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Thirty million Nigerians have benefited from the Nigeria State Health Investment Project in eight states, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, has said. He said this in Abuja on Wednesday at closure of the NSHIP and Additional Financing (NSHIP/AF). EXPLAINER: Real reasons FG is replacing BVN, others with NIN 48 sacked […]

Health Care Gets Investment Boost in Two Regions of Armenia, with World Bank Support Format More than 137,000 people to benefit overall in Gegharkunik and Vayots Dzor regions WASHINGTON, February 4, 2021 – Armenia’s health system response to COVID-19 and potential future pandemics, including hospitals’ capacity for case management and intensive care, will benefit from $7.4 million in Additional Financing for the Disease Prevention and Control Project, approved today by the World Bank’...

Smallholder coffee irrigation established Written by Ernest Jjingo More than 50 smallholder coffee irrigation systems are expected to be established in a few weeks’ time when government extends the Agriculture Cluster Deve...

  About US: The Government of Uganda received credit from the World Bank towards implementation of the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP). The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the competitiveness of enterprises in Uganda through supporting reforms in priority productive and service sectors geared towards a better investment climate with particular focus on MSMEs. Government is scaling up the existing operations through provision of Additional Financing (...

A News Analysis by Folasade Akpan of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) With the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report on the contraction of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 3.6 per cent in the third quarter of the year (Q3 2020), it was official that Nigeria had slipped into recession for the second time in five years. According to the NBS, cumulatively, the economy contracted by -2.48 per cent, representing an improvement of 2.48 per cent over the –6.10 per cent growth r...

Tackling Nigeria’s recession challenges head on in spite COVID-19 On A News Analysis by Folasade Akpan of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) With the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report on the contraction of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 3.6 per cent in the third quarter of the year (Q3 2020), it was official that Nigeria had slipped into recession for the second time in five years. According to the NBS, cumulatively, the economy contracted by -2.48 per cent, represe...

World Bank approves $900M in loans to aid PH economic recovery, address poverty enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 17) — The World Bank is extending more loans to the Philippines to help it become more resilient to natural disasters and address poverty in affected communities. Announcing details on Thursday, the Washington-based lender said the first loan, worth $600 million (about ₱28.8 billion) shall support reforms aiming to speed up the adoption ...

Published December 17, 2020, 11:01 AM The World Bank has approved two loans to the Philippines to support the country’s recovery efforts from the coronavirus pandemic, improve competitiveness, as well as build resilience against shocks and natural disasters. In a statement, the Washington-based lender, said it approved $900 million worth of loans to the Philippines for the government’s programs in addressing poverty in poor rural communities and improving resiliency against natural disaster...

Nigeria: World Bank Approves $1.5bn for States Social Protection, Covid-19 Response 15 December 2020 By Obinna Chima The World Bank Group has approved a $1.5 billion package to help build a resilient recovery post-COVID-19 for state-level intervention in Nigeria. In addition, the multilateral institution discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) from 2021 to 2024 for Nigeria. The $1.5 billion was part of a $3 billion loan request the federal government had been pushing for. ...

World Bank Okays $1.5bn COVID-19 Recovery, Stimulus For Nigeria By Our Correspondents Gallery The World Bank Group has approved a $1.5 billion pack­age to help build a resilient recovery post- COVID-19 in Nigeria. This is according to a statement issued by the group on Tuesday in Wash­ington D.C. It added that the group also discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) from 2021 to 2024. Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari It said that Nigeria was at a critica...