As the World Bank begins overhaul of lending practices, it faces a tough question: How to use its limited resources to fund climate projects while still helping the world’s poor?
The World Bank, embarking on a comprehensive overhaul of its lending practices, faces a tough question: How should it use its limited resources to fund climate projects while still helping the world’s poor?
The bank’s wealthy member countries are reluctant to add more to its coffers. But they are also demanding that it
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