Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Bangladesh Local Governance at Work: Learning from the Field

The Local Governance Support Project (LGSP) is the centrepiece of a broader program to strengthen accountable forms of local governance across Bangladesh. The LGSP provided matching grants and…

Nilufar Ahmad|
Agriculture and Food, Governance, Poverty, Digital Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Call for Action: Help Shape Our Work on Equity in Higher Education

Co-authored by Roberta Bassett and Jennifer Pye, Tertiary Education Team We are reaching out to the global tertiary education community to create a forum for discussing equity in access and…

Jamil Salmi|
Education, Gender, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Highlighting the State of Indigenous Peoples in Poverty and Development

Blogging from the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York City. As world leaders gathered this week at the UN for the MDG Summit, the World Bank called critical attention to…

Harry A. Patrinos|
Education, Poverty, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Water Water Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink

Disasters seemingly have become so commonplace lately that many of us have become desensitized to them. Watching disaster unfold has become like hearing a cacophony of voices on a busy street but…

Ray Nakshabendi|
Disaster Risk Management, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Water

Gordon Brown hails education as the best anti-poverty program

Blogging from the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York City. This morning, 69 million children would not have gone to school around the world. And of those who did, many…

Kavita Watsa|
Education, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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