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...The World Bank has not announced its approval of the plan and did not respond to a request for comment....
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...The World Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
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...This article — one of the winning entries in the 2023 FT/World Bank student blog competition — is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here....
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...the negative rate policy’s hit to commercial banks’ earnings....
...At over 250 per cent of gross domestic product that is the highest across major economies in the world....
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