DEVELOPMENT:  UK 'Threat' to World Bank Brings a Little Cheer
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LONDON, Sep 15 (IPS) - ? The British government statement that it is    withholding some funds from the World Bank has drawn conditional    praise from aid agencies.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has used a visit to the West Bank to declare that Britain is boosting its contribution to an international fund for needy Palestinians.
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The World Bank released its annual report on global economic prospects saying developing countries will register growth of 6.1% this year and just above 5% in 2005 and 2006.
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Â· Conditional support excludes right to vetoÂ· PM also calls for reform of World Bank and IMF
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The Bank of England warns of growing risks to the world's banking system as global financial markets expand.
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Playing down a funding row with   Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Friday defended   his controversial anti-corruption campaign, saying the bank   could not tolerate misuse of its funds to poor countries.
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Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, expressed his &quot;concern&quot; last week that Israeli expansion of illegal West Bank colonies threatens the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Playing down a funding row with   Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz defended his   controversial anti-corruption campaign on Friday, saying the   bank could not tolerate misuse of its funds to poor countries.
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The World Bank said on Thursday its security was investigating a bomb threat made by telephone and asked its staff at its Washington headquarters to stay home on Friday.
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Just when it appeared things had quieted down a bit at the World Bank, a mini-uproar developed this week over word that Robin Cleveland , top aide to outgoing bank chief Paul Wolfowitz , might be thinking of staying put.
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Aid from the UK is already helping in countries worst hit by the tsunami.
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Campaign groups welcomed a commitment by Britain to write off debts owed by the world's poorest nations to the World Bank, a move they said should pressure other Group of Seven rich countries to follow suit.
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World Bank President James Wolfensohn hailed a British proposal to write off 10 percent of the debt owed the World Bank by poor countries, describing it as &quot;enormously constructive.&quot;
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The new head of the World Bank is likely to be named later this week, a White House spokesman says.
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The UK is withholding Â£50m from the World Bank in protest at the way it fights corruption, the government says.
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The government has pledged to provide greater debt relief for some of the world&#39;s poorest countries. It was announced on Sunday that the UK will write off its share of World Bank and African Development Bank
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Slower global economic growth has  increased risks for developing countries, especially if the  record levels of private capital that has flowed into these  markets is reversed, the World Bank said on Tuesday.