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Gaza livestock markets witness low turnout ahead of Muslims` sacrificial holiday

On the eve of Muslims` al-Adha feast, livestock markets in the Palestinian Gaza Strip has witnessed a low customer ...

WPF offers six initiatives to ensure middle-path civilization

The 7th World Peace Forum (WPF) has offered six initiatives for ensuring middle-path civilization for the world in a ...

Indonesia prepares three main events for IMF-WB annual meetings

The Indonesia Government, as the host of the upcoming IMF-World Bank (WB) Annual Meetings this year, has planned three ...

Thousands of Kenyan single mothers, widows use mobile money to escape poverty

Almost 200,000 Kenyan households, many headed by poor, rural women, have lifted themselves out of poverty using mobile ...

Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty: Researchers

A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty ...

UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world`s poorest, richest children

The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of ...

Richest 62 people own same as half world`s population: Oxfam

The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the worlds population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich ...

In line with strategy to mature into an emerging economy, Nepal joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

- As part of its national vision to graduate from its Least Developed Country status, Nepal has announced an ...

Gates Foundation Commits $50 Million to Support Emergency Response to Ebola

- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will commit $50 million to support the scale up of ...

Pope Francis calls for promoting peace initiative in Syria, Ukraine

Pope Francis called for launching peace initiatives in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and Venezuela, elaborating on the ...

IFC Exercises Convertible Bond in Wintermar Offshore Marine (IDX:WINS) for 4.92% of Enlarged Capital

PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS) is pleased to announce that IFC, a member of the World Bank Group focused on ...

Bill and Melinda Gates: Three Myths that Block Progress for the Poor

- Today, Bill and Melinda will share their co-authored 2014 Annual Letter. This year's letter, "Three Myths that Block ...

IFC Partners with MAIPARK to Provide Earthquake-Index Insurance for Indonesian Banks

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a cooperation agreement with PT Asuransi MAIPARK Indonesia, a specialist ...

IFC Invests Record $438m in Indonesia to Support Infrastructure Development, Expand Access to Finance

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, sees attractive investment opportunities in Indonesia in the long-term, despite ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...