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What's New
UN Secretary-General and World Bank President Name Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board Members
Events & Consultations
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Doing Business Review:
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Please submit your inputs to the Independent Panel reviewing the Doing Business Report.
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Safeguard Policies Review
The World Bank has begun a two-year process to review and update its environmental and social safeguard policies.
Video
What will it take to end poverty? People from around the world are telling us what "It Takes" to improve their lives. Watch what they have to say!
Results
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Country
BangladeshEconomic Growth to Reduce Poverty
In the past decade, the economy of Bangladesh has grown at nearly 6% annually despite frequent natural disasters and the fuel, food and financial crises.
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Topics
HealthMongolia: Better Prepared for Avian and Human Influenza
Computer-based early warning and surveillance systems were among the results of a health project.
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Projects
Water & SanitationCitizen Feedback Drives Better Water Services in Kenya
In the first two years of the pilot, community groups solicited a total of over 400 complaints on water issues and successfully resolved 97% of them.