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Civil society supports a more ‘open’ Bank
The World Bank is becoming more open, and civil society organizations (CSOs), which have been the biggest advocates for this change, are vocal in their support.The agenda for the Civil Society Policy...
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Will you buy what I’m selling? For how much?
Coming from a farming community in eastern Nepal, I remember observing that when we had to buy soap, or a packet of noodles from the market, the prices of those goods would be set. If you wanted a...
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Who should we listen to? Each other, that's who.
Last week was an exciting week. I was running around from youth conference to youth conference, inundated with ideas, and thoroughly exhausted, yet completely inspired. On Thursday, the Youth to Youth...
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Stuck on an island with your favorite football stars
If being stuck on a remote island with the dream team - 10 of your favorite football stars - sounds like something you’d be interested in, keep reading.A new comic book launched by the UN will help you...
View ArticleStop talking, start planting, says 10-year-old
“We children want to talk about forests, monkeys and mosquitoes,” began Felix Finkbeiner, a 10-year-old who moved the adults attending a recent UN event that formally launched the International Year of...
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Arab voices and views
(Update: Thanks for participating in this event. The webcast and chat is now archived online.)In the past three months, people across the Middle East and North Africa have taken to the streets to...
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Fighting Hunger in Our Villages
Our villages are bread baskets – the primary region where most of the world's food is grown. Ironically, they are also home to many of the 1 billion who live in chronic hunger. An IFAD report on rural...
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Young, educated, and choosing to become farmers
As part of the upcoming World Bank Open Forum on the food crisis, we have been asking everyone for ideas on how to put food first for the almost 1 billion people who go to bed hungry today.A lot of the...
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Inside a School in Nepal’s Mountains
I am in Phaplu, a small mountain town, which is more developed than most other towns in Solukhumbu. There is an airport, and a road that reaches the town. This is also where Sir Edmund Hillary, who was...
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The Internet: a powerful resource if you know how to use it
We have all heard the buzz: How the Internet has changed the world; how social networks are allowing young people to voice their aspirations and organize to bring real changes on the ground; and how...
View ArticleCivil society supports a more ‘open’ Bank
The World Bank is becoming more open, and civil society organizations (CSOs), which have been the biggest advocates for this change, are vocal in their support.
View ArticleFighting Hunger in Our Villages
Our villages are bread baskets – the primary region where most of the world's food is grown. Ironically, they are also home to many of the 1 billion who live in chronic hunger.
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