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World Bank says Africa making business easier

Yacout Info | 2011-10-21 | News

Most Sub-Saharan countries made doing business easier over the past year, but the African region is still the costliest and most complex in the world for entrepreneurs, the World Bank said in a report Thursday. In its annual ranking of 183 countries, the bank found 36 of 46 Sub-Saharan African...

Africa, Mikkio Imai Ollison, Morocco, Neil Gergory, Sierra Leone, Venezula, World Bank

World Bank Report Finds More Economies Implemented Business Reforms in 2010-2011

Yacout Info | 2011-10-20 | News

A new IFC and World Bank report finds that economies continued to implement reforms that enhance local firms’ ability to do business, with transparency and access to information playing a key role in the reforms Released today, Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World...

Augusto Lopez-Carlos, Doing Business 2012, IFC, OECD, Sylvia Solf, World Bank

EU, US crises threaten world

Yacout Info | 2011-09-23 | News

Heads of the World Bank and IMF on Thursday warned that Europe and the US needed to get control of their deteriorating economic crises or risk “suffocating” the global economy Opening the annual meetings of the two key global lenders, they also warned poorer countries to get their houses in...

Christine Lagarde, Crisis, EU, IMF, Robert Zoellick, threat, US, World Bank

Morocco: Healthy growth

Yacout Info | 2011-09-17 | Economy

Health care in Morocco is expanding rapidly at both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum, thanks in part to the rollout of a new government scheme to extend free coverage to low-income citizens, along with an increase in private investment in elective care facilities to attract medical tourists....

Abbas El Fassi, Dar Bouazza, Moroccan Health Care, RAMED, Saad Zemmouri, World Bank

World economy in new danger zone (World Bank)

Yacout Info | 2011-09-15 | News

The head of the World Bank said Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and that Europe, Japan and the United States all need to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy. “Unless Europe, Japan, and the United states can also face up to...

George Washington University, Robert Zoellick, World Bank, World Economy

Near Record High Food Prices Keep Poorest People on the Edge

Yacout Info | 2011-08-15 | News

Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price Watch released today. While the emergency in the Horn of Africa was triggered by prolonged...

Famine, Horn of Africa, Reord High Food proces, World Bank, Zoelleck

The Economic Impact of the Arab Spring on the Region

Yacout Info | 2011-06-14 | Economy

Six months have passed since the Tunisian vegetable street hawker Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze starting a region wide revolution that has toppled the Presidents of Egypt and Tunisia with the leaders of Yemen and Libya are following fast. The wave of protests swept through Bahrain, Jordan and...

Bahrain, Egypt, IMF, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, World Bank

Second annual conference on development of local currency bond markets of emerging economies opens in Rabat

Yacout Info | 2011-06-01 | News

The second annual conference on the development of the local currency bond markets of emerging economies (GEMLOC) opened, on Wednesday in Rabat, on the initiative of the Moroccan Economy and Finance Ministry and the World Bank. During the three-day meeting several emerging...

Gemloc, Janamitra Devan, Rabat, Salahedinne Mezouar, World Bank

Regional Energy Supply Challenges to be Addressed at Power Morocco 6-9 June 2011.

Yacout Info | 2011-04-21 | Yacoupedia

Energy experts and government officials are to come together to explore sector strategy and challenges in a bid to secure the future of energy provision in the region.Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean leaders from power companies, multi-national developers and investors will all be...

Azzedine Khatami, Casablanca, DESERTEC and Former Coordinato, Dr. Abdelaziz Bennouna, Engineering Department, Head of Resources &, IQPC, Member, MENA, Morocco (ONE), Mustapha Enzili, Office National de l'Electrici, Power Morocco, Renewable Energy Development C, Renewable Energy Technologies , Sandra Hijnen, Senior Energy Specialist, Strategic Project Manager, World Bank

Africa, Morocco sharing experience in agriculture

Yacout Info | 2011-04-19 | News

Morocco is willing to share its experience in agriculture with the African countries, notably those of western Africa, which face up to the challenges of food security and modernization of production tools, said on Monday in Dakar Morocco's Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, who represents HM King...

Abbas El Fassi, Agriculture, Dakar, EU, World Bank

African Consultative Group Meeting: Statement by the Chairman of the African Caucus and the Managing Director of the IMF

Yacout Info | 2011-04-17 | Economy

Both international food and fuel prices have increased sharply in recent months. Global food prices are already above their 2008 peak and average oil prices are projected to be higher in 2011 than in 2008. So far, the effect of higher international food prices on domestic prices in Africa has been...

food prices, frican Consultative Group Meet, IMF, oiul prices, World Bank

The IMF and World Bank are preparing to discuss global economic issues.

Yacout Info | 2011-04-15 | Economy

The economic ministers and executives from the world of finance from around the world arrive in Washington at the spring meetings of IMF and World Bank, to be held from April 15 to 17. Against the backdrop of continued global economic and financial recovery, said recently the World Bank President...

global economic issues, IMF, Robert Zoellick, World Bank

IMF Warns Sustained High Oil Prices Would Hit Growth.

Yacout Info | 2011-03-01 | News

“The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Monday that global economic growth could suffer if the price of oil stays at its current high level for an extended period…. ‘I am concerned,’ said IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, during a visit to Panama. ‘The hike to...

Dominique Strauss Khan, Oil Prices, World Bank

Oil will not derail World economy-World Bank

Yacout Info | 2011-03-01 | News

In an interview with Reuters, World Bank Global Economics Manager Andrew Burns said, “A sustained period of higher oil prices would significantly affect developing economies but is unlikely to derail their strong recovery since the financial crisis….Burns said a surge in the oil price could dent...

Oil Price, World Bank

Morocco, World Bank sign economic cooperation agreement

Yacout Info | 2011-02-27 | News

Morocco's High Commission for Planning (HCP) and the World Bank (WB) signed a cooperation agreement on studies relating to economic growth, employment and poverty. Under this agreement, signed by the HCP’s Head Mohamed Lahlimi Alami and the WB director for the Middle East and North Africa Simon...

HCP, Mohamed Lahlimi Alami, Morocco, Simon Gray, World Bank

World Bank forecasts Middle East and North Africa growth at 4.3% in 2011

Yacout Info | 2011-01-18 | News

The World Bank has said in its global outlook summary that the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is expected to enjoy stronger gains of 4.3% and 4.4% in 2011 and 2012. International capital flows to developing countries (per centage of GDP) for the Mena region is 2.8 in 2011 and 2.6 in...

growth prospects, Mena, World Bank

World Bank: Morocco exceeding MDGs on water supply

Yacout Info | 2011-01-07 | News

Morocco is on its way to exceeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water supply and sanitation, the World Bank said in a document. Between 2005 and 2009, public spending for water supply and sanitation infrastructure programs in the rural and urban areas rose from 5 to 25% of the overall...

Aater, MDGS, Morocco, World Bank

The Largest in Arab World - Human Development Project for 5 Million People in Morocco

Yacout Info | 2011-01-06 | Yacoupedia

Morocco’s National Human Development Initiative (INDH) is the first large scale Community Driven Development program in the Middle East and North Africa region and one of the largest worldwide reaching around five million people, Global Arab Network reports according to World Bank. Marking its...

Agadir, Atlas Mountains, Guerdane, IFC, INDH, Shamsad Akhtar, World Bank

Twenty Developing Countries To Use Sun, Wind and Geothermal To Radically Reshape Citizens’ Energy Access

Yacout Info | 2010-11-16 | Yacoupedia

In a significant trend to rebalance energy services toward clean technology, twenty developing countries are investing in large-scale renewables, particularly solar, wind and geothermal services, as a robust source of energy access for their citizens. In a significant trend to rebalance energy...

Clean Technology Fund, large-scale renewables, World Bank

Knowledge Economy Fostering Long-lasting Growth in Middle East and North Africa

Yacout Info | 2010-10-10 | Economy

To complement the insights already provided on the Tunisian economy, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice President Middle East and North Africa , The World Bank offers some perspectives on the MENA region as a whole. In my remarks, I will : (i) outline the region’s achievements and development...

Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Knowledge Economy Fostering Lo, World Bank

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