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World Bank Boosts Liberia’s Transformation With US$40M Grant
Monrovia – The World Bank (WB) Liberia Country Manager, Larisa Leshchenko, has stressed that the US$40 million World Bank’s Poverty Reduction grant will be...
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Liberia Ranks 174 in World Bank Doing Business Report
Washington - Liberia is ranked 174 amongst 190 countries in the world for doing business, according to the World Bank. The...
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Liberia Poverty Rate Stands at 54 Percent – World Bank Report
Monrovia - The World Bank has announced that about 54 percent of the population of Liberia is living below the poverty line. This means...
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Pres. Johnson-Sirleaf Returns From WB High-Level Meeting
Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has returned home following a successful participation at the just-ended World Bank High-Level Panel on Fragility, Conflict and...
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Pres. Sirleaf Participates in World Bank High-Level Panel on Conflict
Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has served on a High-Level Panel convened by the World Bank Group (WBG) at the WBG Headquarters in...
Business
‘Liberia Is Eleventh Worst Place on Earth to Do Business’
Monrovia - Liberia is the eleventh worst place on earth to do business, according to the World Bank Doing Business Survey of 2016. ...
Business
Tackling Inequality Vital to Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030
Washington - A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the lethargic state...
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Air Pollution Killed 3,000 Liberians in 2013 – World Bank
A total of 2,985 people died in Liberia of air-borne diseases in 2013 alone and the labor loss cost the Liberian economy 0.76 percent...