Tag: World Bank
World Bank grant to boost Vanuatu reforms for squatter settlements
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
A VT2 billion grant from the World Bank Group is set to reform unplanned urban settlements...
PNG police chief demands covid-19 emergency funding reports from UN
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning -- who is also head of the country's Covid-19 National Control Centre -- has placed United...
Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture
RNZ Pacific
A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96...
Police shut down Bali people’s global conference against World Bank
By Rio Apinino in Denpasar, Bali
Indonesian police have closed down the Peoples' Global Conference Against the IMF-World Bank which should have opened earlier today...
Chinese banks provide 40 percent of Fiji’s foreign loans
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Fiji's Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told Parliament the national debt is currently F$4.5 billion (NZ$3.07 billion) and was manageable,...
Upgrade deadlock over Port Vila runway ends – China contract ok
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
In a late-night teleconference with senior government officials, World Bank representatives finally acquiesced to Vanuatu’s choice of bidder for...
