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8 Dec 15
Urbanisation in Pakistan is “messy” and preventing the country from reaping the benefits, the World Bank has warned.
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3 Dec 15
Eight major global development banks have made a joint commitment to mitigate transport emissions and ensure networks are resilient to climate change.
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2 Dec 15
The World Bank is to enter into a new five-year country partnership with Indonesia, expected to deliver a total of $10bn for infrastructure and poverty-reduction schemes.
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1 Dec 15
Delegates at a conference in Côte d’Ivoire have called for state fragility to be systematically integrated into infrastructure investments in Africa and for a renewed push for greener,...
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30 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved loans totalling $600m to support private participation in infrastructure investment in the Philippines.
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25 Nov 15
Ethiopia, the second poorest country in the world at the start of the century, is on track to become a middle-income country by 2025.
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25 Nov 15
Myanmar’s electricity transmission network is to get an $80m upgrade, the Asian Development Bank has announced.
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24 Nov 15
The European Commission has announced development programmes for Madagascar and Chad worth a combined €619m.
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23 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank and Japan have announced a $16bn commitment to infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific over the next five years.
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19 Nov 15
Refugees, hospitals and infrastructure projects are among the beneficiaries of over €12bn worth of new loans from the European Investment Bank.
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19 Nov 15
Road deaths could be a bigger killer than HIV-AIDS by 2020 without more funding and cooperation to deliver improved road safety, World Bank officials have said.
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18 Nov 15
African policymakers have committed to accelerate infrastructure development across the continent with a view to boosting regional integration and economic growth.
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17 Nov 15
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a $200m loan for Egypt towards a $1.3bn project to overcome the country’s energy shortfall.
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16 Nov 15
A $52m project will see two towns in Lao benefit from improved infrastructure and urban services by the end of 2020.
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13 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a total of $162m worth of funding for Myanmar this week as the country elected its first democratic government for more than 50 years with a victory for Aung...
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12 Nov 15
A greater focus on the social as well as the economic impacts of infrastructure investments may be needed, Liberia’s minister of public works has said.
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12 Nov 15
Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown said now is a “golden time” to address the worldwide infrastructure gap, but stressed that the public sector cannot do the job alone.
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9 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank and the Indian government will jointly contribute $507m to the final phase of a project to improve rural roads in five Indian states.
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6 Nov 15
The European Commission is asking member states for innovative transport project proposals as it seeks to allocate €7.6bn of finance from its Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
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5 Nov 15
Asian countries need to invest at an “unprecedented scale” in transport infrastructure, the Asian Development Bank vice president has said.
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2 Nov 15
The World Bank has approved $80m of finance to help Moldova regenerate around 300km of local roads.
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20 May 15
The World Bank is to provide $73.6m for a road improvement programme in Mozambique to help repair roads affected by floods in the country.
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4 Nov 14
The IMF, bastion of ‘tough love’ austerity, has shifted gear on public infrastructure spending. PF reports from Washington on the thinking behind the new growth strategy