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World Bank revamps trust fund portfolio, answers Norwegian auditor’s criticisms

The World Bank pushes back against the Norwegian Auditor General’s claims that trust funds managed by the Bank are expensive and ineffective. A major reform trust fund management is underway, World Bank Director Dirk Reinermann tells Development Today.

News March 01, 2022

Unsolved dispute over counting COVID vaccine donations as aid leaves loopholes

After seven months of wrangling about how to report COVID-19 vaccines donated to developing countries...

News February 25, 2022

UN currency swap for Afghanistan edges close to launch

The UN and the World Bank are piecing together an unprecedented currency swap mechanism that aims to...

News February 18, 2022

Nordic block is third largest contributor to IDA, World Bank’s fund for low-income countries

Updated. The five Nordic countries constitute the third largest donor to the World Bank’s IDA arm, which...

News January 22, 2022

Donors ignore urgent pandemic funding appeal, covid response is ‘flying on fumes’

Donors have given only 5 per cent of the cash most urgently needed this year to finance covid tools for...

News February 10, 2022

Three days in Oslo: Norway walks diplomatic tightrope with the Taliban

The first talks with the Taliban to be held in a Western country marked a high-risk diplomatic feat for...

News February 03, 2022

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Joint diplomats’ statement details outcomes of Oslo talks with Taliban

The US and Europe recognise steps taken by the Taliban to ease access for male and female humanitarian...

News January 27, 2022

Interview. New WHO special envoy on covid: Yodi walks into the lion’s den

Ayoade Alakija has been one of the harshest critics of the international pandemic response effort – the...

News January 25, 2022

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IMF analysis reveals staggeringly unequal delivery of vaccines by COVAX

The IMF Pandemic Response Task Force’s analysis of vaccine deliveries to developing countries through...

News January 21, 2022

New global health research hub. Korea-based vaccine developer to establish branch office in Stockholm

The international organisation IVI headquartered in Seoul, which develops vaccines for poor-country diseases,...

News January 12, 2022

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