World Bank gives $61bn to poor states

New York. A new phase of a successful multi-donor trust fund is on track to launch on April 3 with a minimum of $10 million.

World Bank's 22bn/- for modern bus terminal in Moshi
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The World Bank has confirmed plans to dish out 22bn/- early next year to Moshi Municipal Council, Kilimanjaro Region to finance the construction of a modern bus terminal. Moshi Municipal Mayor, Jaffari Michael revealed this on Monday, saying up to the ...
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Official figures show that poverty has been decreasing in the past five years, but the World Bank says the vast majority of Tanzanians still live in poverty.

The president of the World Bank makes an emotional appeal for 5,000 medical workers to volunteer and help contain the growing Ebola outbreak.

The World Bank (WB) has said it is impressed by various measures taken by President John Magufuli to tackle runaway government expenditure.

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved $300 million (about Sh525 billion) development financing to directly improve key services for about half a million people in Dar es Salaam. The credit is from the high-concessional International Development Association (Ida) and it targets the new Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project (DMPD).

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Former World Bank economist to be Tanzania's new finance minister
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has appointed Philip Mpango as minister for finance and planning. Photo: Wikipeida. DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's President John Magufuli has appointed former World Bank economist Philip Mpango as ...
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The World Bank announces that it is allocating $200m in emergency assistance to help West African countries contain the Ebola outbreak.

Dar es Salaam. Global campaigners are have raised the alarm over a reported move by the World Bank to help governments it was partnering with in mega infrastructure and mining projects to escape liability for environmental or socio-economic disruptions. The campaigners, mainly working to raise the voice of marginalised and indigenous commuinities around the world, say the WB is due to make an unprecedented proposal limiting governments’ accountablity towards their own people. They...