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Chinas High-Speed Rail: the Rapid Growth of a New Travel OptionChina has the worlds largest and still expanding high-speed rail (HSR) network, but whether ridership would materialize has been the subject of much debate. A new World Bank paper finds initial traffic volumes are promising, with traffic growing from 128 million trips in 2008 to 672 million trips in 2013 and over 2.9 billion passengers having taken a high speed train trip between ...

Peru/World Bank: Improvements in Water and Sewage Systems to Reach More than 200 Thousand Residents in Northern LimaUS$55 Million in Additional Financing Will Permit Improvements in Service and to Continue Rehabilitation of Older NetworksThe World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved US$55 million in new financing today for a project that will extend the benefits of rehabilitating water and sewage networks to more than 239,000 low income ...

Philippines: High and Inclusive Growth Can Eradicate Poverty and Boost Shared Prosperity within a Generation - World BankThe World Bank expects the Philippine economy to grow at 6.5 percent in 2015 and 2016 despite a weak global economy. Sustaining this level of high growth and making it inclusive over the long term will enable the country to eradicate poverty and boost shared prosperity within a generation.This is the main message of the World ...

Ebola Hampering Household Economies across Liberia and Sierra LeoneLatest surveys point to declines in employment, food insecurity, and long-term welfare concernsThe socio-economic impacts of Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone are far-reaching and persistent, according to two new World Bank Group reports. Both countries continue to experience job losses, despite their differing health outlooks. These impacts have not been limited to the areas ...

World Bank Approves $75 Million Project in Andhra Pradesh, India - Expected to Improve Incomes and Health of Farmers The project will target small and marginal farmers in the 150 most backward mandals of Andhra Pradesh covering 5,000 villagesThe World Bank today approved a $75 million credit for the Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project to enhance agricultural incomes of small and marginal farmers and ensure increased access to services ...

Creating more pathways to the middle class next step in Malaysias shared prosperity journey, World Bank saysMalaysia Economic Monitor: Towards a Middle-Class SocietyMalaysias economy is projected to grow by 5.7 percent in 2014 and 4.7 percent in 2015, with robust domestic growth, yet a less favorable external outlook, according to a new World Bank report. The Malaysia Economic Monitor, launched today, supports enlarging the middle class as ...

World Bank Advises Croatia on how to Accelerate its Economic Recovery Prospects for Croatias strong recovery from recession and return to the pre-recession growth rates are slim unless the country vigorously moves forward in addressing the structural weaknesses of its economy, according to the World Banks new Public Finance Review: Restructuring Spending for Stability and Growth report.The global financial crisis, coupled with a delay in the ...

Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity in MyanmarA New World Bank Group report urges universal access to basic services and expanded private sector-led growth to create more jobsRaising farm productivity and incomes, more and better basic services for all, and a better business climate are critical to ending poverty in Myanmar, according to a new World Bank report, Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity in a Time of Transition.The ...

World Bank Groups Senior Director of Energy Visits EgyptThe World Bank Groups Senior Director of the Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice, Ms. Anita George, begins today a three-day visit to Egypt to discuss with the Government of Egypt the World Banks support to the countrys energy sector.Ms. George is due to hold meetings with senior government officials including the Minister of International Cooperation, the Minister of ...

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Governance in BurundiA new World Bank report launched today presents a comprehensive review of the efforts made for over a decade to reinforce social cohesion and give more power to local authorities, or "communes" in Burundi through an ambitious decentralization program initiated after the civil war which devastated the East-African country.In the context of the Arusha Peace Agreement signed in 2000, ...

Jobs and Migration Help Address South Asia InequalityJobs and migration are supporting substantial upward mobility across and within generations in a South Asia that is a land of extremes of side-by-side extravagant wealth and appalling poverty, a World Bank report said."Addressing Inequality in South Asia" was launched in Islamabad on Thursday at a conference organized by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). The report shows ...

Social protection systems in Georgia should better address the needs of the most vulnerable groups, UNICEF and World Bank sayThe existing gaps in poverty reduction and the relevant strategies were discussed at a workshop on "Supporting Shared Prosperity with Strong Social Protection System" that was jointly hosted by UNICEF and the World Bank on 1 December, 2014."Georgia has increased social benefits, yet the share of children below the national ...

World Bank Revises its 2014 and 2015 Growth Projections for RussiaThe World Bank revised its growth projections for Russia from 0.5 percent up to 0.7 percent in 2014 and from 0.3 percent down to zero percent in 2015, as part of its quarterly forecast review. The numbers are an update to the projections released in the Russia Economic Report 32 of September 2014.The main reason for the 2014 revision is stronger than expected net exports, with ...

Ebola: New World Bank Group Report Shows Growth Shrinking, Economic Impact Worsening in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra LeoneThe Ebola epidemic continues to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and is projected to result in negative or contracting growth in these countries next year as they work to eradicate the virus, according to an Ebola Economic Impact Update released today by the World Bank Group. The report comes as ...

Philippines: World Bank Groups New Strategy to Benefit Bicols Rural PoorRural infrastructure projects worth one billion pesos (P1.12 billion) are slated for implementation in the Bicol Region under the new Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) to be launched this week by President Benigno S. Aquino III.Implemented by the Department of Agriculture nationwide, PRDP is currently the biggest government project supported by the World Bank Group ...

Myanmars High Rice Price Volatility Increases Poverty Risk but Requires Careful ManagementA new study by the World Bank finds that rice price volatility in Myanmar is the highest among net rice exporting countries in Asia, preventing Myanmars rice farmers from earning high profits and keeping many families at or close to poverty income levels.Rice prices have also risen by 40 percent between 2009-2013, increasing pressure on Myanmars overall ...

Myanmars High Rice Price Volatility Increases Poverty Risk but Requires Careful ManagementA new study by the World Bank finds that rice price volatility in Myanmar is the highest among net rice exporting countries in Asia, preventing Myanmars rice farmers from earning high profits and keeping many families at or close to poverty income levels.Rice prices have also risen by 40 percent between 2009-2013, increasing pressure on Myanmars overall ...

Enhancing Science, Technology and Innovation to Drive Sustained Growth in VietnamVietnam needs to rely more on productivity gains driven by innovation in order to boost its economy, according to a new joint study by the World Bank and Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released today.The study, The OECD-World Bank Review of Science, Technology and Innovation in Vietnam, looks at the key elements, relationships and ...

Structural Transformation for Productivity and Competitiveness of Belarusian EconomyBelarus short-term economic outlook remains challenging but the country has a window of opportunity to address structural constraints in the economy, strengthen the macroeconomic foundations needed to escape from the current low growth trap, says a World Bank Economic Update for Belarus.Economic growth in Belarus is expected to accelerate modestly to 1.5 percent ...

Nearly Half of Liberias Workforce No Longer Working since Start of Ebola CrisisNegative Economic Impacts of Virus Seen Throughout the Country, with Serious Consequences for the Poor and VulnerableEbola has substantially impacted all sectors of employment in the Liberian economy, in both affected and non-affected counties, according to the most recent round of mobile phone surveys conducted by the World Bank Group in partnership with the Liberian ...