StrikingPoverty

New Blog: The “#nini” youth of #LatinAm: Out-of-school, out-of-work, & misunderstood: wrld.bg/XvP7u

With 11mn African youth entering the labor market every year, how do we ensure employment? wrld.bg/Xplan

Ensuring affordable & accessible #transportation (& other Innovations in Social Inclusion strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/…) twitter.com/WBG_Transport/…

Knowledge sharing lab for putting #ppps together! (also PPPs for Small-Scale Water Providers strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… twitter.com/WBG_PPP/status…

Check it out: Starting Jan 18 free MOOC on Risk Reduction. (read Urban flood risk management strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… twitter.com/wb_research/st…

Top World Bank EduTech blog posts of 2015 goo.gl/De6sOs #edtech #ict4d

Mobile communications thrive in even most difficult Fragile/conflict environments: wrld.bg/WEw15

There's now 16M fewer poor people in #Bangladesh than 10 ys ago. It's exemplary but what's next, asks @kaushikcbasu wrld.bg/WcJ83

Incomes of the poorest 40% grew in 2/3 of countries between 2007 & 2012: wrld.bg/WnOFo | #YearInReview

For the first time in history, fewer than 10% of people live in extreme poverty wrld.bg/W2NW5 | @newyorker

Ideas for #disaster planning and #flood resilience: strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… Let's talk planning for #risk reduction: twitter.com/WorldBankPSD/s…

There's now 16M fewer poor people in #Bangladesh than 10 ys ago. It's exemplary but what's next, asks @kaushikcbasu wrld.bg/WcJfT

Learning from #PPPs for small scale #water providers strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… twitter.com/WorldBankECA/s…

In #MENA firms with female board members perform 3x better than those run only by men: @IFC_org/women-are-key-for-corporate-success-693fb6f10a5a#.9ffw2r562" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@IFC_org/women…

#ICT4SDG to Eradicate Poverty strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… & Tapping Tech for #EarlyChildhood Dev strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… twitter.com/WBedutech/stat…

#BigData #OpenData for #Poverty Alleviation strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/conversations/… Call for papers using novel data for development twitter.com/wb_research/st…

Innovative youth tackling #climatechange at #WBGYouthSummit wrld.bg/VAxkF #cop21 #climateaction