While green IT initiatives in private and public sectors differ in reach, focus, and organizational approach, we can identify several green IT solutions that have already been developed, tested,…
Fighting Corruption Requires a Pandemic-like Response
The World Bank published a global flagship report, Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption. This report can help guide governments and anti-corruption…
Effective management of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) can offer countries a layer of defense for fiscal resilience and sustainability when resources become scarce due to natural disasters.
Here are 7 things you need to know about taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.
Graphic: Nicholas Nam/World Bank Delivering pension or disability services may sound mundane, but if you have seen the recent award-winning movie, I, Daniel Blake, it is anything but. As the film…
Source: Bertelsmann Stiftung Sustainable development was once thought of as primarily a concern for the poorer, so-called “developing” countries. Today, with industrial civilization spreading…
The SAFE Trust Fund application (Word document) is now open until 27 February 2015. What is SAFE? SAFE means Strengthening Accountability and the Fiduciary Environment. It is a Trust Fund group…
Governments are under pressure to show their ever more educated and informed citizens that schools, hospitals and other public services are getting better. Traditionally, they have done that by…
From left: Minister Idris Jala, Malaysia; William Dorotinsky, World Bank; Alberto Leyton, World Bank; Melanie Walker, World Bank. In his recent presentation (video) at the World Bank, Minister…