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World Bank ramps up help for poor to adapt to climate change The World Bank Group plans to invest more of its funds to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, in an effort to stop extreme weather and rising seas from making poverty worse. In a climate change action plan released late Thursday, the bank said ... Read More »

World Bank to help 1.1 million rural people in Bangladesh to access clean energy he World Bank has signed a $15 million grant agreement with Bangladesh to increase access to clean energy for targeted rural areas through output-based aid (OBA) subsidies. The grant is expected to benefit 1.1 million people living in poor, remote areas of Bangladesh currently lacking electricity ... Read More »