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World Bank supports Azerbaijan’s climate transition with carbon market roadmap
As climate change intensifies and global carbon emissions
continue to rise, the urgency for coordinated international…
South Africa’s Shifting Family Dynamics: Over 45% of Children Live With Only Their Mothers
South Africa’s Shifting Family Dynamics: Over 45% of Children Live With Only Their Mothers. Image for illustration purposes only, generated with AI.
Recent data from Statistics South Africa reveals that only 31% of…
Punjab govt, World Bank agree to boost partnership – Pakistan
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif met Country Director World Bank Najy Benhassine in which it was agreed to further strengthen ever growing partnership between the World Bank and the Punjab government.
The CM warmly…
Wage employment, entrepreneurship: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps: World Bank
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps in wage employment, entrepreneurship, and access to productive assets, with an estimated 47 million women are not in the labor force, and around 55 million unbanked, says the World Bank.…
Asamani Recommends Project Efficiency to Tackle Shrinking Aid
George Asamani, Managing Director, Project Management Institute, Sub-Saharan Africa has called on African countries and Nigeria to brace up in the face of a possible 37% drop in donor contributions, with Washington potentially…
Malaysia at the helm of UN-Habitat
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has marked a historic moment with the assumption of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) general assembly’s…
Gaza is now ‘the hungriest place on Earth’ with entire region at risk of famine, warns…
GAZA has become “the hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations warned yesterday.It said the territory’s entire population was now at risk of famine.Displaced Palestinians living in tents were handed food by aid agencies yesterday.Women…
UN reports slowing human development and growing inequality, promoting AI as a solution
The 2025 United Nations (UN) Human Development Report published earlier this month reveals an unprecedented slowdown on the Human Development Indices (HDI) in all regions of the world, along with growing inequality between the imperialist…
Sierra Leone Government Approves 1MW Solar Power Project for Njala University with World Bank…
The Ministry of Energy in Sierra Leone has approved the construction of a 1MW solar power station to supply electricity to Njala University’s Makonde campus.
The 15-acre project site was handed over on May 29, 2025, under the…