Education

Dispatch from COP27: Harnessing education for effective climate action

When Nigerian educator and climate activist Temilade Salami first became interested in climate change, she set out to see what books or resources were available on the subject.

Marla Spivack, Diego Ambasz, Shwetlena Sabarwal|
Education

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for December 1 - 15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces 4 papers published from December 1-15 on various topics, including the impact of…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Competitiveness, Debt, Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

The next generation of water professionals working towards a new era of cooperation in the Eastern Nile

Since 2011, as part of the Nile Basin Initiative, the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office in partnership with CIWA has run an internship program for the next generation of talented water…

Shyam KC, Yukio Tanaka, Anders Jagerskog|
Disaster Risk Management, Education, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Jobs & Development, Urban Development, Water

Quality of computer code and reproducibility of economic research

While editorial boards of economic journals focus primarily on reproducibility, the code accompanying an economic publication should be written in a way that allows readers to understand the logic…

Michael M. Lokshin, Zurab Sajaia|
Competitiveness, Digital Development, Education, Jobs & Development

Civil registrations and vital statistics: it’s not just important, it’s a matter of life and death

Without quantifying mortality, how can the impact of the pandemic be understood?

Haishan Fu, Steve MacFeely|
Education, Gender, Health, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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