In June 2009, the US National Public Radio ( NPR ), relying on information obtained from the CIA World Factbook, put the number of Israeli Jews living in settlements in the West Bank and Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem at 250, 000.

Much of Banksy's artwork can be seen around the streets of London and surrounding suburbs, though he has painted pictures around the world, including the Middle East, where he has painted on Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.

* Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan

South of Georgetown the primary road is the East Bank Demerara Road, a two-lane road that runs from Georgetown to Timehri, where the Cheddi Jagan International Airport-Timehri ( CJIAT ) is located.

Between 1966 and 1968, Soesdyke, located on the East Bank Demerara Road, was connected to Mackenzie by a modern two lane highway, called the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

The highway that begins on the West Coast of Demerara is heavily trafficked since it provides a link to Parika on the East Bank of the Essequibo River, which has become an important center of economic activity in the Essequibo region.

With the upgrading of the West Coast Demerara / East Bank Essequibo and the East Coast Demerara / West Coast Berbice roadways, the Government decided in mid 1970s to cease operating the railway services, which were being run at a loss.

In addition, there would have been constructed high-span bridges across the Demerara River at the same site as the Demerara Harbour Bridge, and the Berbice River upstream of Everton ; a series of bridges and causeways linking the islands in the mouth of the Essequibo River to Morasi on the East Bank and Supenaam on the West Bank ; and another high-span bridge across the Essequibo River at Monkey Jump.

Jordanian forces remained in occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, exactly where the British had stationed them before the war.

For example, whilst the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics defines the area of Israel to include the annexed East Jerusalem and Golan Heights and to exclude the militarily controlled regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it defines the population of Israel to also include Israeli settlers living in the West Bank.

Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in the Golan Heights.

As of December 2010, 327, 750 Israelis live in the 121 officially-recognised settlements in the West Bank, 192, 000 Israelis live in settlements in East Jerusalem and over 20, 000 live in settlements in the Golan Heights.

Settler population by year in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights 1972-2007

* ( from Jordan ) the entire West Bank of the Jordan River, including parts of Jerusalem ( East Jerusalem ).

Jordan is situated geographically in Southwest Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq northwest of Saudi Arabia and east of Israel and the West Bank ; politically, the area has also been referred to in the West as the Middle or Near East.

By far the greatest part of the East Bank is desert, displaying the land forms and other features associated with great aridity.

Toward the depression in the western part of the East Bank, the desert rises gradually into the Jordanian Highlands — a steppe country of high, deeply cut limestone plateaus with an average elevation of about 900 meters.

The Az Zarqa River, the second main tributary of the Jordan River, rises and empties entirely within the East Bank.

Most of the East Bank receives less than of rain a year and may be classified as a dry desert or steppe region.

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 ).

To the east, the frontier runs along the western part of the East Bank of the Jordan River, hence part of what is now Jordan.

Additionally outside the region, FSM is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Alliance of Small Island States, the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the G-77, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, the International Olympic Committee, the ITU, the NAM and the World Meteorological Organization.

Additionally outside the region, Kibibati is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, International Maritime Organization, International Olympic Committee, International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ), Universal Postal Union and the World Meteorological Organization.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

A number of other countries, including Japan, Canada, Germany, and various multilateral organizations, such as the Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific, the UN Development Programme, the Asian Development Bank, the European Economic Community, and the Commonwealth Development Corporation also provide developmental aid.

UNICEF reported in the late 1980s that the structural adjustment programs of the World Bank were responsible for the " reduced health, nutritional and educational levels for tens of millions of children in Asia, Latin America, and Africa ".

Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia.

* Europe and Central Asia, an abbreviation used by the World Bank

In East Asia the World Bank reported that " The poverty headcount rate at the $ 2-a-day level is estimated to have fallen to about 27 percent 2007, down from 29. 5 percent in 2006 and 69 percent in 1990.

Washington, DC: World Bank, East Asia and the Pacific Region, Country Department III.

Countries of origin for Arab Americans include Lebanon, Syria, Palestine ( mostly pre-1948 Palestine Christians as well as what since corresponds to the Gaza Strip and West Bank, plus Arab citizens of Israel ), Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait in West Asia and Libya, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania and Morocco ( plus also Sahrawis from the disputed Western Sahara ) in North Africa.

Almaty is home to the BTA Bank, which is the largest bank in Central Asia, Kaz Kom Bank and other major banks.

The other two co-sanctioned events — the LPGA Hana Bank Championship ( LPGA of Korea Tour ) and Mizuno Classic ( LPGA of Japan Tour )— are held during the tour's autumn swing to Asia.

* Appendix A: Migratory Fish Species in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa in Carolsfield J, Harvey B, Ross C and Anton Baer A ( 2004 ) Migratory Fishes of South America World Fisheries Trust / World Bank / IDRC.

It is known as Bank Swallow in North America, and as Collared Sand Martin in South Asia, and sometimes as European Sand Martin.

Bank of East Asia and Hang Seng Bank have their head offices in Central.

* Cambodia Asia Bank ( CAB ), a LLC bank of Cambodia, based in Phnom Penh and operating over a dozen branch offices

Additionally outside the region, Nauru is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Alliance of Small Island States, the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the G-77, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Olympic Committee, the ITU, the NAM, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Trade Organization.

The Estremadura Spur separates the Iberian Abyssal and Tagus Abyssal Plains, while the continental slope is flanked by sea-mounts and abuts against the prominent Goringe Bank in the south.

This includes the large anchorage off Greenock known as the Tail of the Bank in reference to the sandbar which separates the firth from the estuary of the River Clyde.

Swiftsure refers to the Swiftsure Bank near the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which separates Washington from Vancouver Island.