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Pro-business agenda drives World Bank’s report on the future of work
As the World Bank publishes a report calling for labour market deregulation, global trade unions fight back.
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Concerns over World Bank’s WDR on education
CSOs raise concerns about content and consultation process of World Bank World Development Report 2018 on education.
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UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson
Notes of a meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Melanie Robinson 21 July 2016.
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Bank announces 2014 WDR topic: risk management
In December the World Bank published a concept note for its 2014 World Development Report, which will address risk management.
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World Bank research impact questioned
World Bank evaluations of the influence of its research and reports paint a mixed picture.
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WDR 2009’s quiet entrance
The World Development Report (WDR) 2009, Reshaping Economic Geography was launched in November to little fanfare, buried deep in the wake of the financial crisis.
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World Bank youth report carries familiar prescriptions
Despite bringing much needed attention to the issue of youth and development, NGOs working on children, labour and education have found many familiar World Bank prescriptions in the latest World Development Report published in September.
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WDR 2007: Development and the next generation
The WDR 2007 will “seek to determine how economic policies can help young people during the crucial transition points to adulthood” including leaving school, staying healthy, entering the labour market, forming families, and becoming good citizens.
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Next World Development Report: Equity and development
An outline of the Bank’s flagship annual report, the World Development Report, which will focus on inequality was released in August.
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Bank “soul searching” on privatisation
Critics of privatisation are invited to speak at a meeting organised by the Latin American and Caribbean department.
