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World Bank President David Malpass says won't resign over climate denial row
•Malpass was nominated to the position by former President Donald Trump in 2019. His five-year term ends in April 2024
World Bank President David Malpass welcomes India's move of selling oil from its stockpiles
•Malpass said he was intrigued to see India's moves a day ago and the next day the country started to sell from its stockpiles. He hopes that market opening steps by many of the advanced economies could add a lot to the global supplies
Indian economy in recovery mode from COVID-19 crisis, says World Bank president David Malpass
•Malpass also said that India, which faces huge challenges of integrating more people into the formal sector economy and raising the earnings of the people, has made some progress but that's not enough.
Lockdown Impact: World Bank says remittances to India likely to decline by 23% in 2020 due to COVID-19
•Globally remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent this year due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown.
Coronavirus Outbreak: World Bank says no 'free ride' for commercial creditors on debt relief; asks to support poorest countries
•World Bank approves $1 billion emergency funds for India to tackle coronavirus outbreak
•The World Bank has approved $1 billion emergency funding for India to help it tackle the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 76 lives and infected 2,500 people in the country
World Bank approves first $1.9 bn for poor countries battling virus; President David Malpass says could provide up to $160 bn assistance
•World Bank President David Malpass predicted the bank could provide up to $160 billion in assistance over the next 15 months.
State Bank of India's Anshula Kant appointed World Bank managing director and CFO
•Anshula Kant will be responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group, reporting to the President
World Bank board elects Donald Trump nominee David Malpass as next president, to start new role next week
•David Malpass said he would uphold the bank's commitment to reducing poverty in the poorest countries and to fight climate change
Donald Trump nominates US Treasury's David Malpass for World Bank chief; nominee had previously criticised bank for lending to China
•Donald Trump's nomination of David Malpass, the Treasury Department's top diplomat, is subject to a vote by the World Bank's executive board and could draw challengers from some of the bank's 188 other shareholding countries.