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Young Voices Send a Message Against Gender-Based Violence
To highlight solutions from young people in South Asia, the World Bank held a contest, ”What Will It Take to End Gender-Based Violence in South Asia?” Entries could be in the form of text messages, Tweets or emails. Continue reading
Saving the world through social media? How development is going digital
From tracking World Bank projects to Twitter conversations with Rwanda’s health minister, technology is driving innovation Continue reading
Posted in Highlights, News, Quality of life
Tagged App, Digital Green, ICT4D, Social Media, World Bank
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Ten trends in technology use in education in developing countries
Much of what we read and hear discussed about ‘emerging trends’ in technology use in education is meant largely for audiences in industrialized countries Continue reading
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Tagged e-Learning, education, ICT, ict applications, technology use, World Bank
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Transformation-Ready: The Strategic Application of ICT to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
The World Bank is partnering with the African Development Bank on a flagship study of how ICTs are transforming the African continent. The report is based upon a series of sectoral studies commissioned in 2011 Continue reading
Posted in Quality of life, Report/Paper
Tagged Africa, climate change, ICT, infoDev, World Bank
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m2work: From millions of tasks to thousands of jobs
infoDev (World Bank) & Nokia launch global competition to drive innovation in mobile microwork and create jobs. Submit your innovation to create microwork jobs in developing countries! Continue reading
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Tagged infoDev, Jobs, M4D, Microworks, mobile, Nokia, World Bank
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Why broadband does not always have an impact on economic growth?
A growing number of studies have linked broadband diffusion to economic growth. The World Bank’s and infoDev’s Broadband Strategies Handbook includes a reference of some of these studies… Continue reading
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Tagged Broadband, Economic Growth, infoDev, World Bank
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ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook: Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks and Institutions
The sourcebook brings together thematic notes and over 200 case studies from all over the world into a single easy-to-use compilation Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, development, ICT, World Bank
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Opening Education Data: EdStats Unveils StatPlanet, an Interactive Mapping Tool from World Bank ‘Apps for Development’ Winner
The StatPlanet platform was developed by developed Frank van Cappelle and was the 1st place winner of the World Bank’s Apps for Development competition Continue reading
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Tagged Analysis Software, Apps, development, StatPlanet, World Bank
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Potential Future Impacts of Increased Biofuels Use
This entry is part of a series of posts written by members of the Environment and Energy team of the World Bank’s Research Group on economic and policy issues involving energy and climate change mitigation Continue reading
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Tagged Clean, climate change, Energy, Enviroment, Policy, World Bank
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