This comes at a time when the global recovery remains fragile and is expected to slow later this year as the impact of the fiscal stimulus measures wanes.
The World Bank has approved a $120 million loan to support the development of India's small and medium enterprises sector.
India has emerged as the 12th wealthiest nation in the world with its GDP touching $785.47 billion or Rs 35,34,615 crore in 2005, the World Bank said.
Following another disappointing year in 2014, developing countries should see an uptick in growth this year, boosted in part by soft oil prices, a stronger US economy, continued low global interest rates, and receding domestic headwinds in several large emerging markets, it added.
The slowdown in global remittance flows that became evident in the last quarter of 2008 has continued in the first half of 2009. However, South Asian countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have continued to post strong growth till now because of remittances from the Gulf region.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist on Tuesday finally broke its silence over the tragic death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. The outlawed organisation described his death as the end of an era of a 'dictator, a war lord and an undemocratic World Bank agent'.Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji, a senior underground leader of the CPI-Maoist, dismissed the outpouring of grief across the state after YSR's demise as an orchestrated show.
The State Department remarks came as the World Bank started the process to select its new head, who would replace it current President, Robert Zoellick.
Taking a dig at India and other countries that believe economic activities must be spread geographically to benefit the poor, a new World Bank report has called for concentration of production, mobility of people and economic integration to lift rural people out of poverty. Population shift from villages to cities is natural and should be encouraged, it said.
On the eve of World AIDS Day 2011, the World Bank has released groundbreaking new evidence from India that demonstrates major advances in the understanding and prevention of HIV/AIDS of up to 3 million HIV/AIDS cases.
The Bank's projections show that developing countries face a financing shortfall of $270 to $700 billion this year, as private sector creditors shun emerging markets, and only one quarter of the most vulnerable countries have the resources to prevent a rise in poverty.
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The World Bank in its report said the relative importance of remittances as a source of external resources is expected to increase further.
Amid criticism over engaging experts from multilateral agencies like World Bank, Planning Commission on Wednesday asserted that none of the "outside bodies"
Bandhan Bank has filed a draft red herring prospectus with Sebi for an IPO of up to 119 million equity shares, with face value of Rs 10 each.
The two countries will also account for almost half the global manufacturing investment.
India, President of the G20, will host global leaders for the Summit scheduled to take place on September 9 and 10 in New Delhi.
While the economy seems to be on a firm growth path, the fight against inflation is not over yet. Shaktikanta Das seems to be in no hurry. After playing well through a five-year Test match, he doesn't want to get out hit wicket, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
India's role as a leader of the global south may require it to give up its ambition to serve as a bridge between the warring halves of the international community, points out Mihir S Sharma.
The government should use interest rates for more than administrative measures to handle economic growth in the long term.
The World Bank has approved the Second Andhra Pradesh Economic Reform Loan worth $220 million, to back the state's efforts to achieve better socio-economic outcome and reduce poverty.
Sources close to Mohamed Mushin say he regrets the indiscretion of purchasing the shares that he did, and even though it was perfectly legal, it gave the perception of conflict of interest, that his buying them under the Friends and Family IPOs seemed as it was a quid pro quo by the two companies that had secured handsome Bank contracts.
A feature of this year's BRICS summit was economic cooperation.
India's GDP growth to reach 8% by 2017. says World Bank
World Bank is expected to extend $2.5 billion loans to India this fiscal, which is lower than the targeted $3 billion annually during 2004-07.
The World Bank, the United Nations and private sector partners recently launched a competitive development marketplace aimed at identifying and funding innovative approaches to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS in India and other South Asian countries. The initiative, called 'Tackling HIV and AIDS Stigma and Discrimination: From Insights to Action,' targets communities across India and the rest of the subcontinent.
They welcomed the guests before the start of the dinner from the reception dais, with its backdrop showcasing the ruins of the Nalanda University in Bihar besides India's G20 presidency theme -- 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth, One Family, One Future'.
The World Bank has lauded India for the 'remarkable progress' it made in alleviating poverty as well as educating children through the Universal Elementary Education programme.
Firmly rejecting the contention that rising consumption in developing nations was responsible for the soaring food and fuel prices, India has blamed the policies of World Bank and IMF and 'excessive and unsustainable' demand in developed countries for the crisis.
The new project will concentrate on the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the Bank said.
The Bank had predicted that China's GDP growth would slow to 8.7 per cent in 2011 in its last quarterly report released last November.
World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick will visit Bihar on January 10, 2011, officials said on Tuesday.
India attracted a major chunk of the record $40.1 billion capital that flowed into South Asia in 2006, but restrictive policies could stunt investment growth leading to slower economic expansion, the World Bank warned in a report.
In the face of burgeoning forex reserves at over $93 billion, the government has quietly prepaid $1.4 billion worth of costly foreign loans to World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
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