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    <title>BIC Updates: Группа Всемирного Банка</title>
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    <description>The latest news on the Группа Всемирного Банка from the Bank Information Center</description>
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      <title>Dramatic increase in World Bank loans to Europe and Central Asia</title>
      <description>The World Bank Group (WBG) loans to countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) increased by 30% between FY07 and FY08.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3904.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bota Foundation established</title>
      <description>The Bota Foundation, administered by the World Bank, held its first Board of Trustees meeting in June.  </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3824.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Zoellick visits Kyzylorda region</title>
      <description>World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick praised Kazakhstan for its role in reviving the Aral Sea, on a recent visit to the region.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3825.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazakhstan signs BTC agreement into law, plans new pipelines</title>
      <description>Kazakhstan has signed into law a 2006 agreement to transport oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, while making plans to connect its oil to the BTC route through additional domestic and trans-Caspian pipelines.   </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3804.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Azerbaijan Country Update #14</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Azerbaijan.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3792.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazakhstan Country Update #16</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Kazakhstan. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3794.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kyrgyz Republic Country Update #5</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the Kyrgyz Republic. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3795.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mongolia Country Update #2</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Mongolia. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3796.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Georgia Country Update #1</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Georgia. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3797.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Russia Country Update #1</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Russia. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3798.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Macedonia to receive $280 million from World Bank </title>
      <description>The World Bank will be launching four new projects in Macedonia in 2008, for a total amount of $175 million.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3661.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press release: Taman tries the taste of oil</title>
      <description>Guilt for the environmental catastrophe in the Strait of Kerch lies with the authorities in Russia and Ukraine, 
as well as with the companies transporting dangerous cargo
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      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3572.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mongolia Country Update #1</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Mongolia.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3552.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Казахстан: последние новости. Выпуск №15</title>
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      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3525.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Азербайджан: последние новости. Выпуск №13</title>
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      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3524.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Zoellick overhauls top management</title>
      <description>World Bank President Robert Zoellick has named former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a new managing director of the Bank, effective December 1, 2007.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3522.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Bank muddled in corruption once more</title>
      <description>Whistleblowers have found evidence of large scale fraud in Armenia, but the World Bank's Institutional Integrity Department (INT) has deemed the case to be of only "medium priority," and is holding off inquiries into the allegations.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3517.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:15:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazakhstan Country Update #15</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Kazakhstan.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3500.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:24:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Azerbaijan Country Update #13</title>
      <description>Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Azerbaijan.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3499.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</title>
      <description>On September 13th, after over 20 years of negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The international declaration sets a higher standard for international financial institutions (IFIs) to ensure safeguards and strengthen their policies on indigenous peoples.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3495.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Bank recommends privatization and fiscal reforms in the ECA region</title>
      <description>A recent World Bank report on Eastern and Central Asia "proposes structural reforms in areas where expenditure pressures are acute and suggests how to create fiscal space in other areas critical for growth."</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3490.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:56:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Всемирные общественные организации требуют отставки Волфовица и широкого пересмотра управления.</title>
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      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3283.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Новый выпуск BIC: Краткое руководство по обеспечению прозрачности доходов и контрактов</title>
      <description>Данный документ призван стать кратким руководством для организаций гражданского общества по отслеживанию стратегий и практик в области прозрачности доходов и контрактов.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3201.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate>
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