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World Bank Supports Tuvalu In Strengthening Fisheries Management
Monday, 11 December 2023, 8:09 pm | World Bank Group
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2023 – Tuvalu will gain resources and support to strengthen the management of its fisheries, one of the country’s highest sources of income, and to create new jobs in the sector with support from a US$13 million grant approved ... More >>
Partnership With Australia, NZ, & World Bank Signals Boost For Pacific Assistance
Monday, 8 May 2023, 10:25 am | World Bank Group
The Australian and New Zealand governments have renewed their commitment to expand the World Bank's support for health, education, social protection, and climate-resilient infrastructure projects across the Pacific over next eight years. The PNG and the ... More >>
$20m Climate Adaption Support For Kiribati’s Outer Islands
Monday, 16 May 2022, 6:16 am | World Bank Group
New six-year project to invest in critical climate adaption and resilience measures for many of Kiribati’s most isolated and remote communities WASHINGTON, May 15, 2022 – Communities in many of Kiribati’s most remote areas will receive much-needed ... More >>
Global Growth To Slow Through 2023, Adding To Risk Of ‘Hard Landing’ In Developing Economies
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 7:33 pm | World Bank Group
Spread of COVID-19 Variants Alongside Inflation, Debt, and Inequality Intensifies Uncertainty WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2022 —Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 ... More >>
Vaccine Only Part Of The Cure For Resumption Of Pacific Travel: World Bank Report
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 8:52 am | World Bank Group
With COVID-19 vaccine distribution now in its early stages, early steps toward the resumption of labour migration in the Pacific region underway, and hopes for an international travel ‘bubble’ between Australia and New Zealand, questions are now arising ... More >>
New Surveys Track The Economic And Social Impact Of COVID-19 On Families In Papua New Guinea And Solomon Islands
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 5:30 pm | World Bank Group
Household surveys provide critical baseline for decision-makers working to combat the economic and social challenges amplified by the Coronavirus pandemic New surveys of families in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands by the World Bank have found ... More >>
Support For A Stronger Samoa In The Wake Of COVID-19
Sunday, 6 December 2020, 6:46 pm | World Bank Group
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$25 million in grants to support Samoa’s social and economic response and recovery from COVID-19 and boost efforts to build resilience to climate change, natural disasters and health-related ... More >>
World Bank Group Announces Up To $12 Billion Immediate Support For COVID-19 Country Response
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 11:28 am | World Bank Group
Fast Track Financing for Developing Countries WASHINGTON, March 3, 2020 — As COVID-19 reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group is making available an initial package of up to $12 billion in immediate support to assist countries coping with ... More >>
Economy to Expand by 3.1% in 2018, slower growth ahead
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 5:11 pm | World Bank Group
WASHINGTON D.C., June 5, 2018 —Despite recent softening, global economic growth will remain robust at 3.1 percent in 2018 before slowing gradually over the next two years, as advanced-economy growth decelerates and the recovery in major commodity-exporting ... More >>
World Toilet Day 2015
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 11:45 am | World Bank Group
SYDNEY, November 19, 2015 – As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, ... More >>
Progress, Some Setbacks to Women’s Economic Advancement
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 2:13 pm | World Bank Group
Substantial Progress and Some Setbacks to Women’s Economic Advancement across East Asia and Pacific, Says WBG Report More >>
Boosting Women-Driven Development in Bougainville
Monday, 13 April 2015, 3:31 pm | World Bank Group
PORT MORESBY, April 13, 2015 – The World Bank has approved an additional grant of US$2.4 million from the State and Peace-Building Fund (SPF) for the Inclusive Development in Post-Conflict Bougainville (IDIB) Project, bringing total funding ... More >>
World Bank Group Statement on Cyclone Pam
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 11:06 am | World Bank Group
SYDNEY, March 15 2015 – We are deeply concerned for the people of Vanuatu in the face of the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam. We are waiting for official casualty reports and stand ready to help. More >>
World Bank Re-engagement in Fiji
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 9:14 pm | World Bank Group
WASHINGTON, March 9 2015 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $50 million for the Transport Infrastructure Investment Project (TIIP) in Fiji , the first major World Bank investment in the country since 1992. It also is ... More >>
Most developing countries will benefit from oil price slump
Monday, 12 January 2015, 11:54 am | World Bank Group
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2015 – Gains from low oil prices can be substantial for developing-country importers if supported by stronger global growth, says a World Bank Group analysis of the oil price decline, contained in the latest edition of ... More >>
Developing countries need to rebuild fiscal space
Monday, 12 January 2015, 11:40 am | World Bank Group
Developing countries need to rebuild fiscal space to weather growth slowdowns, says a new report by the World Bank Group More >>
Ebola: New World Bank Group Report
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 11:34 am | World Bank Group
Ebola: New World Bank Group Report Shows Growth Shrinking, Economic Impact Worsening in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone More >>
Solomon Islands Reform Efforts Get $5 Million Grant
Monday, 24 November 2014, 1:54 pm | World Bank Group
HONIARA November 21, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$5 million for the Economic Reform and Recovery Development Policy Operation which will support continued economic and financial reform and provide rapid financing ... More >>
Solomon Islands’ Effort to Combat Rural Poverty $9 Mil Boost
Monday, 24 November 2014, 1:52 pm | World Bank Group
Solomon Islands’ Efforts to Combat Rural Poverty Get US$9 Million Boost from World Bank More >>
Pacific Island Nations Against Natural Disasters Program
Monday, 3 November 2014, 2:22 pm | World Bank Group
Governments of Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, and the Marshall Islands request extension of Successful Regional Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot More >>
