The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping increase quality education opportunities in Rwanda by training representatives from private schools to help improve their management skills and business models.

The FINANCIAL -- Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation, issued on November 9, is a call for action in response to how poorly states measured up on key indicators of educational innovation.

The FINANCIAL -- In an effort to highlight the role of trade in creating jobs and stimulating economic recovery, Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on November 9 launched an eight-day trade mission to Asia to represent the American business community at the APEC CEO Summit in Singapore.

The FINANCIAL -- In a year of global financial uncertainty, Arab economies picked up the pace of business regulatory reform, according to the IFC and World Bank ’s Doing Business in the Arab World 2010 report.

The FINANCIAL -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on November 9 a 28-month Stand-By Arrangement for the Dominican Republic in the amount of SDR 1,094.5 million (about US$1.7 billion) to support the country’s strategy to cope with the adverse effects of the global economic environment.