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4 days ago · Hamish Wyatt. +61 450 517534. hwyatt@worldbank.org. Washington. Geetanjali Chopra. +1 202 288 9029. gchopra@worldbank.org. Seven Pacific Island countries will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through a new World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the region.
5 days ago · September 5, 2024 at 1:27 AM. By Kirsty Needham. SUVA (Reuters) - The World Bank's board has approved a $68 million programme to prevent Pacific Island nations from being cut off from the ...
5 days ago · The World Bank said the funding programme was a step towards creating a long-term market solution for the island states that would aggregate payments across small countries. Banga, a former chief executive of global payments company Mastercard, said he would draw on his financial services experience to help, but also urged the Pacific Islands ...
2 days ago · The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the globe. Its mission is to reduce poverty by providing these countries with the ...
4 days ago · The World Bank has committed to reach 1.5 billion people by 2030 with better primary health care facilities, expanding its remit from maternal and child health to the rise in non-communicable ...
3 days ago · The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group.
1 day ago · Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand.
