World Bank Group’s New Data Aims to Boost Investment in Emerging Markets
March 29, 2024 …Data shows untapped potential, resilience in emerging markets The World Bank Group has published its proprietary statistics that reveal the credit risk profile of private and public…
Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men
March 1, 2022 Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to…
Impose special tax on alcohol, cigarettes, sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare – WBG urges FG
Dec. 3, 2021 The World Bank Group (WBG) has called on the Federal Government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare. “If we…
Renewable Energy: World Bank Group Commits $1 Billion for Battery Storage Globally
In a major announcement at the One Planet Summit, the World Bank Group has committed $1 billion for a new global program to accelerate investments in battery storage for…
Chinese firm joins Nigerian firms, others among companies debarred by AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Monday debarred CHINT Electric Co., Ltd. for 36 months for lying about its qualifications and experience in multiple bids for ADB-financed projects. It now joins…
Adeosun, Emefiele for IMF/World Bank meeting in Washingto;, aid, poverty eradication top agenda
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, left Nigeria for Washington DC on Sunday to join other economic experts from around…