40% of the World’s People Affected by Water Scarcity: Report
A panel of 11 Heads of State and a Special Advisor has released a report: Making Every Drop Count: An Agenda for Water Action. It calls for a fundamental shift…
World Leaders Unite to Provide Digital Identification to All
Leaders from government, business, international organizations, civil society, and the humanitarian community have called for greater multistakeholder cooperation on digital identity. The UNHCR, World Bank, World Food Programme, Consumers International,…
World Bank Group to Hold Global Housing Finance Conference
The World Bank Group will hold its 8th Global Housing Finance Conference on May 30 – June 1, 2018. According to the World Bank Group, the conference creates awareness of…
PM Modi Celebrates India’s Poor Business Ranking in World Bank Report
Now it is being observed that India has become a kakistocracy where the government is under the control of the worst, least qualified, and most unscrupulous people. ~ Rakesh Raman…
Economic Inequality: How to Bridge the Rich-Poor Divide
India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the rich nations still have a big responsibility and obligation to use their resources to support multilateralism, to make institutions like the World…
Need to Increase World Bank Portfolio for India: Arun Jaitley
India’s Minister of Finance, Arun Jaitley, emphasized the need for increasing the World Bank Portfolio for India at a meeting with Ms. Kristalina I. Georgieva, the Chief Executive Officer, World…