World Development Report 2012: The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development The World Bank, 2012 Website: http://bit.ly/xiQkAq Swedish launch of World Bank report on gender equality as a pre-condition for reducing poverty and increasing growth. On 31 January, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for [...]
Green Climate Fund Fraud: Another World Bank Coup
It's official. South Africa's neo-liberal politico, the World Bank flunky Trevor Manuel, will co-chair the 50-member committee to design the $100 billion Green Climate Fund! Talk about corruption of the UNFCCC process! Why, just last December in Cancun, the developing countries were assured that the World Bank would be taking a side seat in the [...]
Germans To Build Offshore Wind In China
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Sunday World, June 26: * Germans To Build Offshore Wind In China * Chinese Banks Put $10bil In Eu Sun * India Wind Gets Big Backing, Plans 5,000 Mw * World Bank Funds India’s 1st Thin Film Plant * Competition Drives Norway’s Ev Off The [...]
Book Review: World 3.0
Review by Hazel Henderson, originally published on SeekingAlpha.com This book provides a look inside the global corporate mindset through the eyes of a leading business school academic and consultant. Ghemawat's World 3.0 is not seen as a living planet with human societies within its biosphere. Rather his World 3.0 is a view of jostling [...]
The Road to the Green Climate Fund | World Resources Institute
By Athena Ballesteros on February 14, 2011 Tags: adaptation climate finance financial institutions international policy MDB world bank Final session at COP-16 Cancun. Photo credit: WRIThis post originally appeared on the World Bank blog Development in a Changing Climate The UN Climate Talks in December 2010 concluded with a set of [...]
World’s Poor ‘One Shock’ From Crisis as Food Prices Climb, Zoellick Says
An article from Bloomberg By Eric Martin - Apr 16, 2011 7:49 PM ET inShare0More Business Exchange Buzz up! Digg Print Email World Bank President Robert Zoellick said the global economy is “one shock away” from a crisis in food supplies and prices. Zoellick estimated 44 million people have fallen into poverty due to rising food prices [...]
Debating the Global Land Grab
Coinciding with the Global Land Grab conference held at the University of Sussex, three leading commentators debate the politics of land deals; contrasting a World Bank "code of conduct" perspective with more critical analysis looking at human rights and labour issues. A new report has been released this week to coincide with the forthcoming [...]
World Bank Finances China Wastewater Treatment Project
DEAL NEWS World Bank finances China wastewater treatment project Eaga attracts £300m solar investment, looks to diversify following Carillion deal Iceni builds portfolio with ZeroC ABB buys 35 per cent of Novatec Solar AE Biofuels subsidiary closes $3.5m deal to restart ethanol plant Biofuels company EQM secures $2.5m in private [...]
Why are retail green bonds so popular in Japan?
Why are retail green bonds so popular in Japan? Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by Sean Kidney in blog Environmentally-themed Uridashi bonds (non-JPY denominated bonds sold directly to Japanese individual investors) have been popular in Japan for some time, making it by far the biggest market for such bonds. We’ve now seen issues by everyone from [...]
Bigtime World Bank New Energy Buy In India
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ President's Day At Newenergynews, 2-21: * Quick News, 2-21: Nyc Doubles Its Sun; The Av Smart Charger; Sonar Watching Ocean Energy; Seeking Justice From Calif Cap & Trade Sunday World, 2-20: * Bigtime World Bank New Energy Buy In India * Spanish [...]
