Open Government Will Accelerate in Russia
Open Government is making real inroads in Russia today. That was the message delivered at a recent workshop organized in Moscow by the World Bank and the Open Development Technology Alliance.
Event
In Search of Feedback: usability test participants needed to improve World Bank search and project information
Does the World Bank search engine frustrate or amaze you? Have you spent hours searching our website for research, reports, or project information only to feel like you're going in circles? Wish you could share your great idea about improving the www.worldbank.org search engine or project information with the World Bank web team?
Arab voices and views
(Update: Thanks for participating in this event. The webcast and chat is now archived online.)
In the past three months, people across the Middle East and North Africa have taken to the streets to demand – and in some cases obtain – change.
Growing aspirations of youth in the region regarding jobs and political rights very quickly raised the bar for what governments need to do.
Development Marketplace goes social (media)
This year's Development Marketplace global competition did more than just find ideas to save the world: it shared the ideas and the people who make them happen with the rest of us.
DM08: Global Competition on Sustainable Agriculture
The 2008 Development Marketplace (DM) global competition on Sustainable Agriculture
received 1,768 proposals from around the world addressing three key issues: linking small-scale farmers to markets, improving land access and tenure for the poor,