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Dan Walters: California bullet-train conflicts need study
May 13, 2012

Kenya poor cling to dump site
April 29, 2012

California's economy dips to No. 9 in world
January 13, 2012

Maureen Dowd: Republican assault on women draws Clinton into the fray
March 15, 2012

Capitol Alert: California slips to No. 9 in worldwide economic rankings
January 11, 2012

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World Bank Forecasts Lower Growth For China in 2012
May 23, 2012 | IBTimes.com

Hofman Says East Asia Has to Find New Sources of Growth
May 23, 2012 | Bloomberg

Bundesbank Aims for Euro Stability, Weidmann Says
April 24, 2012 | Bloomberg

World Bank Wikipedia Information

The World Bank (the Bank) is a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), is a bank that makes loans to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty. The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group in that the former only comprises the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association,...

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Oxfam: G8 food security alliance answers question hungry people have not asked
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012 - International agency Oxfam warned that today's announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security" focuses too heavily on...

Swaziland: IMF walks away from the kingdom
May 18, 2012
Swaziland's financial crisis is putting a burden on health care and other social services. Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN MBAB...

Humanity is using resources and emitting waste at a rate 52 percent faster that the Earth can sustain
May 15, 2012
OAKLAND, California, USA May 15, 2012 – Humanity is using resources and emitting waste (particularly carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning) at a rate 52...

Expert warnings on rail costs flawed by ‘wrong numbers,’ official says
May 03, 2012
May 3, 2012 - A report that warned of huge operating deficits for California's bullet train was based on "the wrong numbers," an official of the state High-Speed...

New Report Uncovers Land Grab in Uganda
April 23, 2012
aWASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/KAMPALA, April 23, 2012 - Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty [1], a new report reveals widespread violations...

Meredity McCarthy: The World Bank’s Plans for Fisheries Could Destroy Fishing Communities
February 28, 2012
Feb. 28, 2012 - Taking care of the oceans is a big challenge that needs the right solutions. That's why we oppose turning our fisheries into privatized markets...

From around the web

Jim Yong Kim, who grew up in Iowa, will lead World Bank
April 16, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
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Jim Yong Kim, who grew up in Iowa, is chosen to lead World Bank
April 16, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Kim, a surprise...

One- time Muscatine valedictorian is Obama's World Bank nominee
March 24, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The man nominated Friday to lead the World Bank grew up in... He's going to be in charge of the World Bank? Holy cow,'' said Eugene Litten of Muscatine, whose son Brian...

World Bank Distances Itself from Closed Google Maps Data
March 20, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
In January, Google and the World Bank ... Developers and NGOs worried that Google's proprietary, for-profit platform operates at odds with the World Bank's mission of alleviating...

Obama taps Dartmouth president who grew up in Iowa for World Bank job
March 23, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
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College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief
March 23, 2012 | New York Times
lead the World Bank. ...

World Bank on twitter

	RT @woman_kind: Violence against women causes more deaths & disabilities among women aged 15-44 than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war (World Bank) Twitter: @KDZalota
	RT @PositiveMoneyUK: Former World Bank Economist on Full Reserve Banking http://t.co/15NmIgns Twitter: @andywightman
	RT @ANCALERTS: World Bank urges PH to invest more in infrastructure http://t.co/kfrYY7IW Twitter: @MAiRa_K80
	China slowdown threatens Australia - World Bank http://t.co/4EtVL75D Twitter: @zoghedge
	Former World Bank Economist on Full Reserve Banking http://t.co/15NmIgns Twitter: @PositiveMoneyUK
	World Bank warns of China slowdown #markets @economy http://t.co/CSMu5ZV7 Twitter: @x_mkts

YouTube Videos

Solar Home Systems Transform Lives in Bangladesh
May 17, 2012

Restoring paradise after the 2009 tsunami in Samoa
May 22, 2012

5 Questions in 5 Minutes: Interview with Lars Sondergaard - Jobs and skills
May 17, 2012

World Bank Books

The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise
Arthur C. Brooks, $15.59

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein, $6.89

Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 8e
Marcia Stanhope RN DSN FAAN, $76.69

Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
Zbigniew Brzezinski, $14.95

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Liaquat Ahamed, $9.11

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