Common targets include the World Bank ( WB ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and free trade treaties like the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ), the Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services ( GATS ).

* The World Bank climate change and water sector, 2009 Water and Climate Change: Understanding the Risks and Making Climate-Smart Investment Decisions Retrieved 10-24-2011.

The World Bank, African Development Bank, European Investment Bank, and many other bilateral donors are financing the project.

Malawi is a member of the following international organizations: UN and some of its specialized and related agencies ( i. e. UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO ), IMF, World Bank, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), Lome Convention, African Development Bank ( AFDB ), Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa ( COMESA ), Non-Aligned Movement, G-77, and the World Health Organization ( WHO ).

The World Bank has been involved in mining since 1955, mainly through grants from its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with the Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency offering political risk insurance.

Peru also has committed itself to arbitration of investment disputes under the auspices of ICSID ( the World Bank ' sInternational Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ) or other international or national arbitration tribunals.

The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD ) and the International Development Association ( IDA ), whereas the latter incorporates these two in addition to three more: International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSID ).

The Duke of York in his role as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, 2008.

On the other hand, his ostensibly anti-socialist government ironically spent hundreds of millions of dollars to bring the 1986 World Exposition to Vancouver, distributed free shares to British Columbians for the British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation or BCRIC, and spent hundreds of millions of dollars constructing the Coquihalla Highway with the controversial, non-union Kerkhoff Construction Company as the main contractor.

During the 1970s the limited state of Government finances led Dr. Walsh and his team to attract European Investment Bank and World Bank funding in addition to private and alumni donors at a time when Irish universities depended heavily on the State for funds and did not aggressively seek other avenues of finance.

* Secured a $ 133 million arbitration award, the largest ever granted to individual claimants by the World Bank Group ’ s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, against the government of Egypt in 2009, involving the expropriation of a resort property on the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea.

She has published a book on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and, with Veronika Bannholdt, has written a book on the subsistence perspective ( from Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale ).

According to the " Report on Investment Environment in China 2003 " by the World Bank, Jiangmen ranked the fourth after Shanghai, Hangzhou and Dalian of 23 cities under evaluation in China.

Its ministries include World Partners USA, the Missionary Church Investment Foundation, U. S. Ministries, the Pastoral leadership institute ( PLI ), and Bethel College.

* Colin J. Adair, First Vice President, Investment Advisor, CIBC World Markets Inc.

While the quality of the company ’ s advice has become a widely discussed question at the World Bank and in United Nations meetings on climate change, McKinsey is reported to continue its work in rainforest nations such as Papua New Guinea ( PNG ), where the company has ‘ refused to comply with PNG laws and register with the Investment Promotion Authority and Internal Revenue Commission ’.,,

Yesterday, I had the privilege of reading a thoughtful article in the U.S. News & World Report of May 8 which discussed this type of action in more detail, including both its advantages and its disadvantages.

Under leave to extend my remarks, I include the relevant portion of my newsletter, together with the text of the article from the U.S. News & World Report: `` your Congressman, Samuel S. Stratton, reports from Washington, May 1, 1961

( from U.s. News & World Report, May 8, 1961 )

Despite pronouncements at the highest levels of government on the importance of free competition, Armenia is next to last in the effectiveness of its anti-monopoly policy according to the 2010 results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

ASU Online was ranked # 1 in online Student Services and Technology by U. S. News and World Report.

In 2011-2012, ASU admitted 86. 6 % of all applicants and is considered a " selective " university by U. S. News and World Report.

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

Several of ASU's graduate schools also appear among the top of the US News & World Report rankings, including the 30th-ranked W. P. Carey School of Business ( along with its 4th-ranked program in Supply Chain Management and the 15th-ranked program in Information Systems ), the 26th-ranked Sandra Day O ' Connor College of Law, the 43rd-ranked Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering ( including five individual programs ranked in the top 30 ), the 16th-ranked School of Public Affairs, the 26th-ranked Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, the 21st-ranked College of Nursing and Health, and 25th-ranked Healthcare Management.

In 2003, U. S. News and World Report ranked FYRE as the 23rd best first year program in the nation.

BBC World News and World Business Report air at 5. 00 on both channels and in lieu of commercials seen on the international broadcasts, the presenters give a brief update on UK news for domestic audiences.

Rico Hizon regularly presents the main business stories from Singapore during the BBC's Asia Business Report, which is simulcast on BBC World News.

U. S. News & World Report ranked Caltech as the 5th best university in the United States in their 2012 national college rankings, together with MIT, Stanford University, University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania.

* Colin Powell: America's Best Leaders from US News & World Report

Many hospitals in the Dayton area are consistently ranked by Forbes, U. S. News & World Report, and HealthGrades for clinical excellence.

In 2012, Dartmouth was ranked tenth among undergraduate programs at national universities by U. S. News & World Report.

Dartmouth's strength in undergraduate education is highlighted by U. S. News & World Report when in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 it ranked Dartmouth first in undergraduate teaching at national universities.

World map indicating Education Index ( according to 2007 / 2008 Human Development Report )

U. S. News & World Report has consistently ranked Vermont Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Pace University School of Law as the top three Environmental Law programs in the United States, with Lewis & Clark and Vermont frequently trading the top spot.

* El Niño and La Niña from the 1999 International Red Cross World Disasters Report by Eric J. Lyman.

, Harvey Mudd College is tied for 14th with Grinnell College, United States Military Academy, and Washington and Lee University among liberal arts colleges in the United States as rated by the U. S. News and World Report and as of 2011, is ranked as the best undergraduate engineering program at a school whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's by U. S. News & World Report.

All eight Ivy League institutions place within the top sixteen of the U. S. News & World Report college and university rankings, including the top four schools and five of the top nine.

* Received a " B -" grade on the Campus Sustainability Report Card 2009 and a " B " grade in 2010 published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute ( including " A " grades in the Student Involvement, Administration, and Investment Priorities ).

In 2010 Santa Clara University was ranked 33rd in the 2010 College Return on Investment Report by PayScale and No. 4 in California in the 2011 report on Graduate Salary Potential.

Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari, Inc., the publisher of The Solari Report, managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC., and managing member of Sea Lane Advisory Services, LLC.

* Metro Investment Report Perata interview

* Report of Peregine Investment Collapse by Hong Kong Government Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau