Tim Raka News Today

Meet the International Development Association (IDA), the arm of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries—75 to be exact. It’s the largest single source of donor funds for basic services in these countries and aims to eliminate extreme poverty. IDA’s most recent replenishment, IDA20, resulted in a historic $93 billion financing package for IDA countries for fiscal years 2022-2025. On this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how IDA works across the world on a ra...

Roma Italian Bistro Soft Opening Wednesday The first time we did a story about Roma Italian Bistro coming to Lufkin it was a different world. Back in November of 2019, we were thinking that they would be here in the Spring of 2020. Since Covid hit, that put a wrench in things for the owners Florence Leshnja and Tim Raka. Now things are moving forward, and I got a look at the building today, and its an amazing transformation. The old Rays West building had a fire in July of 2013, and since then ...