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ET Women's Forum: Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar, says women must take risks, and make their own decisions“Being a Miss World and being an entrepreneur are quite similar,” says Manushi Chhillar.16 Mar, 2018, 03.29 PM IST- ET Women's Forum: Global leaders to deliberate how to empower India's half a billion womenWhat will happen when India’s women are empowered is not the most important question right now. How to empower them is.15 Mar, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
- 80% of car-buying decisions are taken by women: Andrea Jung on the need for women in the auto industryWomen entrepreneurs are good not just for biz but also for society, says Grameen America CEO Andrea Jung.13 Mar, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
- Travel safety and child care can encourage women to go to work, says World Bank's Annette DixonThe World Bank's South Asia V-P says it's important to have a critical mass of women involved in politics to have a bigger impact on polici...12 Mar, 2018, 11.55 AM IST
- ET Women's Forum: Cherie Blair, Nita Ambani, Meena Ganesh to discuss glass ceiling, gender diversityIf India’s women participate in the workforce as much as the men, its GDP could expand by 27%.12 Mar, 2018, 10.34 AM IST
- Reform booster: India breaks into top 100 in World Bank ease of doing business rankingsThe Narendra Modi government had, on coming to power in 2014, set itself a target of breaking into the top 50 from 142 that year.01 Nov, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
- Pakistan needs USD 17bn to cover rising current account deficit: WBOn the macro-economic outlook, the discussions acknowledged that Pakistan has done well in stabilising its economy over the past four years...17 Oct, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
- Bengal minister praises foreign funding agencies, blasts Centre for non co-operationForeign funding agencies keen to help Bengal panchyat department, but not the union government, says Bengal minister.24 Mar, 2017, 08.05 PM IST
- Bangladesh's Junaid Ahmad new World Bank head in IndiaHailing from Bangladesh, Ahmad was Chief of Staff to the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim before being elevated to the current posit...20 Sep, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
- India's robust growth to hasten South Asia's development: World BankIn Sri Lanka, the economic growth is expected to grow at 5.3 per cent in 2016 and 2017 driven by increased public investment and postponed ...12 Apr, 2016, 03.01 PM IST
- World Bank approves $1.5 billion to support Swachh Bharat AbhiyanMore than 500 million of the rural population in India continue to defecate in the open, suffering from preventable deaths, illness, stunti...16 Dec, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
- Indian urbanisation 'messy', reforms needed: World BankThe World Bank said there has been difficulty in dealing with pressures that increased urban populations put on basic services, infrastruct...24 Sep, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
- World Bank Managing Director visiting India; to meet FM, RBI GovWorld Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati is on a three-day visit to India to explore opportunities fo...21 Sep, 2015, 07.39 PM IST
- Quake-hit Nepal needs fund equivalent to 1/3rd of its economyQuake-hit Nepal needs fund equivalent to one third of its economy to recover from the deadly disasters which killed nearly 9,000 people, ac...16 Jun, 2015, 11.13 PM IST
- India's GDP growth rate to reach 8% by 2017: World BankThe country is attempting to shift from consumption to investment-led growth, at a time when China is undergoing the opposite transition, i...14 Apr, 2015, 09.29 AM IST
- Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif assures World Bank economy is improvingSharif said his government has set the priorities such as energy, education, economy and eliminating extremism.02 Apr, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
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