StrikingPoverty

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[World Bank Education & Skills @WBG_Education]

New Blog: The “#nini” youth of #LatinAm: Out-of-school, out-of-work, & misunderstood: https://t.co/xccu5jBSdM

[World Bank Poverty @WBG_Poverty]

With 11mn African youth entering the labor market every year, how do we ensure employment? https://t.co/Joouwkcm9N

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Ensuring affordable & accessible #transportation (& other Innovations in Social Inclusion https://t.co/UEBh8uU4jp) https://t.co/nZaMpZ2fuH

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Knowledge sharing lab for putting #ppps together! (also PPPs for Small-Scale Water Providers https://t.co/VmNuzv9n14 https://t.co/G10DYtikVL

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Check it out: Starting Jan 18 free MOOC on Risk Reduction. (read Urban flood risk management https://t.co/yCIYK9HMMk https://t.co/KfqgC4ch2E

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Top World Bank EduTech blog posts of 2015 https://t.co/2c1IJ9O809 #edtech #ict4d

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Mobile communications thrive in even most difficult Fragile/conflict environments: https://t.co/0usyby1Z2U

[World Bank South Asia @WorldBankSAsia]

There's now 16M fewer poor people in #Bangladesh than 10 ys ago. It's exemplary but what's next, asks @kaushikcbasu
https://t.co/VdWoE0KxUi

[Archive: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim @JimYongKimWBG]

Incomes of the poorest 40% grew in 2/3 of countries between 2007 & 2012: https://t.co/TZpgAIThoM | #YearInReview

[Archive: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim @JimYongKimWBG]

For the first time in history, fewer than 10% of people live in extreme poverty https://t.co/XWbPcCmLQY | @newyorker

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Ideas for #disaster planning and #flood resilience: https://t.co/yCIYK9HMMk Let's talk planning for #risk reduction: https://t.co/lcQZOKfOLe

[World Bank South Asia @WorldBankSAsia]

There's now 16M fewer poor people in #Bangladesh than 10 ys ago. It's exemplary but what's next, asks @kaushikcbasu
https://t.co/ItYshqXb3q

[StrikingPoverty @strikingpoverty]

Learning from #PPPs for small scale #water providers https://t.co/VmNuzv9n14 https://t.co/V3RORK8I5h

[World Bank Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA]

How can mistakes be absorbed into learning process & when can failure function as step toward #PPP’s success? @EBRD

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In #MENA firms with female board members perform 3x better than those run only by men: https://t.co/T57Bhxpgqh

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#ICT4SDG to Eradicate Poverty https://t.co/nS31WGa0bx & Tapping Tech for #EarlyChildhood Dev https://t.co/soci54Kc4V https://t.co/jIzrqHeH0G

[World Bank EduTech @WBedutech]

livestreaming Thur, 17 Dec (12:30pm in DC): Can ICT Improve School Effectiveness in Haiti? https://t.co/QOXygP9lat #edtech #ict4d

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#BigData #OpenData for #Poverty Alleviation https://t.co/KM5znVqmbh Call for papers using novel data for development https://t.co/47W2Q6A1IP

[World Bank Live @WorldBankLive]

Innovative youth tackling #climatechange at #WBGYouthSummit https://t.co/dPTMy5v9ZF #cop21 #climateaction