East Asia and PacificBrunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. States of, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa (Independent), Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Australia, Cook Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Tuvalu. read more... 81 itemsAnyone with experience taxing sin?The Philippine finance ministry asked for technical assistance from the both the IMF and the World Bank on the design of sin taxes. read article... No importa quién pierda, el Banco siempre gana Le siguen las ganancias de la selva de IndonesiaEll Banco Mundial desarrolló su campaña para 'combatir' el cambio climático a través de la reducción de las emisiones de carbono provenientes de la deforestación en países tropicales. read article... El Banco viola los derechos de los pueblos indígenasLa Represa Nam Theun 2, NT2, en Lao PDR en la República Democrática del Pueblo de LAO, financiada por el Banco Mundial está bajo escrutinio por su violación de los derechos humanos y de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, y además por no haber cumplido con las metas de desarrollo y del medio ambiente prometidas read article... Chino a ocupar cargo como Economista jefe del BancoAl tiempo de esta publicación, se esperaba el nombramiento de Lin Yifu o Justin Lin, como Jefe Economista del Banco, posición vacante por cerca de cuatro meses. read article... Whoever loses, the Bank always wins Profits from Indonesian forests nextThe World Bank developed its campaign to 'combat' climate change through curbing carbon emissions from deforestation in tropical countries, but nobody noticed that the Bank, through its lending and development policies, has been promoting deforestation in tropical countries like Indonesia. read article... Bank violates indigenous rightsThe World Bank-funded Nam Theun 2 (NT2) dam in Lao PDR is under scrutiny once again from NGOs, UN representatives and 'international experts' for its violation of human and indigenous peoples' rights, and its failure to achieve the development and environment goals it has promised read article... Chinese tipped as Bank chief economistLin Yifu, or Justin Lin, was expected to be appointed as the Bank's chief economist, after the post had lain vacant for nearly four months. read article... Habla el Banco del 2006Habla el Banco del 2006 read article... |
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