Posts Tagged: World Bank
Patrons of ‘Pay for Slay’: EU and World Bank Are Accessories to Terror Funding
The EU and the World Bank continue to delude themselves into thinking that their financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is not used to...
Maldives Postpones Israel Passport Ban, Cites Concerns Over Blanket Law Keeping Out Palestinians
The Maldives is reviewing its decision to ban Israeli citizens from entering the country due to concerns that the controversial proposal as currently written could...
World Bank Most Concerned in MENA About Lebanon and Tunisia
The World Bank is particularly concerned in the Middle East and North Africa region about Lebanon and Tunisia and, to a lesser extent, Egypt and Jordan, the bank's vice president for MENA said on Tuesday. "We have a number of tensions in those...
World Bank Approves $90 Million in Pandemic Aid for Iran
i24 News – The World Bank has approved $90 million in additional financing for Iran to help the country fight against the Covid pandemic, a...
World Bank Pushing for Standard Vaccine Contracts, More Disclosure From Makers
The World Bank is working to standardize COVID-19 vaccine contracts that countries are signing with drug makers, and is pushing manufacturers to be more open...
World Bank to Invest $15 Million to Offer IT Jobs to Palestinian Youth
CTech - The World Bank has approved a $15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for Palestinian youth through the information technology (IT) sector,...
Jump in World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Rankings Hailed as ‘Great News’ for Israeli Economy
Israel jumped 14 spots this year in the World Bank’s annual “Ease of Doing Business” rankings, which were published on Thursday. The move from 49th to...
World Bank Ignores Palestinian Authority ‘Play-to-Slay’ Crisis of Its Own Making
JNS.org - In a press release accompanying a new World Bank report assessing the Palestinian Authority (PA) economy, Kanthan Shankar, the World Bank’s country director...
World Bank Increases Yearly Allocation to Aid Gazans
JNS.org - The World Bank plans to provide unemployed Gazans with millions of dollars in aid, Israel Hayom learned on Monday. In late July, the World...
Jordan’s King Appoints Economist to Form New Government, Calls for Dialogue
Jordan's King Abdullah tasked a former World Bank economist on Tuesday with forming a new government and urged talks to achieve a planned income tax...
World Bank: Arab Donors ‘Fall Short’ on Funds to Rebuild Gaza
JNS.org - Several leading Arab states have fallen well short of their promised aid to help in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following the 2014...
Group Blasts UN Council Resolution Condemning Israel Social, Economic Policy Toward Palestinians
Israel was the only country in the world to be condemned at the United Nations Economic and Social Council at its annual meeting, U.N. Watch...
Israel, Jordan, and PA Sign Historic Red Sea-Dead Sea Pipeline Agreement
Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to build a water pipeline that will link the Red Sea with the Dead Sea. The...
World Bank Report on Palestinian Economy Full of Holes
JNS.org - A new World Bank report that blames Israel for shortcomings within the Palestinian economy may be based more on assumptions for the...
