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New Zealand Is World's Easiest Place to Do Business
Oct. 26 -- The World Bank says there is a new number 1 when it comes to the world's easiest place for doing business, with New Zealand ending Singapore's decade-long rein. Bloomberg's Rosalind Chin reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Colombia's Cárdenas Says Protectionism Will Set Us Back
Apr.21 -- Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cárdenas discusses Colombia's economy and trade with Tom Keene at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington.
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Lagarde Says Fiscal Positions Need to Be Controlled
Oct.01 -- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene at an IMF event in Washington, D.C. (Corrects location of interview.)
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Chinese president meets leaders from EU and World Bank amid trade concerns
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with leaders from the European Union and World Bank on Monday amid growing trade concerns.
European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker and...
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UN's Guterres: unimaginable accounts of killing and rape from Rohingya
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the fleeing of the Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh was "probably one of the most tragic stories in relation to the violation, systematic violation of human rights."
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ASEAN leaders meet on the sidelines of IMF, World Bank meeting
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) have reaffirmed their commitment to open trading systems that have underpinned their economic growth.
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AIIB VP Alexander Discusses Investments, China's 'Belt and Road'
Apr.25 -- Danny Alexander, vice president at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, talks about the projects the lender is investing in, and China's Belt and Road initiative. Chinese President Xi Jinping will defend his flagship...
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Could David Malpass Be the Next World Bank Chief?
Feb.05 -- President Donald Trump will nominate senior Treasury official David Malpass to lead the World Bank, according to two administration officials. Blair Effron, co-founder and partner at Centerview Partners, and Bloomberg’s Jason...
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Ivanka Trump turned down World Bank chief job
White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump says her father asked her if she was interested in taking the job of World Bank chief but she passed on it.
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Ex-UN chief concerned over Rohingya camp floods
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he's concerned that monsoon floods could threaten the lives of Rohingya refugees in sprawling camps in Bangladesh.
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Hezbollah-appointed minister on US concerns
Lebanon's health minister, who was appointed by the country's Hezbollah group, on Saturday denied concerns by the US that his ministry's funds could go to the militant group by gaining public trust and ensuring transparency.
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CLEAN : World Bank: Le Maire says Malpass is a good candidate
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire gives France's backing to Washington's pick to become head of the World Bank saying that we consider David Malpass to be a good candidate (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Interior shots of Theresa May speaking at conference in Jordan
CLEAN: Interior shots of Theresa May speaking at a conference entitled Jordan Growth and Opportunity on trade links on 28 February 2019 in Amman, Jordan
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China's Li in talks with financial institution chiefs
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday held a roundtable meeting with the heads of six major international bodies including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: DRC health authorities meet to draft financial response
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health officials and representatives from the World Bank and the World Health Organization meet in Kinshasa to draft a financial response to the new coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Covid Catastrophic for Poor Countries: World Bank President
Oct.02 -- World Bank President David Malpass says masks have helped thwart the spread of Covid-19 in many parts of the world and stresses that the pandemic has been a "giant catastrophe," especially for poorer nations. He speaks with...
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CLEAN : Peru workers' unions rally as Francisco Sagasti sworn in as President
Workers' unions in Lima rally as Peru's Congress chose former World Bank official as the country's new president, demanding protections for labour rights and a new constitution (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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G20 leaders will ‘spare no effort’ to create fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccine
Credit: G20 In the final press conference of the virtual G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Al-Jadaan the Minister for Finance said the leaders agreed to ensure the fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide, and...
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CLEAN : World Bank injects $100-mn into troubled northern Mozambique
Mozambique's government signs a $100-million contract with the World Bank for an emergency recovery project in the country's northern region, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by a jihadist insurgency (Footage by...
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UN Asks For More Than $600 Million In Donations For Afghans
The UN is struggling financially and can't pay on its own.
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IMF Board Decides to Keep Georgieva as Managing Director
Oct.12 -- The International Monetary Fund will retain Kristalina Georgieva as its managing director following a review of allegations made during her tenure at the World Bank. Bloomberg’s Joe Mathieu reports.
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Central Banks May Follow Markets Rather Than Lead, World Bank Says
Oct.12 -- Carmen Reinhart, senior vice president and chief economist at the World Bank, discusses the prospects for the global economy and policies. Reinhart has indicated that the recent spike in inflation worldwide may prove persistent...
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VOICED : Crecimiento mundial se desacelera cada vez más y esto podría durar, advierte el Banco Mundial
El Banco Mundial rebajó drásticamente el martes sus previsiones de crecimiento global para este año debido a la guerra en Ucrania y advirtió de los riesgos de un "período prolongado de bajo crecimiento y alta inflación", especialmente...