April 04, 2025

2025 KCP Partnership Council Meeting

The Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) convened its 2025 Partnership Council Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, gathering key development partners to reflect on the program’s achievements and align on strategic priorities for the year ahead.

April 03, 2025

Rethinking Resilience: How Policies Can Help People to Prepare, Recover, and Adapt

This seminar delved into the report’s findings and explore their application at the country level. Drawing on insights from partner countries, the event offered cutting-edge knowledge on disaster risk management and climate resilience. By combining the unique country experiences with the World Bank’s expertise, the seminar aimed to uncover actionable solutions and foster collaboration to enhance resilience.

May 27, 2024

Global Development and the Middle-Income Trap

A Knowledge for Change Program event on "Navigating Growth Challenges in a New Era: The Role of Middle-Income Countries for Global Development." The event will be on May 27 at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

JUNE 01, 2023

20 Years of Research and Knowledge on Trade and Private Sector Development

Final KCP20+ event focused on trade and international integration and private sector development, featuring presentations and a multi-stakeholder panel with Q&A.
FEBRUARY 02, 2023

20 Years of Research, Data, and Analytics on Poverty, Inequality and Human Capital

Part two of the KCP20+ series: a two-part session highlighting advances on poverty and inequality, with a deep dive on human capital and links to World Bank operations.
NOVEMBER 02, 2022

Shocks and Global Imbalances: Conflicts, Migration and Climate Change

A 3-hour hybrid seminar launching KCP20+, examining how conflicts, migration, and climate shocks interact, and how evidence can inform policies to protect vulnerable populations.

November 13, 2025

IED Tokyo Expans Partnerships for a More Resilient Asia

 

From November 4–6, 2025, the IED’s Tokyo Center led a consultative visit that brought together a cross-section of Japanese stakeholders, building relationships and identifying opportunities for collaboration under the World Bank’s Resilience workstream.

 

October 2025

Navigating the Middle-Income Trap: Insights from a High-Level Policy Dialogue at the 2024 IMF-WBG Annual Meetings

 

In the bustling corridors of the World Bank's Annual Meetings this past October, a diverse group of finance ministers and policymakers from across the globe convened to tackle a pressing issue: the middle-income trap.