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What have we learned about global development? A show from the World Bank Group’s independent evaluation function, IEG.

There is no silver bullet to ending poverty, and strategies to reach the most vulnerable must be tailored to each country’s context, taking into account the latest data and analysis and the needs of the people. How the world responds to major challenges today will have a direct bearing on whether the current reversals in global poverty reduction can be turned around. Join us and poverty specialists in this new World Bank Group podcast series as we explore the latest data and research on poverty reduction, shared prosperity, and equity around the globe. Listen and subscribe for free on your ...

In the Tell Me How podcast, host Roumeen Islam chats with experts on how to put policies in place to raise standards of living -sustainably. How do you get people to cooperate when needed, while they compete and innovate? How do technology and policy work together for better lives- both richer and equitable? Find out how! Subscribe to the Tell Me How infrastructure podcast and get insights you can act on.

World Bank Africa podcast

Kaalavastha can be roughly translated as 'weather' in Malayalam. Monsoons in Kerala bathe the state in verdant splendor. Even as this tropical change is romanticized by Keralites, the monsoon of 2018 brings back painful memories of loss and destruction. With hundreds of lives lost and critical lifelines of the state adversely impacted, the tenacity and perseverance of the people of Kerala refused to bring the state to a halt. Instead, the floods gave an opportunity to pave the way for 'Nava Keralam'- a new Kerala on a path to a progressive development trajectory. This podcast series will ...

The Development Podcast brings together the latest data, research and cutting-edge solutions that can pave the way to a sustainable future – everything from poverty to climate change, education to nutrition, and a whole lot more. We’ll take you on a journey around the world of international development in this World Bank's flagship monthly podcast. More information: http://wrld.bg/f2SX50MJyZB

This newly launched report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change.