In the nineteen eighties, governments and lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund changed market policies.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

The World Bank says dealing with climate change will require hundreds of billions a year in public and private financing.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

He says increasing the influence of developing nations will increase the standing of the fund and the World Bank.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Governments and major lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund turned to free market policies.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Jeff Chelsky, a World Bank senior economist,says investors are avoiding higher risk debt in a flight to quality.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The United Nations Development Program, the World Bank and other private, public and international groups supported the project.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

Stephanie Rickard is an expert on the IMF and World Bank at the London School of Economics.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

"One of the things the World Bank measured was how long it takes to start a business.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

In nineteen forty-six, Eugene Meyer left the newspaper to become the first president of the World Bank.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

The World Health Organization and the World Bank say people with disabilities should be able to use the same services as everyone else.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

Earlier in the week, the head of the World Bank said international support can speed progress -- "but only if coupled with real reform."

VOA: special.2011.05.27

These include the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Asian and African development banks.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He says the World Bank has found that simpler rules and other regulatory reforms make it easier to do business in the Middle East.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

A new World Bank report says the recession may hurt the developing world the most.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The World Bank and two European development banks agreed last week to provide up to thirty-one billion dollars in aid to central and eastern Europe.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

And they called for more voting power for developing nations in the World Bank.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

And the report from the World Bank shows the first reduction in AIDS-related deaths.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

And World Bank President Robert Zoellick has called on rich nations to put some of their economic recovery spending into a crisis fund to help poor countries.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Last week the World Bank also launched a new "open data initiative."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

A World Bank report earlier this year called attention to the problem.

VOA: special.2010.06.07