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More than 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC. They were shipped to the country through COVAX, an alliance comprising the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the…

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $3.5 million in rapid response Ebola assistance to support efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Guinea. The…

Penn Athletics has announced that the 2021 Penn Relays, originally scheduled for April 22-24, has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and local restrictions on large gatherings. If health conditions on campus and in the…

New Delhi: Children from disadvantaged communities and families across Kosovo have been provided books, games, and other home-based learning activities, as some 1500 packages were delivered to children aged 0-7, as part of the World Bank’s…

Washington : The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$440 million loan to support Egypt’s initiatives to enhance the safety and service quality of the country’s railways. The Railway Improvement and Safety for…

Washington: A first-of-its-kind course presented by the World Bank and UN Women will examine the often-invisible gender issues surrounding mobility in the transport sector. Barriers to transportation, and to jobs in the transport sector,…

Washington: The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or IBRD) has issued a US$100 million 5-year bond which both supports IBRD’s ongoing sustainable development and COVID-19 activities and adds a new…

Washington: More than 40 percent of all children below primary-school age – or nearly 350 million – need childcare but do not have access, according to a new World Bank report launched today. As a result, too many children are spending time…

Washington: Working women in Latin America and the Caribbean were disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic compared to men. This fact underscores the need for the countries of the region to adopt measures to prevent the widening…

Washington: Improved local roads and better access to markets and services will help boost livelihoods across North Macedonia, following the approval today of additional financing of €37 million to replace funds reallocated from the Local…