Off-grid power to meet connectivity targets Kampala, Uganda | DIAS NYESIGA | The World Bank is happy to be a strategic partner of the Government of Rwanda in the energy sector, according to Yasser El-Gammal, World Bank country manager for Rwanda. He was speaking about the 2018/19 fiscal year budget that was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE WORLD BANK| Improving tax revenue is essential to sustaining economic growth in Uganda, according to a recent economic analysis for the country. The Uganda Economic Update, Financing Growth and Development: Options for Raising More Domestic Revenues, says that while economic growth has rebounded from 4.5% to 5.5% …
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Legislators ask World Bank, IMF for better terms of trade Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament attending the 2018 Global Parliamentary Conference at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to always consider giving African countries better …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank projects Sub-Saharan Africa to garner an economic growth of 3.1 percent in 2018, and increase of over one percent from 2017. Recent data in the Africa Economic Update released Wednesday afternoon point to a moderate strengthening of economic growth in early 2018. …
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#Blog4Dev: Three Winners to join Uganda delegation to IMF, World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC KAMPALA | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has announced the Ugandan winners of its annual #Blog4Dev youth essay competition. The three winners are Tendo Namata, 26 ; Helda Mary Akongo, 24 and Douglas Dubois …
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Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | World Bank says growth higher than stated Large scale urbanisation has already taken place in Rwanda, with the pace of it much faster than official records suggest because the definition of urban areas needs refining. Urbanisation appears to have had a positive impact on structural …
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KAMPALA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is one of several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that stands to benefit from a new World Bank financing facility that aims to support private sector access more affordable capital for investment. Under the 18th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA18) – the World …
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Deal signed with World Bank Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank Group and the Government of Rwanda have signed a $125 million Financing Agreement for the First Programmatic Energy Sector Development Policy operation. is a concessional loan designed to boost companies in involved in the energy generation sector under …
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By ignoring poor people’s needs, financial institutions are overlooking a massive potential market COMMENT | REETA ROY | In a sea of gloomy news, one bright headline appears on the horizon. The World Bank’s latest figures on individuals’ bank accounts, to be released early next year, are expected to show that …
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Hike in trade licence fees and tedious property transfer blamed Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda has slid back in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking dropping seven places to 122 out of 190 economies. It is the sixth time in seven years that the East African nation …
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