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Friday, March 16th, 2012

Extreme poverty dips in developing nations

By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star As governments, economists and investors fret and wonder when the current global recession will end — with its record levels of unemployment and impoverishment in the US and Europe — the World Bank has issued a report with a curiously surprising finding: extreme poverty

Friday, February 10th, 2012

World Bank funds project to address housing crisis as demolitions continue

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO "The government has no right to call Filipinos...

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Progressive solons seek probe of irregularities in Judicial Reform Support project

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The two representatives of Bayan Muna party are calling for investigations into the World Bank fund anomaly involving the Supreme Court. Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares have filed...

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

As World Bank president visits country: Think-tank says world bank policies,loans worsen poverty in the Philippines

Press Release October 26, 2011 After over five decades of flawed policy advice and US$14.7-billion loans from the World Bank, the Philippines remains poor in every sector of the economy, according to independent think-tank IBON, as World...

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Urban poor group counters WB positive report on CCT

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap dismissed the recent report the World Bank (WB) released jointly with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) on the conditional cash transfer...

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Laguna Lake Groups Reject $10-M Loan from World Bank

Community groups working with the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) and the Save Laguna Lake Movement (SLLM) have reacted in the negative to reports that the Aquino government has accepted a $...

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

ODA Failed to Improve Lives — Think-tank

Even as the Philippine government and the World Bank (WB), entered into a new agreement to review operations and mechanisms in implementing development programs as an attempt to enhance the current set of “readiness filters” in the...

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Militant Groups Call for Price Control, Policy Reforms to Solve Price Spikes

The militant group Bayan rejected calls from government to give emergency powers to President Arroyo but recognizes the need for the government to control the prices of commodities. This call was echoed by the women’s group GABRIELA...

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

World Bank Corruption Ranking Should Widen Debate on Anti-corruption Strategies

The World Bank, in its recently-released “Governance Matters 2006″ report, gave the country a lower ranking in its control of corruption benchmark, falling from 50.5% in 1998 to 37.4% in 2005. BY IBON FOUNDATION Bulatlat.com The World...

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

Learn from Cuba, Says World Bank

By Jim Lobe InterPress Service (IPS) WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (IPS) – World Bank President James Wolfensohn Monday extolled the Communist government of President Fidel Castro for doing “a great job” in providing for the social welfare of...

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