The sunny picture of the Bangladesh readymade garments sector has changed and the industry is now at crossroads—the time to act is now and cost of inaction could be high, the World Bank has said in its ‘Bangladesh Development ...
Tags: Garment Industry, World Bank
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, is insuring a cashmere scouring and disinfection facility in Heart province of Afghanistan. The MIGA-supported project will ...
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World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has acquired 2.93% stake in Brazilian meat packing company Minerva, for BRL46.9m ($20.5m). IFC is also providing BRL137.7m ($60.3m) in loan to Minerva, which will use the ...
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World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a $120m loan to Singapore-based food processor Olam International under a five-year agreement to finance upgrades and expansion of five food processing facilities ...
Tags: Food Processing, World Bank Group
The nova-Institute has recently published a paper on agricultural feedstock use in industrial applications shedding light on the controversial public debate surrounding the industrial use of food crops or so-called first generation ...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) today announced that they will collaborate to rapidly scale up the construction of green buildings in emerging markets. The new partnership demonstrates ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Green Building
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
According to the World Bank's latest Turkey Regular Economic Brief issued on July 3 in Ankara, Turkey's economic growth in 2013 is forecast to remain below trend at an estimated 3.6 percent. The brief links moderate growth prospects to ...
Tags: Economic Growth, World Bank, economy
Global oil prices are unlikely to drop below $100/b until 2025, supported by OPEC's market management efforts and crude demand growth in Asia, Leonid Fedun, vice president of Lukoil said Tuesday, presenting key findings of the company's ...
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KappAhl is one of the initiators of SWAR, a Swedish project for cleaner textile production in India. SWAR is a collaboration project between Swedish textile buyers and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), with support from SIDA. ...
Malaysia's re-elected Prime Minister Najib Razak announced yesterday that foreign investors and fund managers would be given five-year multiple entry visas, and that overseas corporations trading in oil and related products in the country ...
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For the second time, Voith has been awarded a contract for a hydropower project in Africa: the company will modernize Inga I hydropower station in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project on the River Congo, led by Voith in a ...
Tags: Modernizes Generators, Voith
SolarAid has been selected to receive a £400,000 Global Impact Award from Google’s Global Impact Challenge. The charity says the Award, which is decided by a panel of judges including Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Richard ...
Tags: Global Impact Award, Lighting
Light-emitting diode (LED) technology has the potential to light up the African continent if the political will can be found, a major producer has said. LED technology was invented by Oleg Vladimirovich Losev in 1927, though it was ...
The League of American Bicyclists announced 63 additions to its Bicycle Friendly Businesses list on Monday, bringing the list to more than 500. "As businesses race to retrofit their buildings, streamline waste policies, and purchase more ...