In June 2017, the World Bank launched the most recent edition of the Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU). Produced every six months, the report provides a more in-depth examination of selected economic...
Date: July 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
June 22, 2017 – The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Jan Walliser, the World Bank’s Vice President of Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, visited Sri Lanka in early May and met with senior government officials, key private sector representatives,...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
More reliable and open data access can boost growth, expected at 4.9 percent for 2017 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13, 2017 –The latest Malaysia Economic Monitor, launched today by the World Bank, reports that Malaysia...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Mazloom Nadaf, a 70-year old rickshaw-puller from Bihar in India, wanted his own home. His dream was beyond his means—Nadaf did not earn enough to pay for a house. However, under a national housing scheme,...
Date: May 26, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, August 25, 2015— The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors approved today US$32million IBRD financing for the Citizen-Centric Service Delivery Project in Albania. The project will...
Date: August 25, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2015—The World Bank’s Access to Information (AI) Policy and Open Data Initiative launched five years ago, with more than 6.1 million documents and reports downloaded and over 18,000...
Date: July 1, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MANILA, APRIL 25, 2014 –Citizens and civil society groups have greater opportunities for engaging government on matters affecting their daily lives using the internet. They can also serve as watchdogs...
Date: April 25, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
В начале 1970-х годов можно было нередко увидеть детей, являвшихся поводырями слепых людей в деревнях бассейна реки Вольта. От речной слепоты, паразитарной инфекции, распространяемой через укус черной...
Date: October 21, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the early 1970s, it wasn’t uncommon to see children leading blind people in the villages of the Volta river basin. River blindness, a parasitic infection spread through the bite of a black fly, had...
Date: October 21, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the 18 months since the World Bank announced its Open Access Policy with the launch of the Open Knowledge Repository, a transformation has taken place in the way the Bank’s published knowledge reaches...
Date: October 18, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
“Connecting Voices” is a new World Bank regional initiative aimed at promoting governance, transparency, accountability, and sound financial management practices in both the public and private sectors....
Date: September 27, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
GENEVA, September 18, 2013 - The World Bank has joined forces with the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation in a 3-year project designed to help policy makers and citizens in developing...
Date: September 18, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
More than 150 people gather for the DC Big Data Exploration WASHINGTON, March 18, 2013 – Big data was the buzzword over the weekend at the World Bank. More than 150 topic experts, data scientists, civic...
Date: March 18, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Around three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving to a new level, which is not so much about the phone but how it is used,...
Date: July 17, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Under the umbrella of a nation-wide campaign to promote books and reading in Armenia, the World Bank Yerevan Office participated in a book festival and fair held in Yerevan over the weekend. The event...
Date: October 13, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Supporting local capacity to promote freedom of information becomes more relevant in the context of the Bank's new Access to Information policy. Armenia marked the 8th International Right to Know Day by...
Date: September 30, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Knowledge is a non-depletable resource, and we are certain that the best way to increase its value is through sharing it. With an ambitious plan to unfold it into a full-fledged outreach activity of free...
Date: March 23, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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