Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today announced the country has slashed its foreign debt by buying back US1.2 billion at a discount of
nearly 97 percent. The World Bank provided about half of the funding for
the buy back with other countries also contributing. Speaking in
Washington, the Liberian President said it was a big day for Liberia with the move an important step in the country's road to recovery.

China has been hit hard by the economic downturn. But The World Bank thinks that China may still outgrow other countries.

Urbanization has become the driving force in this century. If this is not well planned it could prove very ineffective and counter-productive.

More and more people may be being pushed below the poverty line, the issues may spill into the developed world.

Numbers of wild tigers are falling due to poaching and loss of habitat. Celebrities and The World Bank meet to discuss ways to save the tigers and their habitats.

Ways to reduce poverty is to ensure education, health, and means to make money. This is not easy, and requires a lot of work, but there are people who are trying to help get people out of poverty.

Having meas to empower the poor by giving them capacities to create income which greatly increases the quality of life of the people involved. This trickles down through the community which helps everyone.

Many people working in Delhi have no way of storing their money, but now they can put money into an account where they can store their money safely.

After mining for coal the enviroment can be left bare and contaminated, but this can be reversed. The World Bank help return the area to its original beauty.

People used to get cheap effective energy, but things are changing, and the power infrastructure is in need of refurbishment. The private sector has come in to try to help the problems by making an open market for the trading of power.