Sentences with phrase «world bank issues»

In today's news round - up, a PwC report highlights a lack of corruption risk assessments by companies and the World Bank issues debarments to several businesses.

When the World Bank issued a report last fall that found that 60 percent of primary school children in developing countries were failing to achieve a basic proficiency in reading, writing, and mathematics, it exposed a so - called «learning crisis» in global education, one in which children attend school for years but fail to learn.

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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz discussed this issue with a few Canadian reporters at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington over the weekend.

In the lending world, the players at the upper end of the market include the banks and monoline firms, such as First National Financial, which issue mortgages but do not take deposits.

Her current job, after all, affords her a platform from which she wields considerable influence in a global conversation on the world's most pressing issues — from rising income inequality to banking reforms to climate change.

When the leaders of the world's major economies convene in Toronto on June 26, their schedule will be laden with big issues, from ending stimulus spending to the European debt crisis to the debate over a global bank tax.

«The issue isn't particularly economic in terms of markets and it's not really the central banks... it's geopolitical and there's some bad things going on in the world and conventional analysis says things will be fine,» Schwarzman said at the Delivering Alpha conference, produced by CNBC and Institutional Investor.

It relies upon 13 expert data sources, including assessments from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, to determine levels of bribery, diversion of public funds, use of public office for private gain and other issues of corruption.

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Several of the largest central banks in the world, including the Bank of England and the People's Bank of China, have said they are looking at using the technology introduced by Bitcoin to track and issue their own digital currencies.

These included updates on compensation - related regulations and guidance issued by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and other U.S. federal banking regulators, the Financial Stability Board, the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority and other regulators around the world.

The bank official described state - issued cryptocurrency as another possible solution to this problem, opining that, «Central banks around the world are examining (the use of digital currencies) so we should as well.»

This raises a number of issues which are the object of vigorous debate at present among monetary authorities world - wide: issues such the appropriate objectives for a central bank and the desirable degree of independence.

Global financial crisis: causes, consequences, cures Central bank responses to the crisis: issues of democratic accountability, QE and inflation, regulatory reform Fiscal policy responses to the crisis: issues of inflation, stimulus, debt sustainability Real estate prices and mortgage problems New directions in economics in light of the GFC Impacts of the GFC on the BRICS and the developing world Modern Money Theory, Functional Finance Job Guarantee / Employer of Last Resort Problems of Euroland,

On November 4, 2017, Yao Qian, the Deputy Director of the PBoC's Science and Technology Division and director of the PBoC Digital Currency Research Institute, reportedly spoke in Beijing, where he highlighted the importance of state - backed, central bank - issued cryptocurrency in an increasingly digital world.

THE FIXERS How business moves forward — with or without the help of Washington — to address today's most critical societal issues Ideas That Change the World Track hosted by Salesforce Anne Finucane, Vice Chairman, Bank of America Helena Foulkes, Executive Vice President, CVS Health; President, CVS Pharmacy Jeanne Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, MSP Capital Moderator: Nina Easton, Fortune Introduction: Amy Weaver, President, Legal and General Counsel, Salesforce

China: «YuanCoin» Trial a Success Following the rise in popularity of the first blockchain - based currency in the world, i.e. Bitcoin, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is getting closer to issuing its own, albeit centralized, government - backed sovereign digital

The World Bank alone has issued over $ 8.5 billion in green bonds in 18 currencies since 2008.

That group issued a report in September, identifying ways international development banks and other organizations can support the development of local currency green bond markets around the world.

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The worry that has seized investors is merely one of the issues Powell faces as he succeeds Janet Yellen as head of the world's most influential central bank.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which is jointly owned by the world's leading central banks, noted in November that bitcoin could disrupt the ability of central banks to exert control over the economy, as well as issue money.

Recently, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the principal bank to the world's central banks, hinted at the need for microeconomic reform when it warned that central banks were «overburdened» and called for policies other than monetary stimulus and low interest rates to tackle the issue of slow global groBank of International Settlements (BIS), the principal bank to the world's central banks, hinted at the need for microeconomic reform when it warned that central banks were «overburdened» and called for policies other than monetary stimulus and low interest rates to tackle the issue of slow global grobank to the world's central banks, hinted at the need for microeconomic reform when it warned that central banks were «overburdened» and called for policies other than monetary stimulus and low interest rates to tackle the issue of slow global growth.

In particular, the New York - based bank is known for its expertise in the issuance of catastrophe bonds, Qualified School Construction Bonds in the US, and bonds issued to finance debt restructuring around the world.

Earlier this month, the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSD) issued a ruling against Philip Morris International that could have lasting ramifications for international trade.

My reading of the episode is that the extraordinary financial events of September and October 2008 — several large financial failures, large - scale rescues of major institutions, enough incipient systemic concerns about banking systems to lead governments to issue guarantees, investor panic on share markets — were all observed in real time by households and businesses right around the world.

Since the World Bank affects poor people around the globe more directly than any other social institution, John Cobb's exploration is important for anyone concerned about how Christians can creatively engage economic issues and trends.

In 1977 Robert McNamara, as head of the World Bank, saw in population growth the «gravest issue» short of nuclear war and in a particularly prophetic statement lamented that the decisions that had led to this growth were «not in the exclusive control of a few governments but rather in the literally hundreds of millions of individual parents who will determine the outcome.»

He's written widely on environment and development issues for specialist magazines and national media, including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, and World Bank Urban Age

The World Bank has also taken this issue quite seriously.

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ustaz Sham - Una Jibril, who is known for his accurate predictions on both local and international issues, has predicted that the Ashanti Region which is known to be the «World Bank» of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will turn into a «Traditional Microfinance» in the 2020 General Elections.

Adesina had issued a statement on Friday saying the reported discussion between President Muhammadu Buhari and the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, was deliberately twisted by those who he said specialised in such acts.

He points to a World Bank project in South Sudan where «diesel, bribes and taxes» are the biggest issues.

Even the World Bank endorses small farms as the way to increase agricultural output in developing nations where food security remains a pressing issue.

On 4 September the World Bank, the UN's International Labour Organization and the OECD club of rich countries issued a report concluding that «in most countries migrants pay more in taxes and social contributions than they receive.»

To address that waste issue, he helped install a 1.5 - megawatt bank of lithium ion batteries (pdf) at the Letterly substation in Philadelphia, which was among the first attempts in the world to marry regenerative braking and grid - ready energy storage.

«There's just growing recognition virtually everywhere that these are issues that no society can continue to afford to overlook and neglect,» says Tim Evans, the World Bank's senior director of health, nutrition and population.

He began to cite the danger of population pressures in poor countries long ago, and the issue is now a focus of development experts in the United Nations, the World Bank and voluntary organizations working to reduce intractable poverty.

The World Bank has been widely criticised for its failure to assess the dam's environmental impact or to address the issue of resettling the people it will displace.

When a customer tries to make a purchase with a MasterCard credit card at one of more than 12 million places around the world, the merchant electronically forwards the request to MasterCard, which then passes it on to the bank that issued the card.

«Mudbound» What Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, and Mary J. Blige do in «Mudbound» is ensemble acting at its finest; each performance can be viewed from an individual or national perspective in this sweeping epic that tackles issues — war and its traumatic effects, race relations in the American South, the indivisible power of family — that resonate as much today as they did after World War II.

Passionate around issues of opportunity and equality for women and girls, she has worked on these issues for private companies and the World Bank, and served on various non-profit Boards, including, currently on the Board and Executive Committee of the Tahirih Justice Center, a national leader protecting immigrant women and girls fleeing violence.

Yes, the Charity Charge World MasterCard is issued by our banking partner Commerce Bank, founded over 150 years ago and ranked by Moody's as one of the top 7 banks in the country for their credit strength.

Affiliate credit cards issued by Bank of America ® include: MLB, World Wildlife Fund, Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Bass Pro Shops, AAA.

These cards are issued by major financial institutions like Barclays Bank Delaware which issues the US Airways Premier World MasterCard ®.

I think as I said, some of that's going on in the tech world, the financial fund tech world, but in the credit union world, they're not banks but there are those who are working on this issue.

Before deciding to get the Royal Caribbean credit card, it's worth comparing it to other credit cards issued by Bank of America, like the Norwegian Cruise Line World MasterCard and the Celebrity Cruises Visa Signature card.

HSBC Premier World MasterCard credit cards are issued by HSBC Bank USA, subject to credit approval, and require an HSBC Premier relationship.

The cards issued by banks elsewhere in the world aren't nearly as incentivized as those in the U.S.