In humanitarian news, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) pledges to donate US$400 million to Haiti The funds from the USA-based IDB will be used during the next two years to assist with recovery...

1

annotations

[ Silence ] >> Ernie's got it right. That's Dartmouth's business model in a trim 22 words. Some might say it's the only thing trim about Dartmouth, but...
[NekitaNet "Water privatization is about liability and profits, nothing else!" +- 1 min 56 sec] Water privatization is about liability and profits, nothing else... Because if water...
Welcome to this Massive Online Open Course, or MOOC, on climate change. I am often asked why the World Bank Group, the world's biggest development institution, is concerned with climate...

1

annotations

"Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4-Degrees Warmer World Must be Avoided." In order to understand that, we have to look at some major advances, which provide us with insights about our...
Knowledge. Ideas. Jobs and opportunities. No child should be hungry. We depend on each other. And I'm the new president of the World Bank. No surprise, the economic crisis in the rich...
No, not that kind. Human migration. Human migration, broadly put, is the movement of people from one area to another. How does migration affect my country and me? Well, I live in Canada, a large North...

1

annotations

Now let's look at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the two leading institutions of international development today. As previously indicated, both the International Monetary...

1

annotations

The World Bank has slashed its global growth outlook for this year,. citing slowing growth both in Europe and emerging countries. And it says developing countries will no longer be able to lead the...
[Background conversation] >> OK. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala >>Hi you two, nice to talk to you, uh this was sent you posted is what we've just been discussing in two...

1

annotations