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Amp up your 2018 Spring Meetings experience
Our 2018 Spring Meetings is just around the corner and it’s time to get organized. Mainstage speakers include representatives from top-notch institutions such as LinkedIn, Oxford University, Financial...
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How is your life different from that of your parents?
© You Ji/World Bank Yunus owns a fabric store in Blantyre, Malawi. The store was founded by his grandfather, who immigrated to Malawi in 1927, and has now been in his family for three generations....
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Technology can help spring workers from the informality trap
Women stitch handicrafts at Everest Fashion Fair Craft in Lalitpur, Nepal. © Peter Kapuscinski/World BankTechnology and what it will do to change how we work is the driving obsession of the moment....
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Disrupting poverty and stunting: An alternative development model in rural India
© World Bank Sustained long-term development interventions combined with disruptive technologies can make a real difference in solving entrenched multi-faceted poverty challenges. For over twenty...
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5 inspirational youth you should follow this #YouthDay
Refugees take wood working courses at the Kalobeyei Youth Training Center in Kalobeyei, Kenya.© Dominic Chavez/International Finance CorporationYouth are the engine of change. Empowering them and...
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Everything you need to know to follow the 2018 Annual Meetings
The IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings is an event you won't want to miss. Join us for a week of seminars, regional briefings, press conferences, and many other events focused on the global economy,...
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Get creative: Join the World Bank Group and Financial Times’ blog writing...
© World Bank Do you often wonder what kind of job you will have when you grow up? Do you think your school is preparing you for the work you may do in the future? What will classrooms and teachers of...
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How is the Human Capital Index prompting action?
Students at the Zanaki Primary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. © Sarah Farhat/World Bank Whew, it’s out! On October 11, 2018, the World Bank Group released its inaugural Human Capital Index (HCI),...
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2018: A year of influence, impact and cooperation on global issues through...
In 2018, the themes of climate change, disruptive technology, and human capital were not only priorities for the World Bank Group, but for governments, private companies, and international...
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Gender equality: Unleashing the real wealth of nations
© World Bank Last week, we launched the Women, Business, and the Law report, which found that despite the considerable progress that many countries have made in improving women’s legal rights over the...
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3 ways to follow World Bank Group activities at the 2019 Spring Meetings
© Dominic Chavez/World Bank Our 2019 Spring Meetings is just around the corner and it’s time to get organized. Mainstage speakers include representatives from top-notch institutions and organizations...
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What happens when someone is unable to access health or education? These...
Human Capital exhibition at the World Bank Group Visitor Center in Washington, DC. © Bassam Sebti/World Bank What exactly is Human Capital? The phrase itself is only two words: “Capital” refers to an...
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World Bank Group, Financial Times’ blog writing competition winners announced
World Bank Group and Financial Times’ blog writing competition winners Ishita Gupta from India and Nhi Doan from Vietnam at the World Bank Group headquarters in Washington, DC moments before receiving...
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The future is in the decisions we make now
© Alexander Supertramp/ShutterstockPicture this. You are a student in the year 2030. School is completely different from what your parents remember. Only attending school four days a week, most of...
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Bricks-and-mortar learning is obsolete
© pickingpok/Shutterstock In Sociology, I took a sip of my future. Outside the classroom, my digital native self was poised to go online. Hungry to explore Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy and the...
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