Conflict is impoverishing the region and destroying decades of donor-funded projects Source: Financial Times Alex de Waal The writer is…
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First there was a war, now Ethiopia faces a debt crisis.
“The World Bank has stepped in to fill the gap” in the past, said Mark Bohlund, a senior credit research…
Read moreNo prize for guessing the only country refusing to join African Free Trade
The World Bank estimates that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will lift 30 million Africans out of extreme poverty…
Read moreOpen letter to the President of the World Bank - Eritrean government corruption
World Bank reveals Eritrea’s secret offshore finances
Source: World Bank This study shows the coincidence of aid and increases in holdings in off-shore tax havens. To put…
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Eritrea and corruption: an increasingly sad story
It is hardly news to say that Eritrea is repressive, or that it has no democracy. But for many years…
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World Bank Eritrea Reports
In 1994 the World Bank produced two definitive reports on Eritrea. Entitled ‘Options and Strategies for Growth’ they are rare…
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