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The Huffington Post talks about EVOKE
Two weeks ago, Dev Aujla wrote a piece in the Huffington Post that took a look at EVOKE (which we wrote about a little over a month ago) and gaming in international development. From the piece:
Do casinos produce anything valuable?
"Are markets simply casinos for betting?" Asli recently asked this question on the All About Finance blog. She argues that financial markets do a lot more than that, and I agree. But there are some markets that come very close to being casinos. Surprisingly, in the wake of the financial crisis, the U.S.
A technical update
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Does the World Bank have a sense of humor?
Perhaps the title is a rhetorical question, but I felt obliged to ask it after seeing the latest parody of a World Bank initiative.
FPD Forum Day 1
The first day of this year's Financial and Private Sector Development Forum is about to wind down. I had the opportunity to attend several fascinating discussions, including:
Stop the Wars!
Does Haiti (or Chile) need a Marshall Plan to help recover from the ruins of natural disasters? How has the War on Poverty progressed in the United States?
Bureaucrats into bankers?
The World Bank's new chief economist for Financial and Private Sector Development, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, has entered the blogosphere with the new All About Finance blog. In her first post, Asli considers whether the financial crisis ought to make us consider turning bureaucrats into bankers. She responds with a resounding "no"!
Can online games make the world a better place?
Unemployment and the Oligarchs
Mark Thoma takes a look at who pays the cost of the recession:
Can Berlin learn from Abu Dhabi?
Bloomberg has announced that the worst is yet to come for the euro, thanks to ongoing Greek woes.
The last time I discussed Greece was in this post last November:
Get Ready to Change the World!
Muster all your creativity and innovation, because now is your chance to solve real-world issues like hunger, poverty, disease, conflict and climate change. Get ready to play EVOKE.
EVOKE is a new game brought out by the World Bank Institute. It empowers you— young people all over the world—to plunge right into the challenge and look for creative solutions.
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Women and soccer: what have you done for me lately?
The 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa will generate the demand for service and tourism industries potentially benefiting local women entrepreneurs.
It's a robbery - SMEs and crime
Crime against businesses disproportionately impacts SMEs. Nearly 80 percent of firms affected by a major accident and without a proper contingency plan cease to exist within two years.
In the UK alone, where break-ins and burglaries are the two most common crimes, the economy loses an estimated £19 billion - approximately £5000 per business.
Got game?
Can video and computer games help people manage their health? The Changemakers at the Ashoka Foundation think so.