#worldbank — Public Fediverse posts
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Digital Asset Investor Doubles Down: XRP Is ‘Not an Investment’ but a 200-Year Financial Shift — BigGo Finance
A well-known crypto commentator is making an unusually sweeping claim about XRP, arguing the digital asset should not…
#Economy #bankforinternationalsettlements #BlackSwanCapitalist #centralbank #CentralBanks #DigitalAssetInvestor #InternationalMonetaryFund #RippleLabs #U.S.SecuritiesandExchangeCommission #Versan #worldbank #xrp
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Beyond Big Tech: World Bank Report Shows "Small AI" Solutions Driving Real Progress in Low-Income Countries
Affordable AI running on basic phones, not massive data centers, is already improving farming, healthcare, and learning across developing countries. The World Bank's new report maps how nations can build the foundations to scale this impact.
#smallAI #WorldBank #DevelopingCountries #LowIncomeCountries #DigitalDivide #AI #EconomicPerspective #Tech
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Beyond Big Tech: World Bank Report Shows "Small AI" Solutions Driving Real Progress in Low-Income Countries
Affordable AI running on basic phones, not massive data centers, is already improving farming, healthcare, and learning across developing countries. The World Bank's new report maps how nations can build the foundations to scale this impact.
#smallAI #WorldBank #DevelopingCountries #LowIncomeCountries #DigitalDivide #AI #EconomicPerspective #Tech
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Beyond Big Tech: World Bank Report Shows "Small AI" Solutions Driving Real Progress in Low-Income Countries
Affordable AI running on basic phones, not massive data centers, is already improving farming, healthcare, and learning across developing countries. The World Bank's new report maps how nations can build the foundations to scale this impact.
#smallAI #WorldBank #DevelopingCountries #LowIncomeCountries #DigitalDivide #AI #EconomicPerspective #Tech
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Beyond Big Tech: World Bank Report Shows "Small AI" Solutions Driving Real Progress in Low-Income Countries
Affordable AI running on basic phones, not massive data centers, is already improving farming, healthcare, and learning across developing countries. The World Bank's new report maps how nations can build the foundations to scale this impact.
#smallAI #WorldBank #DevelopingCountries #LowIncomeCountries #DigitalDivide #AI #EconomicPerspective #Tech
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Beyond Big Tech: World Bank Report Shows "Small AI" Solutions Driving Real Progress in Low-Income Countries
Affordable AI running on basic phones, not massive data centers, is already improving farming, healthcare, and learning across developing countries. The World Bank's new report maps how nations can build the foundations to scale this impact.
#smallAI #WorldBank #DevelopingCountries #LowIncomeCountries #DigitalDivide #AI #EconomicPerspective #Tech
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/411538/ Zimbabwe’s Economic Stability Opens a Path to Better Jobs #BusinessReforms #EconomicGrowth #ElectricityInfrastructure #FinancialInclusion #InformalEmployment #MacroeconomicStability #PovertyReduction #PrivateInvestment #StructuralReforms #TradeFacilitation #Vision2030 #WorldBank #zimbabwe #ZimbabweEconomy #ZimbabweJobs
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France Urges World Bank to Keep 45% Climate Finance Target as U.S. Pushes Fossil Fuel Shift
France is pressing the World Bank to preserve its target of …
#Economy #centralbank #CentralBanks #CentralBanksoftheEuropeanSystem #Climate #climatefinance #DeutscheBundesbank #ECB #EleonoreCaroit #ESCB #ESG #Europe #European #EuropeanCentralBank #EuropeanCentralBanks #fossilfuel #france #THEBANKOFENGLAND #TheBankofFrance #TheBankofItaly #TrumpAdministration #worldbank
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Austrian-Kazakh Platform Prepares Austria’s Economy for the New Silk Road with “Middle Corridor” – Vindobona.org
Amid geopolitical shifts an…
#Austria #AT #Europe #Europa #EU #AkanAitimov #AKCPAustrian-KazakhConnectivityPlatform #AlexanderMaisuradze #AndriiGrinenko #austria #BusinessDiplomacy #CentralAsia #economicdevelopment #EduardsStiprais #EIASEuropeanInstituteforAsianStudies #EuropeanForumAlpbach #KarlJurka #kazakhstan #Nachrichten #Österreich #worldbank
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Austrian-Kazakh Platform Prepares Austria’s Economy for the New Silk Road with “Middle Corridor” – Vindobona.org https://www.byteseu.com/2334400/ #AkanAitimov #AKCPAustrianKazakhConnectivityPlatform #AlexanderMaisuradze #AndriiGrinenko #Austria #BusinessDiplomacy #CentralAsia #EconomicDevelopment #EduardsStiprais #EIASEuropeanInstituteForAsianStudies #EuropeanForumAlpbach #KarlJurka #Kazakhstan #WorldBank
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Hague Court says India must uphold Indus water treaty with Pakistan, MEA rejects ruling
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ruled that the Indus Waters Treaty between India and…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #TheHague #India #IndusWatersTreaty #Kashmir #Pakistan #PCA #Ratlehydropower #WaterDispute #WORLDBANK
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·PH’s 12% VAT yields no more than Thailand’s 7%; World Bank urges collection fix
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/351855/ Kenya Steps Up Drive for Universal Energy Access by 2030 #Africa #AfricanDevelopmentBank #CleanCooking #ElectricityAccess #EnergyInfrastructure #EnergyInvestment #Kenya #Mission300 #PowerSector #RenewableEnergy #SEforALL #SustainableEnergy #TransmissionLines #UniversalEnergyAccess #WorldBank
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As China’s economy lumbers amid property crisis, why hasn’t AI helped pick up the slack?
Unlike the US, artificial intelligence (AI) may not be a panacea for China’s economy amid its deep property…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #AI #Beijing #Business #China #Europe #Hangzhou #Nomura #OpenAI #Shanghai #southkorea #Taiwan #TSMC #WorldBank #Zhejiangprovince
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Japan faces growing economic and geopolitical challenges as globalization gives way to a more fragmented world shaped by strategic rivalry, decentralized energy markets and alternative financial systems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/20/japan/japan-moving-beyond-old-alliances/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #boj #uae #opec #saudiarabia #us #imf #worldbank #china #beltandroad #asianinfrastructureinvestmentbank #newdevelopmentbank #brics #russia #iran #swift #hongkong #thailand #india #asiandevelopmentbankinstitute
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A new World Bank paper shows how graph neural networks and open data from WorldPop can turn national statistics into fine-scale economic maps.
The research combines our open population data, satellite imagery, OpenStreetMap, and AI to improve local insight for development planning, disaster response, and climate adaptation.
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Why is piracy rising off Somalia again — and is the Iran war responsible? | Crime News
At least three vessels have been targeted in hijackings this week off the coast of Somalia in what analysts…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Africa #alqaeda #breakingnews #Crime #Djibouti #Explainer #Iran #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #NATO #Shipping #somalia #US-IsraelwaronIran #WorldBank
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Historians’ rankings of America’s best and worst foreign-policy decisions show the U.S. succeeded when it led cooperatively through multilateral institutions and failed when it turned inward or went rogue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/02/world/best-and-worst-us-foreign-policy-decisions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #marshallplan #nato #un #brettonwoods #worldbank #imf #gatt #wto #treatyofversailles #parisagreement #monroedoctrine #donroedoctrine #iraqinvasion #donaldtrump
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#SEZs in #India: Balancing Economic Growth and #Environmental Concerns
July 27, 2024
"Picture this: vast stretches of industrial land buzzing with activity, modern factories producing goods for global markets, and thousands of job opportunities emerging overnight. This is the promise of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India. But behind this gleaming facade lies a complex web of environmental challenges and social concerns that demand our attention. SEZs represent one of India’s most ambitious economic policies, designed to accelerate industrial growth and boost exports, yet they often come at a significant cost to the environment and local communities.
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"[T]he rapid expansion of SEZs has raised significant environmental red flags. The most pressing concern is land acquisition, which often involves converting fertile agricultural land into industrial zones. This conversion not only reduces the country’s agricultural capacity but also disrupts local ecosystems and biodiversity.
"The establishment of SEZs typically requires large tracts of land – sometimes spanning thousands of acres. Much of this land is acquired from agricultural areas, leading to the displacement of farming communities who have depended on these lands for generations. For instance, the proposed #RaigadSEZ in #Maharashtra would have required over 14,000 hectares of #agricultural land, leading to massive #protests from local farmers.
"The conversion of agricultural land to #IndustrialUse has long-term implications for #FoodSecurity. As India’s population continues to grow, the loss of productive #farmland could exacerbate food shortage issues in the future. Moreover, agricultural land often has better soil quality and water retention capacity compared to industrial land, making this conversion environmentally costly.
"Industrial activities within SEZs generate various forms of #pollution. Air pollution from #manufacturing processes, water #contamination from industrial effluents, and #SoilDegradation from chemical usage are common problems. The concentration of industries in SEZs can create pollution hotspots that affect air and water quality in surrounding areas.
"#WaterScarcity is another critical issue. SEZs require substantial water resources for industrial processes, often competing with local communities for this precious resource. In water-stressed regions, this competition can lead to conflicts and further environmental degradation.
Human rights and social displacement"The human cost of SEZ development cannot be overlooked. Land acquisition for SEZs often involves displacing local communities, particularly small farmers and agricultural workers. These communities frequently receive inadequate compensation and struggle to find alternative livelihoods.
"The displacement process can be traumatic for local communities who have strong cultural and emotional ties to their land. Traditional occupations like #farming, #fishing, and #SmallScaleTrading are disrupted, forcing people to adapt to entirely new economic realities. The promised employment opportunities in SEZs often don’t materialize for displaced communities, as they may lack the required skills for industrial jobs.
"Women in these communities face particular challenges, as they often have limited access to alternative employment opportunities and may lose traditional income sources like kitchen gardening or small-scale agricultural activities. The social fabric of rural communities can be severely disrupted, leading to increased poverty and social inequality."
#HumanRights #HumanRightsFreeZone #CorporateColonialism
#IMFLoanSharks #Exploitation #WorldBank #RaceToTheBottom
#HumanRightsViolations
#Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation
#EconomicSacrificZones
#ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #TraditionalLifestyles #EnvironmentalRacism #Exploitation
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The #environmental burdens of #SpecialEconomicZones on the coastal and marine #environment: A remote sensing assessment in #Myanmar
Thiri Shwesin Aung, Indra Overland, Roman Vakulchuk, Yanhua Xie
November 2022"Special economic zones (#SEZs) are unusual parts of the world economy in terms of law, institutions, and economic functions (Chaisse and Dimitropoulos 2021). SEZs are geographically delimited areas created to facilitate industrial activities through fiscal and regulatory incentives and infrastructure support (UNCTAD 2019). Such zones carve out jurisdiction as a subset of the overall state jurisdiction for the purposes of enacting different laws and regulations that are more trade and investment friendly (Zeng 2021). Since the year 2000, SEZs have mushroomed in developing countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), accelerate industrialization and create jobs (Aiyer 2017). There are 5400 SEZs in 147 economies around the world. Asia is home to three quarters of them (UNIDO 2015). They have been a core element of the economic development strategy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and currently all ASEAN member states have SEZs (Aggarwal 2022).
"As part of an export-oriented development strategy, the zones commonly include industrial mega-areas that accommodate large-scale infrastructure, deep-sea ports, logistical infrastructure for oil and gas, hotels and tourism, and industrial complexes (Aggarwal 2022). They are primarily defined by a specific regulatory regime and a dedicated governance mechanism designed to relieve customs and tariffs and reduce the burden on businesses from permits, licenses, employment laws, and land access. In return, host governments expect investors to create positive spillover effects, such as facilitating innovation, boosting employment, raising exports, and diversifying the economy. The global experience of SEZs have been mixed, with some countries achieving successful economic outcomes, while others struggle to overcome market failures, institutional constraints, and social and environmental costs (Aggarwal 2022; Zeng 2021).
"The lax regulatory regimes of SEZs often raise concerns about environmental, social, and #HumanRights standards, as well as possible conflicts over #LandRights (Brussevich 2020). Several SEZs have failed to yield the expected economic benefits while having severe adverse impacts on the environment and local communities (Adunbi 2019; Aritenang and Chandramidi 2020; Chaisse and Ji 2020). On the other hand, while SEZs can be hotspots for environmental #mismanagement, they can also provide opportunities for implementing environmental policies specifically designed to regulate industries within the zones. Also, certain environmental advantages may ensue from the introduction of foreign financial resources and environmental technologies that are otherwise not readily available (Richardson 2004).
"However, according to the 'race to the bottom' literature, most SEZs have a net negative impact on the environment and local communities (Richardson 2004; UNIDO 2015; ZENG and DOUGLAS, 2012).
"Despite this contradiction, existing studies focusing on the direct and indirect impacts of SEZs have been rare (#WorldBank, 2017). Particularly, the magnitude and intensity of SEZ impacts on the environment remain understudied.
SEZs tend to be located in remote regions. As such, SEZ-related information and data are generally scarce, making it difficult to assess the environmental consequences of such zones. Many SEZs are also located in countries where there is limited scope for independent environmental assessment due to #authoritarian rule, #corruption, and/or #secrecy surrounding deals with foreign investors. Recent improvements in access to satellite data and computing platforms for machine learning have greatly improved the ability to comprehensively assess SEZs in any location in the world in near real time (Ali et al., 2020; Jensen et al., 2019). This article demonstrates how these technologies can be applied to provide evidence related to the environmental impacts of SEZs. The method is tried out on the Kyaukpyu SEZ in Myanmar. Myanmar is an authoritarian country and the #KyaukpyuSEZ is a flagship project of China's Belt and Road Initiative (#BRI) located in an inaccessible part of #Myanmar. This is precisely the type of case where independent access can be limited and a remote sensing approach can be useful."From 2010 onwards, Myanmar was navigating its economic transformation and a partial loosening of military rule. SEZ development was prioritized as a critical element of the country's industrialization (Oxfam 2017). The three most notable ongoing SEZ projects are the Kyaukpyu SEZ in the rural but strategically important Rakhine State, which is also the largest SEZ in Myanmar, the Thilawa SEZ on the outskirts of Myanmar's former capital Yangon, and the Dawei SEZ in the Tanintharyi Region. Tanintharyi is a long narrow southern territory of Myanmar bordering the Andaman Sea to the west and Thailand to the east.
"Although they are expected to encourage economic growth and reduce poverty, all three SEZ projects continue to face local opposition, particularly the Kyaukpyu and Dawei SEZs. The International Commission of Jurists (2017) has reported that SEZs in Myanmar are linked to human rights violations and environmental abuses (Donateo 2017). Although Myanmar's SEZ law adopted in 2014 reaffirms the applicability of environmental regulations to SEZ development, it does not clearly delineate responsibilities between developers and the state (DICA 2014). The law also does not conform with international human rights standards (MCRB 2018)."
Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352938522001173#RaceToTheBottom #HumanRightsViolations #Pollution #EnvironmentalDegradation #EconomicSacrificZones #ForcedRelocation #ForcedDisplacement #HumanRightsViolations #EnvironmentalDegradation #IndigenousPeoples #ForestPeoples #SaveTheForests #Exploitation #CorporateColonialism
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From the Bretton Woods Project:
"The [#WorldBank] and [#IMF] have also been heavily criticised for the role played by the political expediency of important shareholders in its decision-making and choice of interventions, including its support to dictatorships. The IMF’s decision to break its own rules and support the highly controversial Greek loan programme, agreed in 2010, prompted Brazil’s Executive Director to the IMF to protest that, '… the program … may be seen not as a rescue of Greece, which will have to undergo a wrenching adjustment, but as a bail-out of Greece’s private debt holders, mainly European financial institutions.'"
From 2018: The Greece Bailout’s Legacy of Immiseration
The cynicism and brutality of what happened there is for the whole world to see.
James K. Galbraith
August 20, 2018"2010 to 2018 will go down in Greek history as an epic period of colonization; of asset stripping and privatization; of unfunded health and education; of bankruptcies, foreclosures, homelessness, and impoverishment; of unemployment, emigration, and suicide. These were the years of the three memoranda, or 'financial-assistance programs' accompanied by 'structural reforms,' enacted supposedly to promote Greek 'recovery' from the slump and credit crunch of 2010. They were, in fact, a fraud perpetrated on Greece and Europe, a jumble of bad policies based on crude morality tales that catered to right-wing politics to cover up unpayable debts.
"This was a bailout? The word reeks of indulgence and implied disapproval. As it was often said, 'The Greeks had their party and now they must pay.' Yes, there was a party—for oligarchs with ships and London homes and Swiss bank accounts, for the military, for engineering and construction and armaments companies from Germany and France and the United States. And yes, there was a bailout. It came from Europe’s taxpayers, and went to the troubled banks of France and Germany. Greece was merely the pass-through, and the Greeks who paid dearly with their livelihoods were just the patsies in the deal."
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/greece-bailout-imf-europe/567892/
Archive:
https://archive.ph/2IB0c#selection-499.0-515.15#Oligarchs #OligarchParty #CorporateColonialism #IMFLoanSharks #GreekAusterity #Exploitation #GreeceBailout #IMFBailout
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My colleague Edward Byers is organising a #capacitybuilding & #training workshop about #energyaccess and the WEF Nexus in #Africa!
📅Online - October 16-17, 2023
Joint effort by #IIASA, #WRIafrica, #LEAPRE_EU and the #WorldBank!
#ESMAP - #RE4AFAGRI👉 https://iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/register/2916958437318/WN_5TXFl3ipRzmgnzW3AZo-WQ#/registration
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#Uganda #president #defiant after #WorldBank #suspends #funding over #antiLGBTQ #law
The #WorldBank said the new #law, which imposes the #deathpenalty for certain #samesex #acts, #contradicts its #values.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #DefundUganda