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Mishra has held various positions at the World Bank, including co-director of the World Development Report 2016 (Digital Dividends), Country Economist for Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sudan and Vietnam, the ICRIER statement added.

As the shape of our world is increasingly being defined by the Covid-19 pandemic, digitalisation poses an opportunity, having the ability to help our fight against the disease.

https://www.afinalwarning.com/493458.html (Natural News) Some of the world’s most recognizable landmarks were lit up Saturday, Jan. 31, to mark the World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. This effort was aimed at reminding the world of the “other” debilitating diseases that affect 1.7 billion of the poorest people on the planet. These include leprosy, Chagas disease, intestinal worms, dengue and chikungunya, Guinea worm disease, scabies, trachoma and schistosomiasis, lymphatic fila...

Coffee Development Report 2020. The International Coffee Organization has just released the Coffee Development Report 2020, a sprawling, research- and data-filled document focusing on coffee through the lens of global value chains. “The Value of Coffee: Sustainability, Inclusiveness and Resilience of the Coffee Global Value Chain” is the second version of the organization’s flagship annual report, which was groundbreaking in scope in its first edition last year. Building on that report al...

In pursuit of a better business environment: A new project on reform committees ©Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock There is a large body of research that documents that sound business regulatory reforms can help to create a conducive business environment and spur private sector development, which matters for job creation and economic growth. The Improving the business environment, however, is not easy. Governments face a diverse set of challenges, including how to better organize internally to des...

Non-Resident Scholar Shahrokh Fardoust is a research professor at the Institute of the Theory and Practice of International Relations at the College of William and Mary. He has more than 30 years’ experience in crafting economic development policy and analyzing the global economy and prospects. From 2008 to 2011, he was director of strategy and operations for development economics at the World Bank, where he contributed to the research and policy priorities of the chief economist and ensured ...

CAK DG Appointed to World Bank Advisory Panel CAK’s Director-General Wangombe Kariuki Twitter The World Bank has appointed the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) Director-General Wang’ombe Kariuki to its Advisory Panel.  In a statement on Monday, December 28, that the competition boss will be part of distinguished thought leaders from across the globe contributing to the semi-annual publication which will be themed Data for Better Lives. "The appointment takes cognizant of the fact that...