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Why the Amazon’s Biodiversity is Critical for the Globe: An Interview with…
The Amazon supports multiple ecosystem services and is a huge repository for Amazon countries and humankind. Amazon expert and leading ecologist Thomas Lovejoy discusses threats to the Amazon and how…
From Living on the Streets to Living a Dream, #legalidentity Empowers Children
An estimated 1 billion people in the world don’t have an official proof of their identity, which greatly limits their ability to access health, education, an...
What is the World Bank’s Human Capital Index?
Human capital consists of the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, enabling them to realize their potential as produc...
Getting Infrastructure Right: A Call to Action
The infrastructure service gap is huge: 940 million people live without electricity, 663 million lack improved sources of drinking water, 2.4 billion lack improved sanitation facilities, 1 billion…
IMF Blog - International Monetary Fund Blog
The hollowing out of the middle class, rising social and political tension, lack of education, globalization, and rapid technological change are just a few of the many drivers of growing income…
Introducing #Blog4Dev’s 2019 youth winners and their solutions to closing Africa’s digital…
Last October, I participated in End Poverty Day (EPD) from the Zambia Country Office, where I had the opportunity to exchange with a host of young brilliant minds from Zambia and around the continent.…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Winslow Porter and Milica Zec
Welcome to our Global Voices interview series, Spring Meetings 2019. We’re excited to have Winslow Porter & Milica Zec, co-founders of the New Reality Company, tell us a little more about how VR…
Program Coordination Consultant- Oceans, Marine Debris and Coastal Resources Multi Donor Trust…
Posted 1 day ago. The World Bank has a growing Blue Economy program. The new Oceans, Marine Debris and Coastal…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
‘We Need a New Vision in Development’
World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth.
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Zouera Youssoufou
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGMeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Zouera Youssoufou, CEO Dangote Foundation.
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Keiko Honda
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGmeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we are talking with Keiko Honda, CEO of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) about guaranteeing…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Toby Norman
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGMeetings We’re live with Toby Norman, CEO of Simprints, who JUST won the Top Prize for the #ID4D #MissionBillion Challenge. #ID4D launched Mission Billion in November…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Nhi Doan & Ishita Gupta
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGmeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Nhi Doan & Ishita Gupta, Education Blog Competition Finalists, about education to…
There's No Place Like Home! Resilient Housing
This podcast explores the concepts and realities surrounding resilient housing. Through interviews, sound bites, and trips to countries where resilient housing is underway, our host, David Cavell, wil
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Kristalina Georgieva
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGmeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we are talking with Kristalina Georgieva, Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank, about what to expect from…
World Bank Group - International Development, Poverty, & Sustainability
With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.
We-Fi West Africa Regional Summit
The first Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) West Africa Regional Summit will bring together heads of state, leaders of multilateral development banks, key We-Fi government…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Ambassador Peter Thomson
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGMeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for Oceans, about ocean pollution.
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with David Malpass
We’re so happy to welcome new World Bank Group President David Malpass to the Global Voices set to discuss his vision for the organization.
We-Fi West Africa Regional Summit
The first Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) West Africa Regional Summit will bring together heads of state, leaders of multilateral development banks, key We-Fi government…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Daniel Korski
As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Daniel Korski, CBE, CEO of Public, about the role of digital technology in the public sector in reducing extreme poverty and…
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Rachel Kyte
Follow the event on Twitter #WBGMeetings As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Rachel Kyte, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All.
Spring Meetings 2019 Global Voices: Interview with Paula Ingabire
As part of our Global Voices Interview Series, we will be talking with Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT, Rwanda, about digital transformation in Africa.