Passionate entrepreneurs and technologists from Pakistan and across the globe converged in one place to share expertise, exchange knowledge, and to discover and support the next big idea among emerging...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Ladies and Gentlemen,On behalf of the World Bank, I’m pleased to be in Peshawar today at the Digital Youth Summit (DYS), co-sponsored by the World Bank with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) IT Board and many...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
RUSE, March 14, 2017− Countries in the European Union (EU) must enact policies designed to better help workers adapt to new jobs being created by the internet if they want to avoid increasing inequality...
Date: March 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
FREETOWN, August 18, 2016 – On a warm day in June, groups of young Sierra Leoneans, engage in lively discussions while huddled together over laptops. Eyes glance from competitor to competitor as ceiling...
Date: August 17, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The global forced displacement crisis has provided impetus to think differently about how to address this enormous challenge. As UNHCR announced today, there are now an estimated 65 million people who...
Date: June 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2016 — From providing universal health care to finding jobs, the World Bank’s Global Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD) today announced three innovative ideas to improve the...
Date: June 20, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Konstantin Noskov, Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of Russia, said that, not only science fiction writers of the 1970s, but even our contemporaries could not have imagined just 10-20 years...
Date: April 16, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Jakarta, Indonesia, 1 April 2016 – A few years ago, lecturer Novistiar Rustandi wondered how he could help more Indonesians earn university degrees so that they can get better...
Date: April 1, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
How can countries in Central Asia gain greater economic and social benefits from digital technologies and access to the internet? This important question was discussed recently at a regional presentation...
Date: March 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ALMATY, February 17, 2016 – The World Bank’s new ‘World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ was launched today at the Kazakh-Britain Technical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Discussion...
Date: February 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Dear Colleagues, Distinguished Guests, We find ourselves in the midst of the greatest information and communications revolution in human history. There is a consensus that we must take advantage of this...
Date: February 11, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
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