The World Bank apologized to the Philippines concerning the education report it “inadvertently published” on its website. “We deeply regret that the report on education was inadvertently published earlier than …
The World Bank granted US$500-million worth of funds for the Philippines’ vaccination program and COVID-19 pandemic response. “The newly approved financing will support the Philippines to vaccinate the population based …
The government considers borrowing up to $9 billion (P433.3 billion) from the World Bank to fund the country’s purchase of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Carlito Galvez Jr., COVID-19 national task …
World Bank and the National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) joint study revealed that Filipinos are paying one of the most costly but slowest internet connections in the world. The …
The World Bank sees three million more Filipinos would either be unemployed or experience poverty this year as the Philippines’ COVID-19 crisis continues. The bank, in a recent report entitled …
The World Bank said Tuesday that the poverty incidence rate in the Philippines is seen to increase for 2020 due to the economic impact brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 …