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New York: Heavy rains and an outbreak of cholera in Kenya’s Dadaab complex is exacerbating the situation in the overcrowded refugee camp, where aid efforts were already hampered by insecurity, the United Nations reported today.

New York: Displaced civilians in northern Central African Republic (CAR) are facing acute hardship, including a high incidence of child or teenage marriage and widespread use of children as labour, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on November 14, 2011 a three year, SDR 85 million (about US$133.6 million) arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Afghanistan which is designed to support the nation's economic program from 2011 to 2014. The approval will immediately enable an initial disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 12 million (about US$18.9 million).

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Mulayam Singh Yadav is launching his campaign from public meeting in Etah on November 16.

WASHINGTON − The World Bank today published the Financial Sector Assessment for China. This report summarizes the findings of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) exercise for China undertaken by a joint IMF/World Bank team.

BELGRADE – While a global slowdown and recent turbulence in the Eurozone have shaken economies of the six countries in South East Europe (SEE6), their deeper integration with the European Union (EU) remains the best long term prospect for their growth, according to the new World Bank “South East Europe Regular Economic Report” (SEE RER), released today. This is the first of a series of regular reports which will come out semi-annually.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank welcomes a new report released today from Publish What You Fund that rates the Bank as “best performer” in terms of aid transparency and ranks the institution #1 out of 58 donors in the index.

New Delhi: India and Pakistan agreed to sequence to move towards full normalization of trade between the two countries.

New Delhi : The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Kishore Chandra Deo Called for full utilisation of funds by state governments provided under different Central Government Schemes for Tribal Welfare.

The Citizens Right to grievance Redress Bill 2011 marks the next milestone in the UPA government’s mission to enact a series of rights based legislations. Drawing on the framework of the Right to Information Act, the objective of this Bill is to ensure that the common man receives quick and efficient delivery of the goods and services to which he is entitled and which may have been delayed for any reason whatsoever.