+ Follow ROBERT VANCE PULLEY Tag
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[Summary] => CEBU CITY – Foreign aid donors pledged to extend $2 billion in assistance to the Philippines in 2004 as well as dangling an additional $540-million trust fund.
The $2-billion pledge does not include a $540-million "multi-donor trust fund for Mindanao," that will become operational once a peace accord is signed with Muslim separatist rebels in the southern region of Mindanao, President Arroyo said.
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[Summary] => The World Bank will extend a $1.2-million grant to bankroll the Philippine government’s effort to upgrade the management of its public expenditures and streamline its public administration.
The grant consists of two parts: $1.09 million to be released through the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and another $291,000 to the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
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[Summary] => After languishing in the bottom of the list in 2001, the Philippines has risen from worst performer to among the better client nations of the World Bank in terms of project disbursement.
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[Summary] => Most Filipinos have fond memories of vacations spent in the country’s summer capital. Baguio, the City of Pines, was built by American colonial officials 100 years ago to escape from the stifling tropical heat of Manila.
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[Summary] => Foreign donors want an assurance from the Arroyo administration of continued budget coverage for foreign-assisted projects in the 2003 budget, saying this commitment is necessary to sustain the improvement in the use of official development assistance (ODA).
Representatives from the donor community met with government officials yesterday to discuss the country’s economic prospects and government’s program of action.
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[Title] => WB cites need to strengthen RP’s corporate management systems
[Summary] => The World Bank said the Philippine banking system should strengthen its corporate management systems to "avoid a future financial crisis."
"Improve the banking system to ensure that capital flows to the most productive uses, including dynamic, high tech firms," Robert Vance Pulley, World Bank country director for the Philippines, said.
Pulley’s observations form part of a World Bank report covering East Asia and the Pacific. The report contains recommendations for the recovery of the region.
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[Summary] => The Philippines signed a $100-million loan agreement with the World Bank yesterday, with Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho signing for the government and World Bank country director Robert Vance Pulley signing for the WB.
The loan will be used for a project to improve basic social services of the country through enhanced performance and governance in the education, health and social services sectors.
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[Title] => Government spares foreign-assisted projects from budget cuts
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[Title] => Economy improving under Arroyo — WB
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The $2-billion pledge does not include a $540-million "multi-donor trust fund for Mindanao," that will become operational once a peace accord is signed with Muslim separatist rebels in the southern region of Mindanao, President Arroyo said.
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The grant consists of two parts: $1.09 million to be released through the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and another $291,000 to the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
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Representatives from the donor community met with government officials yesterday to discuss the country’s economic prospects and government’s program of action.
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Pulley’s observations form part of a World Bank report covering East Asia and the Pacific. The report contains recommendations for the recovery of the region.
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The loan will be used for a project to improve basic social services of the country through enhanced performance and governance in the education, health and social services sectors.
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