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World Bank extends $900-M loan to aid in pandemic recovery, boost PH competitiveness

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Posted at Dec 17 01:16 PM

World Bank said Thursday its board approved a $900 million loan facility for the Philippines to support two projects aimed at raising competitiveness and fast-tracking the country's recovery from the pandemic and natural disasters. Read more »

Bureau of Customs modernization project gets $88.28 million boost from World Bank

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Posted at Oct 28 10:29 AM

The World Bank said Wednesday it approved an $88.28 million (P1.3 billion) loan to support the modernization and reforms at the Bureau of Customs.  Read more »

World Bank approves $600-million loan to help modernize social protection delivery in PH

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Posted at Sep 30 04:53 PM

The World Bank said Wednesday it has approved a $600-million loan that would help modernize the social protection delivery in the Philippines. Read more »

Philippines gets $370 million World Bank loan for land reform program

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Posted at Jul 20 02:08 PM

The World Bank is lending the Philippines $370-million or around P18.3 billion for a project that aims to speed up the country’s program to redistribute land to farmers, the Department of Finance said on Monday. Read more »

World Bank approves $370-million loan for PH land parcelization, individual titling project

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Posted at Jun 27 10:09 PM

The World Bank has approved a $370-million loan for the Department of Agrarian Reform’s project that will provide individual land titles to some 750,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries. Read more »

World Bank approves $500-million loan to boost PH's pandemic response

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Posted at May 29 06:28 PM

The P22-billion fund will help the vulnerable households and will provide financial assistance to small and medium enterprises, the World Bank said in a statement. Read more »

World Bank approves $100 million loan for Philippines' pandemic fight

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Posted at Apr 23 10:31 AM

The World Bank said Thursday it approved a $100 million (P5 billion) loan to boost the Philippines' capacity to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

World Bank approves $500 million loan for Philippines to fight COVID-19

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Posted at Apr 10 12:43 PM

The World Bank said Friday it approved a $500 million loan to the Philippines to help the Southeast Asian nation fight the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

World Bank 'extremely supportive' of extended Philippines' lockdown

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Updated as of Apr 07 01:26 PM

The World Bank said Tuesday it was "extremely supportive" of the Luzon lockdown extension to stop the spread of COVID-19 as "decisive" measures could lead to early recovery. Read more »