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Girl Power: How Remote Work Can Help Shrink Tech's Gender Gap
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Remote.com
, Contributor
Connecting 2 million+ professionals with remote and freelance ...
The stats on remote working are hard to ignore. From increasing productivity to using less “sick time”, remote working has
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WORLD NEWS
The World Bank Accidentally Left Me A Voicemail Discussing Their Strategy To Downplay Rights Abuses
By
Jessica Evans
, Contributor
Senior advocate/researcher on international financial institut...
On June 27 we released a joint report documenting forced and child labor linked to the World Bank’s agriculture projects
Jorge Cabrera / Reuters
THE WORLDPOST
World Bank Profited From Terrorizing Honduran Peasants, Lawsuit Alleges
By
Michael McLaughlin
The World Bank's lending arm should have known about violence targeting poor farmers, the plaintiffs say.
WORLDPOST
Ideas For Action From Youth: Financing Solutions For Implementing The Sustainable Development Goals
By
Mahmoud Mohieldin
, Contributor
World Bank Group Senior Vice President for the 2030 Developmen...
The innovative and fresh ideas needed to tackle the world's biggest challenges will likely come from youth. That's why the World Bank Group and the Wharton School sponsor the Ideas for Action competition.
ENVIRONMENT
Multilateral Development Banks Still Failing to Solve Energy Poverty
By
Vrinda Manglik
, Contributor
Climate policy professional
The new report shows that what is needed is for multilateral development banks to spend at least half of their energy portfolios
IMPACT
Role of the World Bank in the Post-2015 Agenda
By
Raymond C. Offenheiser
, Contributor
President, Oxfam America
Beyond its own projects, the Bank could be a game changer by working with governments to ensure they have strong environmental standards and climate friendly investments, and the current review process it is undertaking is just the right opportunity to go in this direction.
IMPACT
Climate Action Does Not Require Economic Sacrifice
By
Rachel Kyte
, Contributor
Contributor
The scale of work needed to meet the challenge means transforming our economies. That means finance, and lots of it. The good news is that climate action does not require economic sacrifice.
WORLDPOST
Are We Prepared For The Next Global Epidemic? The Public Doesn't Think So
By
Jim Yong Kim
, Contributor
President, World Bank Group
The public is right: The world is not prepared for the next epidemic. We're no better equipped to respond quickly to an outbreak than we were a year ago. But we can be - and at a fraction of what it would cost if we don't act urgently.
BUSINESS
World Bank Employees Losing Faith In Leadership, Survey Reveals
By
Ben Hallman
Although the staff survey was conducted before Houdart’s punishment was announced, Houdart has maintained that the case against
BUSINESS
Leaked Report Says World Bank Violated Its Own Rules In Ethiopia
By ICIJ, ICIJ
The Human Rights Watch report and Anuak refugees’ complaint to the Inspection Panel contended that the bank’s money was being
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IMPACT
Achieving Impact in Development Requires the IFC to Learn From Its Failures
By
Raymond C. Offenheiser
, Contributor
President, Oxfam America
Few would disagree that the private sector -- and therefore the IFC -- has a role to play in fragile states. But there are many caveats.
IMPACT
World Bank Group's For-profit Health Investments Fail to Reduce Inequality in Access to Health Care
By
Raymond C. Offenheiser
, Contributor
President, Oxfam America
The IFC's Health in Africa initiative is supposed to be reviewed this year. A tangible result will be a commitment from the Bank in the next few weeks to re-evaluate it under the prism of the Bank's corporate goals and focus on universal health coverage.
POLITICS
As the World Bank Turns
By
Robert J. Walker
, Contributor
President of the Population Institute
The World Bank, which for decades has been criticized has overly focused on the construction of dams and other infrastructures as the cure for poverty, is turning its focus to the real engine of economic progress in the developing world: girls and women.
ENVIRONMENT
The House Condemns the World's Poorest to Dirty Coal
By
Nezir Sinani
, Contributor
Manager at Bank Information Center Europe
As long as Congress commits U.S. taxpayer dollars to the World Bank, it should fight to ensure those funds are not used to finance projects that drive climate change or harm human health.
POLITICS
World Bank Staff Anxious About Major Changes, According To Internal Survey
By
Kate Sheppard
There also appeared to be a lot of tension around the group's senior management. Less than half of respondents -- 42 percent
WORLDPOST
Some Countries Spend More On Domestic Violence Costs Than On Primary Education: Report
By
Rebecca Klein
WORLDPOST
Putin's Sochi Challenge
By
Daniel Wagner
and
Linda Wetzel
, Contributors
While Mr. Putin may rightly bask in the light of his many accomplishments in foreign policy, and having presided over the energy boom that thrived during much of his first term in office, he is now faced with some serious issues that cast a pall over Sochi.
IMPACT
Rural Energy Access: The Case for Renewable Energy Mini-Grids
By
Evan Scandling
, Contributor
Head of Communications, Sunlabob Renewable Energy
Given that the majority of people without electricity live in rural, dispersed communities, it would be wise for the international development community to mobilize energy access strategies that support off-grid renewable energy.
WORLDPOST
Change the Focus of the Syria Debate
By
Daniel Wagner
and
Charles Kestenbaum
, Contributors
If we want post-conflict Syria to end up better prepared to survive the chaos and despair engulfing Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere in the region, we must do a much better job of marshalling and deploying the civilian, political and economic resources essential to the establishment of political stability.
WORLDPOST
Robert Zoellick: "Getting Stuff Done" at the World Bank and Beyond
By
Mark V. Vlasic
, Contributor
Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law; Georgetown Unive...
Last Friday was Robert B. Zoellick's last day as president of the World Bank Group. While he may leave many legacies behind, perhaps one that stands out is embodied in his commencement address for RAND Graduate School: "Getting Stuff Done."
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