Page 92 - Development Policy News Today

WASHINGTON DC, USA – World Bank Group Managing Director for Development Policy and Partnerships, Mari Pangestu, will arrive in Kingston today, May 4, for a two-day visit. This will be Pangestu’s first...

World Bank Group Managing Director Mari Pangestu made her first visit to Jamaica to provide support to the island as it rebounds from COVID-19

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, many civil servants are well past 70, sometimes even over 100 years old. They hold on to their jobs and their salaries, because they are not getting their pensions paid out. DW speaks to Stylianos Moshonas, postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp. Why are they not getting their pensions?

The incoming leader is expected to take a more confrontational approach toward North Korea and shift to a tougher line with China.

The World Bank, government and foundation partners have launched a new programme to scale up quality, affordable childcare

The fund will support countries to formulate and implement better childcare programs and policies, build capacity, generate data, and gather evidence on the impacts of childcare.

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia participated in a virtual joint United Nations-World Bank High Level roundtable, which brought together global champions of data investment, to discuss opportunities in data strengthening and its significant contributions to development, especially towards delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing the forum on on…

"During the Armenian occupation of Karabakh, the world could not see what was happening here. Now we are in Shusha, and we see everything with our own eyes," Svante Cornell, director of the Institute for Security Policy and Development Policy (Sweden). 

A pioneering researcher in life sciences and biotechnology; a visionary leader in higher education and distinguished scholar; an innovative leader in health care and philanthropist; and an outstanding public administrator and a champion of democracy will be awarded honorary degrees...

Infrastructure issues, political pressure and low demand could prevent Asia from absorbing diverted energy supplies.