What did blogging at the World Bank in 2014 look like?
Table 1 shows the Bank’s blogs in terms of their top-200 blog posts in each of the last four years. (As before, I excluded pages that didn’t look like posts – blog home pages, blogger profiles, thematic pages, and so on. I may have inadvertently dropped some posts in which case my apologies to the blogger.)
|
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
|
|
23 |
17 |
20 |
16 |
|
|
23 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
17 |
17 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
15 |
19 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
14 |
29 |
39 |
40 |
|
|
12 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
|
|
11 |
13 |
18 |
17 |
|
|
11 |
18 |
14 |
18 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
16 |
19 |
|
|
9 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
8 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
6 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
|
|
5 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
Joint #1 in 2014 were Development Impact, always a strong performer, and Future Development, a blog that started only in 2013. Open Data, another relatively young strong performer, moved up from 4th to 3rd position. Voices - Perspectives on Development had another good year. Africa Can End Poverty, the top dog in 2011, 2012 and 2013, fell to 5th position in 2014, but still got a very respectable 14 top-200 posts, while Let’s Talk Development slipped from #3 to #7. Climbers in 2014 included Development in a Changing Climate, which up until 2014 had been sliding precipitously, and Arab Voices and Views, which notched up three top-200 posts in 2014.
Table 2 lists the top-100 blog posts of 2014. Click here for the top-200. Interestingly, one third of 2014’s top-100 posts were also in 2013’s top-100. The post “Can rapid population growth be good for economic development?” was #1 in 2011, 2012 and 2013, while the post “La falta de empleo es ahora un problema mundial” was #4 in 2013 and #3 in 2014. In fact, seven of the 10 most read posts in 2014 were in among the 10 most read posts in 2013 as well. The top newcomer posts in the top 10 are “Career opportunities for young Africans at the World Bank”, “Are You Kidding Me? Surprises on my Return Visit to Gujarat After Six Years”, and “Bank Sampah di Indonesia: Menabung, Mengubah Perilaku”.
|
Rank |
Blog |
Post |
Views |
|
1 |
Nasikiliza |
48,638 |
|
|
2 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
Can rapid population growth be good for economic development? |
23,053 |
|
3 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
21,754 |
|
|
4 |
End Poverty in South Asia |
Are You Kidding Me? Surprises on my Return Visit to Gujarat After Six Years |
15,041 |
|
5 |
East Asia & Pacific on the rise |
10,489 |
|
|
6 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
9,658 |
|
|
7 |
Youthink |
9,581 |
|
|
8 |
Youthink |
Social Media and Social Change: How Young People are Tapping into Technology |
9,334 |
|
9 |
Let's Talk Development |
Youth Bulge: A Demographic Dividend or a Demographic Bomb in Developing Countries? |
8,685 |
|
10 |
People, Spaces, Deliberation |
8,445 |
|
|
11 |
Information and Communications for Development |
7,940 |
|
|
12 |
Open Data |
International tourism data: top destinations, number of arrivals, and more |
7,661 |
|
13 |
Future Development |
6,699 |
|
|
14 |
EduTech |
6,319 |
|
|
15 |
EduTech |
Ten trends in technology use in education in developing countries that you may not have heard about |
6,292 |
|
16 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
5,646 |
|
|
17 |
EduTech |
Big educational laptop and tablet projects - Ten countries to learn from |
5,240 |
|
18 |
Youthink |
5,232 |
|
|
19 |
Open Data |
Which country has the highest proportion of women in parliament? |
5,130 |
|
20 |
Sustainable Cities |
4,946 |
|
|
21 |
EduTech |
Ten things about computer use in schools that you don't want to hear (but I'll say them anyway) |
4,929 |
|
22 |
Education for Global Development |
4,911 |
|
|
23 |
East Asia & Pacific on the rise |
4,831 |
|
|
24 |
The Water blog |
4,824 |
|
|
25 |
Future Development |
4,822 |
|
|
26 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
4,814 |
|
|
27 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
Diez tendencias sobre el uso de la tecnología en la educación en los países en desarrollo |
4,763 |
|
28 |
Development Marketplace |
Solar Bottle Lights: Transforming Plastic Bottle Waste to Light Bulbs |
4,722 |
|
29 |
Youthink |
If You Could Help End Extreme Poverty, Would You? We Can. Let's Take It On. |
4,609 |
|
30 |
Youthink |
4,525 |
|
|
31 |
Private Sector Development |
Why is China ahead of India? A fascinating analysis by Amartya Sen |
4,512 |
|
32 |
Open Data |
From open data to development impact – the crucial role of the private sector |
4,487 |
|
33 |
EduTech |
4,436 |
|
|
34 |
Development Impact |
4,294 |
|
|
35 |
Transport for Development |
Air Traffic Surveillance. How can a Boeing 777 vanish without a trace? |
4,123 |
|
36 |
Education for Global Development |
Teaching 21st Century Skills to Ready Students for the World of Work |
4,034 |
|
37 |
Development Impact |
The often (unspoken) assumptions behind the difference-in-difference estimator in practice |
4,032 |
|
38 |
Future Development |
4,028 |
|
|
39 |
Arab Voices and Views |
4,027 |
|
|
40 |
People, Spaces, Deliberation |
4,003 |
|
|
41 |
Let's Talk Development |
3,874 |
|
|
42 |
Open Data |
3,762 |
|
|
43 |
Development Impact |
3,672 |
|
|
44 |
Future Development |
3,589 |
|
|
45 |
Development in a Changing Climate |
Deforestation: Disastrous consequences for the climate and for food security |
3,566 |
|
46 |
Future Development |
3,526 |
|
|
47 |
Education for Global Development |
3,511 |
|
|
48 |
Let's Talk Development |
3,496 |
|
|
49 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
3,456 |
|
|
50 |
Education for Global Development |
3,349 |
|
|
51 |
People, Spaces, Deliberation |
Anecdotes and Simple Observations are Dangerous; Words and Narratives are Not. |
3,182 |
|
52 |
Let's Talk Development |
Jarring Numbers on Financial Inclusion Point to Opportunities for Digitizing Payments |
3,114 |
|
53 |
Development Impact |
What are the under-researched topics in development according to young faculty? |
3,112 |
|
54 |
EduTech |
3,107 |
|
|
55 |
Latin America |
Colombia: soluciones innovadoras para fortalecer el desarrollo |
3,106 |
|
56 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
3,093 |
|
|
57 |
EduTech |
3,066 |
|
|
58 |
Education for Global Development |
International Day of the Girl: 10 Things to Know & Useful Resources on Girls' Education |
3,055 |
|
59 |
Future Development |
2,989 |
|
|
60 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
2,961 |
|
|
61 |
Development in a Changing Climate |
2,947 |
|
|
62 |
Information and Communications for Development |
Cloud computing for government - The future is cloudy and that is good news |
2,944 |
|
63 |
Development Impact |
Generating Regression and Summary Statistics Tables in Stata: A checklist and code |
2,933 |
|
64 |
East Asia & Pacific on the rise |
Membangkitkan Generasi Emas Indonesia: Memperluas Wajib Belajar dari 9 Menjadi 12 Tahun |
2,915 |
|
65 |
Future Development |
2,900 |
|
|
66 |
Development in a Changing Climate |
British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Shift: An Environmental and Economic Success |
2,896 |
|
67 |
Nasikiliza |
2,892 |
|
|
68 |
Growth & Crisis |
2,886 |
|
|
69 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
2,884 |
|
|
70 |
Let's Talk Development |
2,876 |
|
|
71 |
Development Impact |
2,843 |
|
|
72 |
Youthink |
2,838 |
|
|
73 |
Open Data |
2,831 |
|
|
74 |
Open Data |
Spicing up research on sub-national development through open data: Indonesia Data for Policy and Eco |
2,825 |
|
75 |
Latin America |
Más allá del crecimiento: ¿es bueno para el bienestar de la población invertir en infraestructura? |
2,784 |
|
76 |
Future Development |
2,770 |
|
|
77 |
Sustainable Energy for All |
2,769 |
|
|
78 |
Private Sector Development |
2,751 |
|
|
79 |
Development Impact |
2,744 |
|
|
80 |
Development Impact |
2,741 |
|
|
81 |
EduTech |
2,708 |
|
|
82 |
Open Data |
Accessing the World Bank Data APIs in Python, R, Ruby & Stata |
2,692 |
|
83 |
Future Development |
2,672 |
|
|
84 |
Open Data |
No open data? No problem. 5 ways entrepreneurs are fueling open data in the developing world |
2,667 |
|
85 |
Future Development |
Why is Corruption Today Less of a Taboo than a Quarter Century Ago? |
2,633 |
|
86 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
2,632 |
|
|
87 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
2,620 |
|
|
88 |
Voices - Perspectives on Development |
2,607 |
|
|
89 |
Future Development |
2,606 |
|
|
90 |
Education for Global Development |
2,577 |
|
|
91 |
Growth & Crisis |
Brazil Announces Phase Two of the Growth Acceleration Program |
2,558 |
|
92 |
End Poverty in South Asia |
2,540 |
|
|
93 |
Open Data |
2,534 |
|
|
94 |
Let's Talk Development |
2,528 |
|
|
95 |
Development in a Changing Climate |
Green Bonds Market Tops $20 Billion, Expands to New Issuers, Currencies & Structures |
2,494 |
|
96 |
East Asia & Pacific on the rise |
How Open Data can Make Good Governance Last in the Philippines |
2,487 |
|
97 |
Private Sector Development |
A Universal Definition of Small Enterprise: A Procrustean bed for SMEs? |
2,487 |
|
98 |
People, Spaces, Deliberation |
#2 from 2013: Challenges for India’s Livelihood Youth Skill Development in Rural Areas |
2,485 |
|
99 |
Africa Can End Poverty |
2,456 |
|
|
100 |
All About Finance |
2,455 |
* The period covered is January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014. Data on views were obtained from Omniture, which apparently gives more precise – and typically lower – page view figures than the Bank’s blogger platform.
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