DUSHANBE, June 13, 2017 – Digital Tajikistan can be an important source of innovation, growth, and employment – provided that the country invests more in people’s skills, improves the business environment,...
Date: June 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
World Bank Approves $72.4 Million WASHINGTON, June 5, 2017— Today, the World Bank provided a $72.4 million International Development Association* credit to help Malawi build the digital foundations needed...
Date: June 5, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
$36m grants approved to bring broadband to Kiribati and Federated States of Micronesia WASHINGTON D.C., May 31, 2017 –The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$36 million in...
Date: June 1, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2017 — The World Bank Group launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising digital start-ups from Sub-Saharan Africa....
Date: April 25, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Urgency for New Approach Driven by Global “Convergence of Aspirations” LONDON, April 11, 2017—World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today called for a fundamental rethinking of development finance to...
Date: April 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Dame Shirley Pearce, Director David Webb, distinguished faculty, students, and guests. Thank you for hosting me this evening. It’s a great honor to be here with you, and with representatives from our close...
Date: April 11, 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
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 17, 2016 – M:lab East Africa and the World Bank Group today launched Traction Camp, a new initiative developed to support emerging digital and mobile entrepreneurs across the...
Date: November 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ANTANANARIVO, May 26, 2016– With the goal of bridging the digital divide, the Communications Infrastructure Project (PICOM) has given more than two million Malagasy access to the benefits of new technologies....
Date: May 26, 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
More people around the world have access to mobile phones today than to electricity or water. Does this mean the digital revolution has truly dawned? The answer to that question is no, not yet, says the...
Date: January 13, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Moscow, June 22, 2015 – The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the World Bank presented and discussed today a report on “Broadband in Russia”, which was prepared...
Date: June 22, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PRISHTINA, February 26, 2015 – Unleashing development opportunities in rural Kosovo requires access to communication infrastructure and information. In this vein, the World Bank and the Ministry of Economic...
Date: February 26, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Affordable and reliable internet access has become an economic necessity, akin to other basic utilities like electricity and transport. A recently published World Bank Group report, Broadband...
Date: October 29, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A new model of democratized production is turning consumers into innovators, entrepreneurs and manufacturers. Powered by “makers” (creative individuals who employ do-it-yourself methodologies to develop...
Date: August 11, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Linguistic and cultural diversity are at risk. It is estimated that nearly half of the world’s approximately 6,000 languages could die out by the end of the century, with 96 percent of these languages...
Date: July 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
CHIPITA, March 3, 2014 -- Abraham Sinyenga, 28, from the remote Chipita district in north Malawi, had never heard of the internet until several months ago when an overseas relative asked him to open an...
Date: March 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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