5-7 june 2012 The 42nd Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council convened in Washington, DC, US, from 5-7 June 2012, at World Bank headquarters. Over 200 representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society organizations (CSOs) attended the three-day meeting, which also included the Council meeting for the Least Developed Countries …
BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria
BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria By Anne Sewell Mar 29, 2012 in World New Delhi – At a meeting of the world’s 5 leading emerging economies, many issues were raised including stepping away from the Dollar as a reserve currency and reform of …
BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria
These two stories from Bloomberg and Digital Journal, sent to us, with our thanks, by our colleague, Gil Raiford BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria By Anne Sewell Mar 29, 2012 in World New Delhi – At a meeting of the world’s 5 leading …
How I would lead the World Bank
How I would lead the World Bank By Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. My quest to help end poverty has taken me to more than 125 countries, from mega-city capitals to mountaintop villages, from rain forest settlements to nomadic desert camps. Now …
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 International …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …