Economic Development

New World Bank President Needs to Make Infrastructure Work for the Poor

Peter Bosshard | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Foreign Aid, Dams, World Bank, Economic Development, International Rivers, Clean Energy, Global Poverty, Congo, Clean Water, World News

The World Bank should shift its ample resources -- its lending, guarantees, technical assistance and policy advice -- from the top-down projects of the past to the bottom-up solutions of the future.

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Interview With Hakeem Jeffries, Candidate for New York's 8th Congressional District

Andrew Wilkes | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Jobs, Education, Politics, Faith, Hakeem Jeffries, Congress, Election 2012, New York, Economic Development, New York City, Religion News

Our conversation explored what Jeffries' election would mean for residents of the district, particularly on the issues of education, health outcomes and jobs.

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What Disrespect Looks Like to Women

Linda Durnell | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Women and Politics, Women, Economic Development, World Issues, Disrespect, Women News

Behavior that denigrates women is prevalent throughout the world. Women are wives, co-workers, sisters, mothers, friends, daughters and over half of t...

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Asking the Right Questions: What Should New World Bank President Focus On?

John Sullivan | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Jim Kim, Entrepreneurship, Economics, International Development, Economic Development, World Bank President, World Bank, World News

How has the unique economic history of different countries shaped them, what is it like to do business there now because of that legacy, and what lessons can they learn from other countries with a similar background?

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Why Do Obvious Reforms Never Happen? The Political Economy of Things

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Leadership, Europe, Poverty, Information, Africa, Economic Development, Oil, Crises, Reform, Latin-America, Asia, Subsidies, Technology, Unions, World News

Why is it that obvious reforms don't get done? Because behind every status-quo, there is a complex cobweb of vested interests of people, institutions, and corporations -- "actors" -- who would be hurt by change, so they stop it.

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Why Everyone Should Celebrate Jim Yong Kim's Election as President of the World Bank

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Investment in Public Health Infrastructure, Fighting Poverty, Jim Yong Kim, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Women's Health, Economic Development, World Bank, Public Health, Institute of Medicine, World News

This is a moment for Americans to recognize what Dr. Kim's work teaches us -- economic health depends upon healthy people and healthy communities.

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Whimsical Cupcakes That Feed The Soul In Cambodia

Dr. Caroline Cicero | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Empowering Women, Cake Decorating, Killing Fields, Cupcakes, Angkor Wat, Khmer Rouge, Economic Development, Cambodia, Tarantula, Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh, Vocational Training, Slidepollajax, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Opened in 2010, Bloom Training Centre and Café is the brain-child of Ruth Larwill, a mother of two from Brisbane, Australia, who found she could use her passion for cake decorating to provide economic opportunity for vulnerable women in Cambodia.

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GOP Governors Blame Obama For State Economic Woes

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Video, Small Business, Economy, Terry Branstad, State and Local Government, Economic Development, State Economies, National Governors Association, Higher Education, STEM Education, Dave Heineman, Rick Snyder, Politics News

Three Republican governors used a Tuesday morning press conference at a regional summit of the National Governors Association to blame President Barac...

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This Earth Day: Jobs, Environment and Economic Growth Together

Howard Learner | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Midwest, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Clean Air, Wind Energy, Earth Day, Economic Development, Green, Environment, Earth Day 2012, Jobs, Clean Energy, Solar Power, Green News

Earth Day 1970 sounded an alarm. It launched the modern environmental movement. Today, the growing green economy is helping to drive the Midwest's and our nation's economic recovery.

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Making a Difference: April Is Community College Awareness Month

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Joliet Junior College, Scholarships, Philanthropy, Volunteering, Charity, Economic Development, Michigan State University, Alpena Community College, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Lifelong Learning, American Association of Community Colleges, Impact News

Community colleges serve often as the access point for education and can also be a catalyst for economic development. Here are five tips about community colleges and your way to celebrate as well as honor them this month.

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Healing The Grandchildren Of Rwandan Genocide

Suzanne Skees | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Rape, Children, Handcrafts, Grassroots, Artisans, Catapult Design, Clinton Foundation, Ptsd, Catholicism, Kigali, HIV/AIDS, Women's Collective, The Ihangane Project, Nutrition, Genocide, Maternal Care, University of Michigan, Paul Kagame, Gardening, Development, Hotel Rwanda, Solar Power, Healthcare, Community-Based Organizations, Rwanda, Economic Development, Education, Health Ministry, Video, Impact News

Julienne was just four during the 1994 genocide. She is HIV-positive and works as an artisan for this member-owned women's collective through The Ih...

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IDEO.org's Mission to Tackle Global Social Challenges Through Design for All

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Ideo, Jocelyn Wyatt, Human Centered Design Process, ideo.com, Social Innovation, Humand Development, Economic Development, International Develoment, Impact News

One of the big differences in the human-centered design approach is that it is centered on the needs of communities, so it starts with developing a deep understanding.

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Flyover Country? Not This Kansas City

Jason Grill | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Performing Arts, Google, Kauffman Foundation, Economic Development, Travel, Innovation, Sporting Kc, Culture, Kansas City, Mls, Education, Kansas, Soccer, Arts, Missouri, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Midwest, Small Business, Travel Blogs, Business News

The City of Fountains has been praised as a great place to live, work and visit for many years, but recently it is becoming a hot bed for entrepreneurial investment, high culture and the innovations of the future.

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How EPA Can Balance Economic Development and Environmental Justice for the World's Poor

Eva M. Clayton | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Economic Development, Palm Oil Africa, Sustainability Africa, Food Security Africa, Palm Oil Farmers, Africa Women Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Agriculture Africa, Sustainable Food Africa, Impact News

The hope for Africa is that it can leverage its considerable endowments -- its arable land and the hard working nature of its people -- to kick start sustainable economic growth and realize food and economic security.

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High Performance Computing: The New Imperative Is Economic Development And Jobs

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Ibm, New Jersey, Ibm-Bao, Economic Development, Computer-Engineering, Jobs, Rutgers University, Smarter Ideas, Manish Parashar, Excalibur, Technology News

Manish Parashar Professor of electrical and computer engineering Rutgers University For years, universities have worked with businesses to produc...

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New World Bank President Nominee: Non-Economic Paradigm Shift?

Scott White | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: International Development, Economic Development, World Bank, Obama Kim World Bank, Jim Yong Kim World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, Kim World Bank, World News

President Obama's nomination of Dr. Jim Yong Kim is receiving immediate reaction in the global media as an inspired and surprising choice. It is indeed both.

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A New Orleans for the Future

Yvahn Martin | Posted 05.23.2012

Last week, I set out to BeNOLABound, along with 26 other professionals, to meet with local business leaders and learn what New Orleans has been up to since I left. We took a chance, and were completely blown away by what many of us now describe as a life-changing experience.

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Myanmar: First Steps

Stephen P. Groff | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Developing Countries, Global Poverty, Myanmar, Burma, Free Trade, Asia, Development, Economic Development, Nternational Development, World News

The road ahead still looks daunting, but the opportunity for Myanmar's people is simply too great to turn back.

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Growth With Resilience: An Opportunity for African Agriculture

Professor Sir Gordon Conway | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: G20 Summit, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Economic Development, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Agribusiness, Growth, g20, Business News

Many African countries are growing fast. African GDP is growing at about 6% per year and over the past decade, 6 of the world's 10 fastest grow¬ing countries were African. But this growth remains fragile.

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World Bank: Drastic Reformer Needed to Right a Failing Agenda

Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Larry Summers, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Sachs, Poverty, United Nations, World Bank, Economic Development, Politics News

Whomever is going to run the World Bank next should pledge some dramatic changes -- changes that might actually bring the Bank in line with its proclaimed mission of ending global poverty.

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Social Programs Vs. Entitlements: Setting the Record Straight

Tom Murphy | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Government, Assistance, Entitlements, Welfare, Education, Poverty, Food Stamps, Snap, Economic Development, Aid, Development, Bill Ayres, Impact News

Millions of Americans have been hit hard by the economic downturn and are working hard to escape the trap of poverty. Mischaracterizing social welfare programs makes it hard to adequately understand and address these problems.

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Nonprofit Boards: Boot Camp for Corporate Executives

Alice Korngold | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Economic Development, Leadership Development, Corporate Boards, Nonprofit Leadership, Leadership Nonprofit Business, Bill George Harvard, Nonprofit Board Executives, Impact News

Nonprofit board service is the ultimate leadership opportunity, giving business executives with the personal and professional skills they need in this new world.

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It's About Contraception, Stupid

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Contraception, Video, Women's Issues, Latino Politics, Women's Health, Latino Prosperity, Economic Development, Latino Voices News

Over a hundred leaders convened this Thursday in Washington, D.C. to attend the annual Latino State of the Union: Roundtable on Law, Policy and Civil ...

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A Diamond in the Rough? Africa's Newest Central Bank Opens in an Unexpected Location

Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Economic Development, Africa, Somaliland Banking, Global Development, African Economic Development, Somaliland, Somaliland Central Bank, World News

This post was co-authored by Ross Thuotte. Last week, lawmakers in Somaliland (Somalia's northern, semi-autonomous region) reportedly established Som...

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Universities and Cities: Place-Based Anchors of City Development and Individual Accomplishment

Paula Allen-Meares | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Higher Education, Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, Urbanism, Education News

The importance of urban research universities is clearly manifest in the scale of the impact, the "footprint," of the university in its city. By late in the last decade, urban research universities were among the top employers in every one of their respective cities.

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