Archive for October, 2007



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Contacts: In Washington: Merrell Tuck (202) 473-9516Mobile: (202) 415-1775mtuckprimdahl@worldbank.orgRadio/TV: Nazanine AtabakI (202) 458-1450Natabaki@worldbank.org
 
WASHINGTON , DC , October 19, 2007 – The latest World Development Report calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries and warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving […]

Contact:In Washington: Beldina Auma (202) 458-7307baumaowuor@worldbank.org
WASHINGTON, October 11, 2007 – A new World Bank report says in just two years nearly 20 million long lasting insecticidal nets and more than 15 million doses of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) are on course to be distributed under the World Bank Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa.
The Progress […]