World Bank criticizes Palestinians
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The Palestinian Authority faces a fiscal crisis that could threaten its existence, in part because it keeps expanding the public payroll despite sharply reduced revenues, the World Bank said in a report released Wednesday.
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Arab officials reacted with alarm to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, with some countries condemning Israel&#039;s offensive in Gaza and others pressing Palestinian militants to free a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
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The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli operations against the Palestinians and called on the international community to pressure Israel.
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The World Bank says education in the Arab world lags behind other regions and needs urgent reform.
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Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the front runner to succeed late Yasser Arafat, condemned on Wednesday the Israeli army incursion into the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 15 -- The leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, meeting here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government on Friday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of anti-poverty and environmental organizations. They accused...
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The U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday condemned Israeli military action in Gaza and the West Bank.
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World Bank president Paul D. WolfowitzÂs fight against corruption in poor countries has drawn criticism for its aggressive approach.
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Divisions over the World Bank's   handling of corruption burst into the open on Monday ahead of a   vote on governance reforms likely to expose deep fault lines at   the bank's sister agency, the International Monetary Fund.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 31 (IPS) - Poverty in the Palestinian territories has reached  "unprecedented levels" because they have been held under  an "economic siege" for almost seven years, a United  Nations body has found.
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Palestinian officials have called on the Bush administration to clarify its position on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz   on Friday called Singapore's restrictions on the entry of   activists for the World Bank/IMF meetings "authoritarian," and   said the city-state had damaged its own reputation.
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WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Campaigners across Europe have called on their   governments to withhold funds from the World Bank unless  specific changes  are made to policy and practice at the  Washington-based public lender. But  analysts say that if the  past is any indication, a positive response is  unlikely.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei condemned on Tuesday Israel&#39;s operation in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, during which four Palestinians, including a child, were killed.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians accused the United States on Sunday of destroying hopes of negotiations with Israel for a Palestinian state, after Washington signalled it could accept some growth of settlements in the West Bank.
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An anti-corruption unit at the World Bank heavily promoted by ousted president Paul D. Wolfowitz needs to be overhauled to mend tense relations with the rest of the bank's staff, according to a report released yesterday by a high-level outside review panel.
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World Bank President plays down a row with Britain over the way conditions are attached to funding for poor countries.