The World Bank gathers a wide range of social and economic data to improve understanding of the challenges faced in each of the countries it assists.

Caribbean Countries Pool Risks Ahead of 2007 Hurricane Season

Crime, Violence and
Development: trends, Costs and policy options in the Caribbean

Country brief
Unlike its Central American neighbors, the majority of Belize's 290,000 citizens speak English, with smaller groups speaking Creole, Spanish and several indigenous dialects

Caribbean Community and U.S. deepen their relations at historic Conference on the Caribbean co-hosted by the World Bank, the IDB and theCaribbean Community and U.S. deepen their relations at historic Conference on the Caribbean co-hosted by the World Bank, the IDB and the OAS. OAS.

This Sourcebook aims to support efforts by countries to strengthen the role of the education sector in the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

he Development Communication Sourcebook shows why the field of development communication is important and how its tools and methods enhance long-term and sustainable results. The book presents basic concepts and explains key challenges faced in daily practice. Each of the four modules is self-contained, with examples, toolboxes, and more.

This titel provides a new perspective on getting finance in South Asia, helping improve our understanding of the financial systems in South Asian countries. It includes indicators on access to finance, performance and efficiency, stability, corporate governance, capital market developments, and market concentration and competitiveness.

The Sourcebook draws on a wide range of experience from World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and other donor agencies, governments, institutions, and groups active in agricultural development.

Developing countries need additional, cross-border capital channeled into their private sectors to generate employment and growth, reduce poverty, and meet the other Millennium Development Goals. Innovative Financing for Development is the first book on this subject that uses a market-based approach.

Banking the Poor studies the use of financial services in 54, mostly poor, countries, and ways to expand financial access.

The World Bank's World Trade Indicators (WTI) database on the CD-ROM included in this book provides more than 300 performance indicators measuring at-the-border and behind-the-border country trade policy, institutions, and outcomes from 1995 to 2007.

Doing Business 2009 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business for 181 economies: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and closing a business.

The result of two years work by 19 experienced policymakers and two Nobel prize-winning economists, the Growth Report is the most complete analysis to date of the ingredients which, if used in the right country-specific recipe, can deliver growth and help lift populations out of poverty.

Borwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, about 8 miles north of Lancaster, on the Lancaster Canal. It is just south of the border with Cumbria. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 210. The civil parish also encompasses the village of Tewitfield.

1912 – First Balkan War: Serbian forces defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Kumanovo in Vardar Macedonia.

1857 – Sheffield F.C., one of the world's oldest documented non-university football clubs, was founded.

1648 – The second treaty of the Peace of Westphalia, the Treaty of Münster, was signed, ending both the Thirty Years' War and the Dutch Revolt, and officially recognizing the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and Swiss Confederation as independent states.

1260 – The Cathedral of Chartres in Chartres, France (pictured) was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX.

This photo of an iceberg simultaneously shows two physical states of water: as solid (ice) and liquid (seawater). The third state, gas (water vapor), is present but invisible. Additionally, the clouds in the background are droplets of liquid, condensed from water vapor.

... that William Ernest Cooke was Western Australia's first government astronomer?

... that the freshwater snail Viviparus georgianus (pictured), the "banded mystery snail", is native to the southeastern U.S. but is an introduced species in the northern U.S. and Canada?

A banker or bank is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money.

The first modern bank was founded in Italy in Genoa in 1406, its name was Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George).

The Development Gateway Market (dgMarket) is a global online marketplace providing information on donor and government-funded tenders. Currently, dgMarket publishes tender notices for projects funded by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Europe Aid, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, EU members states, Phare/Tacis, and the World Bank. For more information, contact: info@dgmarket.com.

The Development Gateway Market (dgMarket) is a global online marketplace providing information on donor and government-funded tenders. Currently, dgMarket publishes tender notices for projects funded by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Europe Aid, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, EU members states, Phare/Tacis, and the World Bank. For more information, contact: info@dgmarket.com.

Food for consumption and for sale

Other than for home consumption, most of the households on the islands grow fruits and vegetables to generate income to meet other daily needs.

Lilongwe, August 8, 2008 -- Surrounded by water and faced with sandy soils, the people of Likoma and Chizumulu Islands in the northern part of Lake Malawi never thought they could grow vegetables and other crops. For years, they depended on produce and maize brought in from mainland Malawi and neighboring Mozambique.

Historical Perspectives
Read historical studies of deposit insurance from the 1930s, including research on the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s & early 1990s.

RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Access FDIC policy research and analysis of regional and national banking trends.

CONSUMER PROTECTION
Find resources provided by the FDIC to educate and protect consumers, revitalize communities, and promote compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending laws.

Instructions:
	You must make at least one entry into the Bank Find form. Zip Code can be all five digits or the leading three or four digits that are common to several zip code areas. Before searching for insured banks, please read important text that is accessed by clicking on the Bank Find

FDIC Bank Find allows you to locate a single FDIC-insured institution by entering one or more of the criteria below. If more than one institution meets the criteria you enter, you will be provided with a list of institutions that met your criteria. Bank Find can answer questions such as: Is My Bank Insured? Where are My Bank's Branches Located? Where is My Bank's Home (Main) Office Located? What is My Bank's Web Site Address? What Happened to My Bank (Historical List of Events)? Does My Bank have a New Name? Is My Bank Still Open? And More.

How to Protect Yourself

• Never invest in a product you don't understand.
• Be sure you have enough information before making an investment. Ask questions until you are satisfied.
• Investments ALWAYS entail some degree of risk: understand the risks.
• Be sure your sales representative knows your financial objectives and risk tolerance.
• Find out more about your registered sales representative or broker/dealer by calling:

• annuities
• mutual funds
• stocks
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When you meet or talk with a sales representative about nondeposit investment products, you should be informed that:

• This product is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Look for the logo disclosure (see below) in visual media, such as television broadcasts, ATM screens, billboards, signs, posters, and in written advertisements and promotional materials, such as brochures.

Facts About Bank Investments...

...that are not deposits and are not insured by the FDIC

As a valued customer we want you to have a choice of investment and savings options. In addition to traditional deposit accounts, such as checking, savings, and certificates of deposit, we offer an array of nondeposit investment choices. Unlike traditional deposit products, nondeposit investment products are not insured. Examples of uninsured investment products include: