The FINANCIAL -- According to The World Bank, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$105 million equivalent IDA credit [1]and a US$6.5 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant to improve electricity services in Tanzania, where electrification rates in

The FINANCIAL -- According to The World Bank, donor countries  pledged on December 14  a record US$ 25.1 billion for the World Bank to help overcome poverty in the world’s poorest countries.   In total, the IDA15 replenishment will provide US$ 41.6 billion,

The FINANCIAL -- According to EBRD, as part of its efforts to stimulate grass-roots economic growth in Belarus, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided loans totaling $7 million to two more private Belarusian banks, the Reconversion and Development Bank