By the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Egypt, IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF On this World Refugee Day, we want to honor refugees and asylum-seekers around the world and particularly in Egypt,...
Egypt + 1 more
Egypt + 1 more
By the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Egypt, IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF On this World Refugee Day, we want to honor refugees and asylum-seekers around the world and particularly in Egypt,...
Uganda + 5 more
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) commissioned a Consumer and Market Study to explore economic activities, employment trends, consumption levels, and consumer preferences of refugees and...
Kigali, Rwanda, November 19, 2021 — To help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the...
Cambodia + 15 more
Sydney, Australia, August 17, 2021 — With the goal of building resilience among people, businesses, and countries, IFC significantly ramped up its response efforts to tackle the dual crises of...
WASHINGTON D.C., January 21, 2021 – Today, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group (WBG) discussed the new framework for its engagement with Fiji over the next four years, aimed at...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2020—Efforts to improve production, supply, and delivery of critical health care products and services in developing countries to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic received a...
In Washington: Pierre Mejlak Phone: (202) 458-2278 E-mail: pmejlak@ifc.org In New Delhi: Manuela de Souza Phone: +91 9168 507 788 E-mail: mdesouza1@ifc.org IFC Supports BioE to expand access to...
On 11 May 2020, sixteen United Nations entities and six International Financial Institutions delivered a socio-economic response and recovery offer (the Offer) to the Government of Uzbekistan...
I. Introduction The present report sets out participating multilateral partners’ consolidated socio-economic response and recovery offer to the Government of Uzbekistan in addressing the impact of...
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This guidance note seeks to inform employers about the heightened risks of gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and outline ways in which employers can address these risks,...
In Cairo: Olena Harmash Phone: +202 2461 4331 E-mail: oharmash@ifc.org Amman, Jordan, May 27, 2020 — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a financing package of up to $30 million for...
In Washington DC, Aliza Marcus Phone: +1 202 473 9411 E-mail: AMarcus@ifc.org In Cairo: Mohamed Essa: Phone: +202 2461 4331 E-mail: messa@ifc.org Baghdad, Iraq, March 24, 2020—IFC, a member of the...
In Washington, DC: Elizabeth Price Phone: (202) 458-0387 E-mail: EPrice@ifc.org In Nairobi, Kenya Neha Sud Phone: +254-20-293-7403 E-mail: NSud@ifc.org Washington, DC, December 11, 2015—IFC, a member...
In Washington DC Adriana Gomez, IFC Phone: +1 202-458-5204 E-mail: agomez@ifc.org In Beijing Yu Jing, IFC Phone: +86 10 5860-3098 Email: jyu1@ifc.org Seoul, South Korea / Port au Prince, Haiti, July...
Health systems across Africa are in urgent need of improvement. The public sector should not be expected to shoulder the burden of directly providing the needed services alone, nor can it, given the...
TBILISI, 4 May, 2011 – The World Bank Group has presented today its Progress Report on the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Georgia for 2010-2013. Prepared against the backdrop of the twin...
Kampala, Uganda/Washington, D.C., June 24, 2010-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed agreements with Ugandan health care provider Nakasero Hospital Ltd to increase access to quality...
Senegal + 7 more
AT A GLANCE - People in Sub-Saharan Africa have the worst health, on average, in the world. The region has 11 percent of the world's population, 24 percent of the global disease burden, and lacks the...
Angola + 13 more
London/Washington, D.C., June 4, 2009-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the German development finance institution DEG -...
February 12, 2009-About 70 percent of Afghanistan's people live in extreme poverty, according to the World Health Organization, and critical health indicators such as maternal and infant mortality...