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Since the last review in 2002, Malawi has made progress in reforming its trade policy regime in the areas of customs procedures, competition policy, government procurement, and privatization of some state-owned enterprises, according to a WTO Secretariat review on the trade policies and practices of Malawi.

WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a grant of $4.788 million from the Global Environment Facility to the People's Republic of China to help reduce the rural and agricultural pollution to the East China Sea. The GEF grant will be used in combination with $29.891 million from the recipient to develop activities that demonstrate effective and innovative pollution reduction in Shanghai's selected rural areas.

WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of $150 million to the People's Republic of China to help improve urban transport and road safety in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of $100 million to the People's Republic of China to support sustainable development in poor rural areas in Chongqing Municipality, Henan Province and Shaanxi Province. The World Bank loan is supplemented by a grant of $4.265 million from the Global Environment Facility focused on improving sustainable land resource management and climate change adaptation.

WASHINGTON, DC — The World Bank's (WB) Board of Executive Directors approved a US$450 million loan this Thursday to develop public policies aimed at supporting the Mexican government's efforts of promoting the adaptation of its water sector to climate change.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank has approved a credit of US$79 million for the Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP). The project will assist Bangladesh in further developing human capital resources by strengthening public and private training institutions that improve the skill set and employability of the workforce.

Abuja — Nigerian states have been actively reforming to encourage business activity over the past two years, finds Doing Business in Nigeria 2010. Launched on June 10, the joint IFC-World Bank report is the second in a series analyzing business regulation in Nigerian states and the first to assess the ease of doing business in all 36 Nigerian states and in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

New York: The Government and people of Afghanistan can count on the sustained support of the United Nations and the rest of the international community as they continue to strive for peace and development, the world body's representative in the country reaffirmed.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency has expressed sadness after learning of the deaths of nine Somali asylum-seekers who drowned while attempting to reach Mozambique, an increasingly popular route for Somalis trying to flee the violence and suffering in their homeland.

New York: The notorious rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is carrying out ever more deadly attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and also continues to abduct children to use as soldiers in its ranks, United Nations aid workers reported.