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Obama Said to Consider Summers to Lead World Bank
January 18, 2012 | Bloomberg

World Bank Slashes Global Economic Growth Projections
January 18, 2012 | Newsy.com

Gibbs Expects `Marked Deterioration' in Global Trade
January 18, 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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World Bank partners with Nestlé to "transform water sector"
November 29, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 25, 2011 - Today, the World Bank launched a new partnership with global corporations including Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Veolia. Housed at the...

OPT: World Bank warns fiscal crisis could jeopardize recent gains
September 15, 2011
The private sector remains stifled by restrictions on access to markets and raw materials. Photo: Erica Silverman/IRIN RAMAL...

IEA: What is the best way to respond to major electricity shortfalls? Plan now!
July 05, 2011
PARIS, July 5, 2011 - Countries can minimise the economic, social and environmental impacts of electricity shortages by developing emergency strategies to save...

"Land Grabs" in Agriculture: Fairer Deals Needed to Ensure Opportunity for Locals
July 26, 2011
In Mozambique, while land grabs can bring in development, it can also strip farmers off their land and livelihoods. (Photo credit: Bernard Pollack) ...

Group Calls on World Bank, USAID to Fund Partnerships to Provide Safe, Clean Affordable Water
July 28, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 28, 2011 - Entrusting water utility operation to private enterprises is an inadequate method of realizing the human right to water, finds...

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UC Davis economist helps protect African herders with new livestock insurance program
November 17, 2011 | UC Davis News
Funding for the Index Based Livestock Insurance project is provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the European Union, the British Government, the World Bank ...

From around the web

Crunchie- Winner Fotopedia Launches New App With World Bank
February 08, 2012 | TechCrunch
It was developed in partnership with the World Bank. All of Fotopedia's apps employ a similar design, creating a beautiful, color-rich interface for browsing high-quality...

What Feminists Are Saying About the Facebook IPO
February 05, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
Not only is Sandberg exceptionally smart, but, after graduating from Harvard Business School, she landed a job at the World Bank as the chief of staff first for Larry H....

Algorithms/Data vs. Analysts/Reports: Fight!
February 04, 2012 | TechCrunch
According to the World Bank (PDF), the global carbon market was worth a whopping 1.42 Facebooks US $142 billion in 2010. Mind you, it's not like container ships weighed...

How Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Became one of the Most Powerful Women in the World
February 01, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
When Summers became the chief economist at the World Bank in January 1991, he recruited Sandberg, hiring her as his research assistant. After two years of working for Summers,...

World Bank Assumes Control of Google Map Data
January 16, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
Google announced a partnership with the World Bank today to make... World Bank partner organizations, such as government and U.N. agencies, can contact World Bank offices to...

Google Maps Gets Public Safety Alerts for Weather & Earthquakes
January 25, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
Google has partnered with the World Bank to make crowd-sourced Google Map... The World Bank can now connect Google to governments and NGOs responding to crises, so they can...

World Bank on twitter

	http://t.co/gVvQQxWq: World Bank releases flood risk guidebook http://t.co/j2jWPrue via @ABSCBNNews Twitter: @Rainwalker19
	World Bank tells #Poland how to jump-start innovation - Warsaw Business Journal http://t.co/Gt2VXDaF #Poland #Polska #PL Twitter: @News_Poland
	This is the 1984 World Bank Report – Ever wonder why a bank, yes a bank! would generate such a report?: infowars... http://t.co/jAqgHgnD Twitter: @hatakah
	RT @ANCALERTS: World Bank releases flood risk guidebook http://t.co/rgjHxwd0 Twitter: @Rainwalker19
	Tuesday World Bank liveblog & webcast with @tkb: The Open Government Partnership: http://t.co/Nv8OP4bY #opengov #openforchange Twitter: @rolfkleef
	all hail World Bank! Twitter: @virrakrisna