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UP govt to tap World Bank arm IFC for easy capital flow to MSME sector

IFC country head likely to visit Lucknow soon to hold further talks

European Union picks World Bank's Kristalina Georgeieva to lead IMF

Georgieva is a centre-right politician who grew up in Bulgaria under communism before a career that brought her to the top of the World Bank and the European Commission

EU's IMF race down to two as Bank of Finland chief Olli Rehn withdraws

A second round of voting is now underway to choose between Dijsselbloem and Georgieva

At $2.73 trn, India's economy pushed to 7th spot; UK, France march ahead

UK's economy grew to $2.82 trillion and the French economy expanded to $2.78 trillion in 2018, against India's $2.73 trillion, World bank data showed

After World Bank, Beijing-backed bank drops plans to fund Andhra's capital

The World Bank withdraw its funding after the central government dropped its support for the project

Increasing number of judges not enough to improve enforcement of contracts

Experts said contracts entered into in India are not given the due importance they deserve

Dropped Amaravati project as Centre withdrew finance request: World Bank

Chandrababu Naidu blamed the YSR Congress government for the World Bank's action

World Bank orders Pakistan pay $5.8 bn damages to Chilean-Canadian miner

The company said it had invested more than $220 million by the time Pakistan's government unexpectedly refused to grant them the mining lease needed to keep operating

SBI Managing Director Anshula Kant appointed MD and CFO of World Bank

As Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Kant will be responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group, reporting to the President

Tamil Nadu Health System reform programme gets $287 mn loan from World Bank

The programme will promote population-based screening, treatment and follow-up for NCDs, and improve monitoring and evaluation

Fastest growing economy? India to grow at 7.5% in FY20, says World Bank

India's growth forecast is the brightest spot in a grim forecast for the world economy.

World Bank retains projections for India's economic growth at 7.5%

For the current fiscal year, the growth is quite high, given the fact that India's economy grew just 6.8 per cent in 2018-19, a five-year low

Trump's nominee on track to lead World Bank, faces no competition

Malpass has travelled to Europe and Asia in recent weeks to lobby for support from major World Bank shareholders

Why a nominee from rest of the world must head World Bank and end US' reign

Europe should vote with emerging-market nations in order to ensure that, for the first time, a nominee from the rest of the world runs the bank

Nations like India should pad up for trade, manufacturing turbulence: WB

In India, growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane

World Bank lowers global economic growth prospects amid rising risks

Growth in advanced economies is estimated to slow to 2 per cent in 2019 from 2.2 per cent in 2018

World Bank's search for new chief, a test of Trump's America First policy

Kristalina Georgieva will take over as interim president on February 1

After Jim Yong Kim's exit, is it time to give up on the World Bank?

Its outgoing president thinks he can do more to build infrastructure in the developing world by working in the private sector

World Bank's Jim Yong Kim to resign effective Feb 1, work on infrastructure

Kim intends immediately to join a firm to focus on increasing infrastructure investment in developing countries, the bank said

Can the World Bank redeem itself?

World Bank's leadership should empower new chief economist to lead the charge in making the intellectual case for open markets for goods, services, and people