Sub-Saharan AfricaAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 216IFC invests in Kenyan private international schoolThe International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank) in mid-March proposed a $7 million investment in Kenyan private education firm, Brookhouse Schools Limited. read article... Tanzania water project "complete failure"A Tanzanian water and sanitation project, in which the Bank invested $164 million from 2003 to 2010, has been "a complete failure" according to NGO Civil and Political Rights Watch (CPRW). read article... Growing Africa?The Bank's continued enthusiasm for agribusiness was evident in its March report, Growing Africa, which highlighted the potential of the African agriculture sector, currently valued at $313 billion a year, to triple if governments and business leaders engage in radical policy reform and generate public private partnerships. read article... IFC-Coke 'development' project to sell drinksIn a three-year $100 million partnership, announced in mid March, the IFC and Coca-Cola will work together with female entrepreneurs in Africa and other emerging markets. read article... Malawians feel the pinch of IMF reformsDemonstrations have taken place throughout Malawi prompted by the rising cost of living and the increasingly unpopular leadership of president Joyce Banda who has been closely following a US$156 million three-year programme approved in July, 2012 by the IMF's Extended Credit Facility (ECF). read article... IMF-Zimbabwe relations tentatively resumeIn September the IMF executive board praised Zimbabwe's efforts to repay its debts to the Fund and relaxed restrictions on technical assistance. read article... World Bank's health work challenged on genderGender Action's new report Banking on health, published in October, examines IFIs' commitment to addressing gender issues in health-related projects. read article... CAO to facilitate dispute resolution over Chad-Cameroon pipelineIn November, the Compliance Advisor/ Ombudsman (CAO), the accountability mechanism for the Bank's private sector arm, published its assessment of a 2011 complaint from a Chadian group of NGOs on behalf of local inhabitants and communities affected by a pipeline in Chad. read article... IFC to fund Nigerian shopping malls to improve food securityThe Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), announced in June that it will invest $124 million in Nigerian property development group, Persianas to construct at least four shopping malls, a "high growth" sector in Nigeria. read article... World Bank urged to review Rwandan supportHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the World Bank to review its support for Rwanda in the light of strong evidence of its "disregard of fundamental human rights", including killings of civilians, sexual violence, forced recruitment of children and torture. read article... |
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