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Weekly Wire:the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Infographic: The Decline of Global Internet Freedom PC Mag Two years after the Internet went dark in...
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Seeking Your Views: How Can Citizens Contribute to Better Development Outcomes?
The World Bank Group is developing a strategy to more systematically mainstream citizen engagement in Bank Group-supported operations with the goal of improving their results. The strategy will build...
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Civil Society Engagement Crucial in World Bank Group’s Development Efforts,...
Ending extreme poverty is achievable, but the World Bank Group cannot do it alone. It needs strategic and meaningful collaboration with governments, the private sector, and civil society partners that...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Many in Emerging and Developing Nations Disconnected from Politics Pew Research In recent years,...
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14 Ways for Aid Agencies to Better Promote Active Citizenship
As you may have noticed, I’ve been writing a series of 10 case studies of Oxfam’s work in promoting ‘active citizenship’, plus a synthesis paper. They cover everything from global campaigns to...
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Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? Free online course...
Is citizen engagement a game changer for development? The World Bank, in partnership with London School of Economics, Oversees Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS, explores this question in...
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Is a ‘populist’ a shameless demagogue?
If you maintain even a nodding acquaintance with the contents of the global financial/business press one of the things you notice is as follows. They all promote, consciously or unconsciously, a set of...
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Some healthy scepticism about ‘Citizen Engagement’ (and why I’m excited about...
Duncan Green recently spoke at the launch of a MOOC about Citizen Engagement, put together by the World Bank, LSE, IDS, ODI, Harvard and Civicus, and offers a review of the discussion and the sceptisim...
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Washington’s Metro — the costs of carelessness
This is the second post in a three-part series from Brian Levy on the manner in which the media, activists and politicians talk about the role of government. This post reveals how multiple layers of...
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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Citizen Engagement in Public Service Delivery UNDP This paper suggests that reform-minded public...
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World Bank’s Access to Information Policy— five+ years and going strong
An active player in the transparency space, the World Bank just released its fifth Access to Information (AI) Annual Report. The report presents the evolution and progress of the Policy on Access to...
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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen EngagementWorld Bank Group...
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Editorial decisions, economic decisions: The funders’ role in West African...
While independent journalists are bastions in support of good government, “independence” is not always an available choice. In Nigeria, for example, in a highly competitive job market that underpays...
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Engaging citizens for better development outcomes
Also available in: Español, Français, Chinese The World Bank Group’s Open Learning Campus (OLC) is launching a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from March 15-April 26—Citizen Engagement: A Game...
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KIAT Guru: Engaging communities to improve education in Indonesia
Indonesia successfully reduced its poverty rate over the last two decades. Yet, this growth was accompanied by one of the fastest increases in inequality in East Asia and the Pacific. While the...
View ArticleSocial development and the global community: Why the legitimacy of the change...
This is the first post in a series of six in which Michael Woolcock, Lead Social Development Specialist at the World Bank and lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, discusses...
View ArticleStrengthening governance is top-of-mind for opinion leaders in developing...
Capable, efficient, and accountable government institutions are essential for a country’s sustainable development. The most recent polls of opinion leaders in World Bank client countries confirmed that...
View ArticleBlog post of the month: Strengthening governance is top-of-mind for opinion...
Each month People, Spaces, Deliberation shares the blog post that generated the most interest and discussion. For April 2017, the featured blog post is "Strengthening governance is top-of-mind for...
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