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Archived Brown Bag Lunch
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"Successful reforms that addressed land redistribution, expropriation, informal settlements, and land disputes were critical"
BBL Date - June 23, 2020
Korea has considerable experience with the...
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Archived Webinar
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"Korea’s various digital responses to the pandemic focusing on public health measures, remote education, remote work, and digital government system in contact tracing and open data management...
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Over a trillion US dollars in estimated illicit financial flows diverting much needed resources from developing countries, tens of billions in corruption proceeds stashed away by former Heads of...
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Knowledge Note
Mobile phones and agents are driving expansion of formal financial services by allowing for new delivery models and product designs.
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Knowledge Note
The National Social Protection Policy under preparation establishes objectives, scope, and institutional and administrative arrangements that are designed to enhance the complementarities and...
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Knowledge Note
Whether they attempt to build jeepney stops, expand transit access, or improve bus routes, transit projects across much of the developing world are often hampered by (1) the lack of accurate transit...
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Video
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Women in Mindanao, in southern Philippines, are proving to be strong partners in development. They play a vital role in ensuring the success and sustainability of projects under the Mindanao Trust...
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Video
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Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global...
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Video
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How did the Chinese economy perform recently? What are the prospects for it? Karlis Smits, World Bank Senior Economist based in Beijing, provides an update.
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Video
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"Hans Rosling bursts myths about the developing world."
Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing...
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Each part of the world faces specific vulnerabilities to climate change and has different opportunities to mitigate the effects and build resilience in the 21st century. With the Paris Agreement at...
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Archived Webinar
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The Republic of Korea has a long history of PPP. Its early experience consisted of individual legislation for specific projects. In 1994, the government began to formalize its process with the...
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Video
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Myanmar youth share their opinions on what it takes to reduce poverty in their country.
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Video
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Under the READ PNG program, teachers learn new skills to teach reading more effectively. The new training method has helped early years students read much better, giving them an important start in...
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Video
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Cambodians are working hard to improve their country. What do they wish for the most? Follow the voices of every day Cambodians as they discuss ideas on how to end poverty and share prosperity widely...
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Video
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Thailand’s economy is expected to grow 3.2% in 2016 and 2017, with the service sector driving much of that increase. We asked Thai people working in a variety of service sector jobs for their views...
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Video
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Since 2002, Lao PDR’s Poverty Reduction Fund has been working to develop rural areas and improve the lives households living in rural areas. The PRF emphasizes the participation of the poor,...
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Knowledge Note
"Roads form the backbone of freight transportation in Vietnam"
In 2016, roads accounted for 77 percent of the freight volume transported in the country. Logistics costs in Vietnam account for...
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"Global growth in 2019 has been downgraded to 2.6 percent, 0.3 percentage point below previous forecasts"
Global growth has continued to soften in 2019. Momentum remains weak and policy space is...
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Archived Webinar
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"Get an overview on how satellites can support applications in urban planning in developing countries"
The webinar presents some of the major challenges in urban development and planning in...
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