WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR BERT HOFMAN

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                    [Title] => World Bank earmarks $1.5M for Phl's flood control master plan
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The World Bank has extended a $1.5 million grant to the Philippines to finance the formulation of a flood control master plan.
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                    [Title] => WB okays additional $59.1 million for RP
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The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors  yesterday approved additional financing of $59.1 million for the  Philippines to expand a development project of the government.
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                    [Title] => WB approves $250-M loan for post-typhoon reconstruction
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank (WB) approved 250 million U.S. dollars loan to finance the Philippine recovery and reconstruction efforts from the two strong typhoons that hit the country late last year, according to a statement issued by WB on Friday. 
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                    [Title] => World Bank okays $250 million loan for RP's post-typhoon reconstruction
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The World Bank approved a $250 million loan to finance the Philippine’s recovery and reconstruction efforts from two strong typhoons that hit the country late last year.
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                    [Title] => RP loses over $4 billion by typhoons: World Bank
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Damages caused by back to back typhoons Ketsana and Parma totaled $4.38 billion or equivalent to 2.7 percent of the Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report issued by the World Bank (WB) on Wednesday.
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                    [Title] => Analysis: RP needs 'inclusive' economic recovery
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippines is one of the few economies that managed to grow despite a global recession, but poverty reduction remains a challenge for this developing Asian economy.
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                    [Title] => World Bank funding projects to preserve marine biodiversity in Mindanao
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank has approved Friday a $6.3-million grant for a project that aims to conserve critical coastal and marine biodiversity in southern Philippines, it said in a statement Friday.
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                    [Title] => World Bank aid to emphasize poverty alleviation, good governance
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The World Bank is putting greater emphasis on poverty alleviation and good governance in its assistance to the Philippines, and is ready to commit from $700 million to $1 billion in aid annually.
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                    [Title] => World Bank eyes loans to Philippines to counter poverty, corruption
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank said today that it may provide $700 million to $1 billion to the Philippines over the next three years to finance programs on poverty alleviation and good governance.
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World Bank earmarks $1.5M for Phl's flood control master plan

January 19, 2011 - 3:53pm

The World Bank has extended a $1.5 million grant to the Philippines to finance the formulation of a flood control master plan.

WB okays additional $59.1 million for RP

By Iris Gonzales | October 2, 2010 - 12:00am

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved additional financing of $59.1 million for the Philippines to expand a development project of the government.

Business

WB approves $250-M loan for post-typhoon reconstruction

May 22, 2010 - 2:40pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank (WB) approved 250 million U.S. dollars loan to finance the Philippine recovery and reconstruction efforts from the two strong typhoons that hit the country late last...

World Bank okays $250 million loan for RP's post-typhoon reconstruction

May 21, 2010 - 12:04pm

The World Bank approved a $250 million loan to finance the Philippine’s recovery and reconstruction efforts from two strong typhoons that hit the country late last year.

RP loses over $4 billion by typhoons: World Bank

December 2, 2009 - 10:29pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Damages caused by back to back typhoons Ketsana and Parma totaled $4.38 billion or equivalent to 2.7 percent of the Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report issued...

Analysis: RP needs 'inclusive' economic recovery

November 5, 2009 - 12:02am

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippines is one of the few economies that managed to grow despite a global recession, but poverty reduction remains a challenge for this developing Asian economy.

World Bank funding projects to preserve marine biodiversity in Mindanao

September 18, 2009 - 10:04pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank has approved Friday a $6.3-million grant for a project that aims to conserve critical coastal and marine biodiversity in southern Philippines, it said in a statement...

World Bank aid to emphasize poverty alleviation, good governance

March 21, 2009 - 12:00am

The World Bank is putting greater emphasis on poverty alleviation and good governance in its assistance to the Philippines, and is ready to commit from $700 million to $1 billion in aid annually.

World Bank eyes loans to Philippines to counter poverty, corruption

March 20, 2009 - 8:00pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The World Bank said today that it may provide $700 million to $1 billion to the Philippines over the next three years to finance programs on poverty alleviation and good governanc...