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Spring Meetings| World’s poor at the mercy of slow global recovery

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TUE. 11 APRIL 2023-theGBJournal | A robust recovery of the global economy remains elusive as a rapid transition to higher interest rates exposes financial vulnerabilities, the...

Africa’s growth remains low and debt distress risks remain high-World Bank...

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WED. 05 APRIL 2023-theGBJournal | Growth across Sub-Saharan Africa remains sluggish, dragged down by uncertainty in the global economy, the underperformance of the continent’s largest economies,...

World Bank cuts Nigeria’s growth for 2023 to 2.8%

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WED. 05 APRIL 2023-theGBJournal | World Bank in its latest ‘’Africa’s Pulse’’ report has cut Nigeria’s growth forecast for 2023 to 2.8 percent, down from 3.3...

WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala calls for global carbon price, reforms to tariffs...

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...Skewed import tariffs favouring high-carbon products must be eliminated, says WTO chief ...Government must cut red tape to accelerate permitting for green infrastructure, or risk...

What does moving to the 2017 PPPs and new international poverty...

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By JONATHAN LAINTARA VISHWANATH FRI, 16 SEPT, 2022-theGBJournal| In September 2022, the World Bank is set to launch a series of new international poverty lines,...

Vice President Osinbajo launches energy transition plan as Nigeria seeks $10...

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...World Bank, US EXIM Bank pledge $3b implementation support THUR, 25 AUG, 2022-theGBJournal| Africa’s increasing energy gaps require collaboration to take ownership of the...

Africa CDC receives a $100 million boost from the World Bank...

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FRI, 22 JULY, 2022-theGBJournal| The World Bank has approved a $100 million support program for the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) that...

Nigeria gets biggest cut of the IDA US$93 billion financial package...

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FRI, 08 JULY, 2022-theGBJournal| President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, joined African leaders in Dakar, Senegal to launch “the largest financial package ever mobilised in the...

Global growth expected to slump from 5.7 percent in 2021 to...

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TUE, 07 JUNE, 2022-theGBJournal| Compounding the damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy,...

Global Report on Food Crises| Acute food insecurity hits new highs

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…The international community calls for a shift towards better prevention, anticipation, and targeting to address the root causes of food crises WED, 04 MAY,...