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This blog highlight the experiences of four fellows from last year’s World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program.

A possible candidate to lead Chicago’s Department of Public Health, Eric Reinhart, posted a public apology for "misrepresenting" himself as completing his Ph.D. at Harvard.

The World Bank’s lending function is important and irreplaceable. But providing countries with an important source of financing and investing in evidence do not have​ to be in tension. The role of evaluation should shift from an assessment function to one in which evaluation is a central tool of project design and implementation within the World Bank.

The Mitigating the Risks and Impacts of Climate Change conference will convene researchers at the frontiers of physical and social sciences and decision-makers who influence humanity’s responses to the challenges of climate change.

This panel will explore ways to make genuine progress on development and global challenges, expanding beyond a narrow focus on mobilizing financing to examine how to enhance the impact of public and aid resources.