IN THE NEWS - Wolfowitz and the World Bank By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, March 19, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this week nominated Paul Wolfow

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By Barry Wood Washington 26 July 2006 The World Bank, based in Washington and owned by its 184 member governments, spends about $20 billion a year to promote economic development in poor countries. The Bank in recent years has stepped up its efforts

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IMF, World Bank to Discuss Poverty, Power, and Growth More than one billion people around the world live in extreme poverty, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is determined to change that. He is asking the banks member nations for more resources

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A: I need help figuring out how to pay for a used car that I am thinking of buying. B: I would be happy to help you. Have you saved up a down payment? A: I will be getting money from selling my old car. B: You really need that money so that a bank or

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By Scott Stearns White House 13 April 2007 President Bush is backing the embattled head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who is under pressure to resign for increasing the salary of a former employee who was his girlfriend. VOA White House Correspo

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 19 May 2007 In the West African nation of Senegal, fewer than 10 per cent of people have accounts at traditional banks. Such accounts have traditionally been seen as only for the very rich. But a growing network of branches ext

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