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• Haiti launches micro-finance catastrophe insurance program

  *World Bank announces $1.7 million funding for program. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan 29- When Hurricane Sandy struck Haiti late last year, the home Guerda Pierre shares with her three children and mother in Cabaret, north of Port-au-Prince, was flooded- and so was the merchandise she sold to make a living.

• UPDATE 2-Myanmar debt deals clear way for new reform push

  *Government says Paris Club deals worth $6 bln. *Japan helps it clear arrears to World Bank, ADB. In a set of deals announced on Monday, the government said it had cleared its arrears to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and secured a huge debt write-off by creditor countries grouped in the Paris Club.

• UPDATE 1-Myanmar gets total debt relief of $6 bln; aid flows set to rise

  *Government says Paris Club deal worth $6 bln. Jan 28- Myanmar has cleared its arrears to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and secured a huge debt write-off by creditor countries grouped in the Paris Club, clearing the way for aid donors to step up work to support the government's reforms.

• METALS-Copper rises on dollar, caution over China limits gains

  *Coming up: U.S. Housing starts Dec at 1330 GMT. LONDON, Jan 17- Copper rose on Thursday as the dollar fell against the euro, but investor caution ahead of Chinese data on Friday and concerns about the global economy after the World Bank sharply cut its 2013 growth forecasts curbed gains.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares flat as financials offset growth concerns

  *MSCI world share index dips 0.3 pct, European shares edge up. Treasuries rose after the World Bank sharply cut its outlook for world growth this year to 2.4 percent from 3 percent, citing a slow recovery in developed nations.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares retreat as economic growth concerns revive

  *MSCI world share index dips 0.4 pct, European shares fall. This came a day after Germany reported its economy shrank at the fastest pace in almost three years in the final quarter of 2012, and the World Bank cut its global growth forecast for this year to 2.4 percent from 3.0 percent.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares retreat as growth concerns rekindled

  *MSCI world share index dips 0.3 pct, European shares fall. This came a day after Germany reported its economy shrank at the fastest pace in almost three years in the final quarter of 2012, and the World Bank revised its global growth forecast for 2013 down to 2.4 percent from 3.0 percent.

• Banks lead European shares lower ahead of US earnings

  *Risk fades after World Bank cuts global growth forecasts. Risk appetite waned after the World Bank cut its global growth forecasts for 2013 in the wake of yesterday's disappointing German GDP numbers.

• World Bank: Worst of the Crisis Is Over  

  

  Andrew Burns, lead economist at the World Bank, tells CNBC why the risks in 2013 are less negative and we could see surprises to the upside.

• UPDATE 1-Brent rises towards $111 on US demand hopes, limited inventory gain

  *World Bank cuts growth outlook as advanced nations drag. SINGAPORE, Jan 16- Brent crude rose towards $111 a barrel on Wednesday after robust U.S. retail sales boosted hopes for stronger demand in the world's top oil consumer, while oil inventories there rose far less than expected. Brent futures had gained 32 cents to $110.62 a barrel by 0618 GMT.

• Brent rises towards $111 on US retail sales, small inventory gain

  *World Bank cuts growth outlook as advanced nations drag. SINGAPORE, Jan 16- Brent crude rose towards $111 a barrel on Wednesday on hopes of a revival in demand growth in the world's top oil consuming nation after U.S. retail sales beat forecasts and oil inventories there rose far less than what was expected.

• UPDATE 1-Japan's growth hurt by row with China - World Bank

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- Japan's economy contracted in the second half of 2012 and is on track for lackluster growth of 0.8 percent this year, hurt in part by a territorial row with China, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.

• UPDATE 2-World Bank cuts growth outlook as advanced nations drag

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- A frustratingly slow economic recovery in developed nations is holding back the global economy, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its outlook for world growth in 2013..

• World Bank Slashes Global Growth Forecasts for 2013

  

  A frustratingly slow economic recovery in developed nations is holding back the global economy, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its outlook for world growth in 2013.

• UPDATE 1-Global growth held back by advanced nations - World Bank

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- A frustratingly slow economic recovery in developed nations is holding back the global economy, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its outlook for world growth in 2013..

• Japan's growth hurt by row with China - World Bank

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- Japan's economy contracted in the second half of 2012 and is on track for lackluster growth of 0.8 percent this year, hurt in part by its bitter territorial row with China, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.

• Global growth held back by advanced nations - World Bank

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- The World Bank sharply cut its 2013 outlook for the world economy on Tuesday, blaming an unexpectedly sluggish recovery in developed countries for holding back global growth.

• UPDATE 1-Turkey economy seen growing 4 percent or more in 2013

  ANKARA, Jan 15- Turkey said on Tuesday that economic growth will pick up this year to 4 percent or more and inflation will fall. The World Bank, however, warned that the country was facing a wider current account deficit.

• World Bank tribunal accepts Repsol complaint over YPF takeover

  BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21- The World Bank's arbitration body started moving ahead this week on a complaint by Spanish oil major Repsol over Argentina's expropriation of its controlling stake in energy company YPF.

• INTERVIEW-World Bank private arm to issue bonds across Africa

  WASHINGTON, Dec 19- The International Finance Corp, the World Bank's private sector arm, plans to issue local currency bonds in 10 African markets from next year to build capital in one of the world's fastest growing regions.