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Nemat Shafik, pictured at a Eurogroup meeting at the EU Council in Brussels on May 16, 2011, will be the first woman to serve as president of Columbia University.

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  • Education

Nemat Shafik is named the first woman to be president at Columbia University

Shafik, who was born in Egypt and grew up in the United States, has extensive experience across global financial institutions and higher education.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Activists unfurled a banner calling David Malpass a climate denier on the World Bank headquarters after he refused to say if he believed man-made emissions contributed to global warming.

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  • Climate

Climate activists want Biden to fire the head of the World Bank. Here's why

Climate activists have never liked Trump-appointed World Bank President David Malpass. But this week, his comments on climate change fueled calls for President Biden to make a change.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A civilian militia member holds a rifle during training at a shooting range on the outskirts of Kyiv on Tuesday.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 7)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

June 07, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
A civilian militia member holds a rifle during training at a shooting range on the outskirts of Kyiv on Tuesday.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 7)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

June 07, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
A woman removes pieces of broken glass from a shop window after a bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 23.

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  • World

Russia's war could shrink the Ukrainian economy by 45% this year, the World Bank says

Meanwhile, the Russian economy is expected to contract by some 11% this year as a result of sanctions, and several other countries in the region are projected to fall into recession.

April 11, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A man wearing a face mask walks along a shopping street on March 25, 2022, in Tokyo.

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  • Economy

World Bank says war shocks will drag on Asian economies

The development lending institution urges governments to lift restrictions on trade and services and to end fossil fuel subsidies to encourage adoption of more green energy technologies.

April 05, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Seen through a glass window, presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves reacts after marking his ballot during a runoff presidential election, at a polling station, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

Ex-finance minister wins runoff to be Costa Rica's president

Rodrigo Chaves wins an election that political analysts said was marked by a lack of voter enthusiasm due to the multitude of personal attacks that characterized the campaign.

April 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A newly-opened COVID-19 hospital in Kabul. Dr. Wahid Majrooh, the acting minister of public health in Afghanistan, must address the pandemic's toll at a time when the Taliban takeover has triggered a freeze in hundreds of millions of dollars in health-care aid from outside groups.

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  • Global Health

Afghan Health Minister: Health Care Is 'On The Verge Of Collapse' But 'I'm Optimistic'

Dr. Wahid Majrooh tells NPR that "If I am hesitant and doubtful now it won't help anyone, and people in need of care will be the first to be affected."

September 18, 2021
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Students work on a classroom exercise at a school in Kibera, a poor neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

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  • Education

How Do You Help Girls Thrive In School? There's A Surprising Answer

A new study finds that girl-centric programs may not be the only effective way to boost girls' school performance in low-income countries.

June 28, 2021
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  • Joanne Lu
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named the new head of the World Trade Organization. An economist, she previously served as Nigeria's finance minister and as managing director of the World Bank.

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  • World

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Makes History As WTO's First African And Female Leader

As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.

February 15, 2021
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  • Brakkton Booker
The question of what to call the "developing world" is a developing debate.

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  • Global Health

Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term!

TV correspondents and pundits spoke it, Twitter users typed it. They said the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was what happens in "Third World" countries. There's a problem with that.

January 08, 2021
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  • Marc Silver
Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, pictured in 2006, died on Tuesday. He was 86.

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  • Business

James Wolfensohn, Former World Bank Chief And Champion Of The Poor, Dies At 86

The financier is credited with transforming the World Bank. Among his reforms, he is said to have given "voice to the poor and magnify the impact of development investments."

November 25, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo

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