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Korea and the World Bank Group: Life Starts at 60
In the Korean culture, six decades constitute a life cycle and big celebrations greet a 60th birthday. I recently visited Songdo to open Korea Week and celebrate the 60th year of a successful...
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Providing schools with the money they need
This year, Indonesia celebrates the first decade of its school grant scheme BOS (Bantuan Operasional Sekolah). The program aims to ensure that schools have sufficient funds to operate, reduce the...
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Menyediakan dana yang cukup bagi sekolah di Indonesia
Tahun ini Indonesia merayakan satu dekade pelaksanaan Bantuan Operasional Sekolah. Program ini bertujuan untuk memastikan agar sekolah memiliki dana yang cukup untuk beroperasi, mengurangi biaya...
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Adapting to climate change – securing dreams for farmers
Vietnam is likely to be among the countries hardest hit by climate change. How has its government invested to respond to this issue? View the full infographic. Y Cham, whom I met during a mission to...
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Ứng phó với biến đổi khí hậu – đảm bảo tương lai cho nông dân
Việt Nam là một trong những nước chịu tác động nặng nề nhất của biến đổi khí hậu. Chính phủ đã sử dụng tiền đầu tư để ứng phó với vấn đề này như thế nào? Xem toàn bộ đồ họa thông tin. Trong đợt công...
View ArticleNatural capital accounting: balancing ecological protection and economic growth
Each time I go to Manila, I can’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of the city. It seems that with each visit I make, a newer, taller building is being built, a road is being...
View ArticleIn China, high-speed rail increases mobility and drives growth in...
Nanguang Railway is one of six rail lines currently supported by the World Bank in China and one of three that recently became operational. With a route length of 576 kilometers (358 miles), it...
View Article高铁带来交通便利带动欠发达地区发展
南广高速铁路是目前世界银行在中国支持的六个铁路建设项目之一，也是近期投入运行的三条铁路之一。南广高铁全长576公里，连接广西、广东两省区。广西是多民族聚居的地区，拥有丰富的自然资源和绚丽多彩的少数民族文化。但是，与沿海地区相比，广西的经济增长速度相对较慢。高铁的开通给广西带来了更多的商机和游客，让其自然资源潜力得到更充分的发挥。从这个意义上说，南广高铁的开通不仅缩短了当地居民的出行时间，也将带动当地...
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New accounts in China drive global financial inclusion figures
Nearly eight in 10 adults in China now have a bank account, according to the 2014 Global Findex. This represents a 15 percentage point increase since 2011. According to the survey, the number of...
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中国的新增银行账户数提升了全球普惠金融数据
根据2014全球普惠金融数据库（Global Findex）信息，中国每10个成年人中有将近8人拥有银行账户，比2011年增长15个百分点。过去三年，全球没有银行账户的人数从25亿降至20亿，来自中国的贡献最为重要。事实上，2014Findex数据显示，全世界5亿新增加的拥有银行账户的成年人中，超过三分之一（1.8...
View ArticleEmpowerment for social change in the Philippines
All eyes are on her as she stands up. Her impassioned voice is a magnet, pulling people’s attention. Her tone is resolute and confident, almost like a political candidate campaigning to get votes.
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Acting on aspirations for a better Vietnam
Luu Vinh Trinh is an 18-year-old student, born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, with a dream of becoming an English teacher. Trinh and one million other students across Vietnam just completed the final...
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Cùng hành động để biến kỳ vọng thành hiện thực
Lưu Vĩnh Trinh là một cô học trò 18 tuổi sinh ra và lớn lên tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Em ước mơ sau này sẽ thành giáo viên dạy tiếng Anh. Trinh vừa cùng 1 triệu học sinh Việt nam tham gia vào kỳ thi...
View ArticleA long journey with my deaf child: two Vietnamese mothers tell their stories
Implemented from 2011 to 2015 in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Quang Binh and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the Intergenerational Deaf Education Outreach (IDEO) Project has helped prepare 255 deaf children under...
View ArticleHành trình lớn với con: Câu chuyện của 2 người mẹ của trẻ Điếc ở Việt Nam
Được triển khai từ năm 2011 đến năm 2015 tại 4 tỉnh Hà Nội, Thái Nguyên, Quảng Bình và tp.Hồ Chí Minh, dự án “Giáo dục trẻ Điếc trước tuổi đến trường” – IDEO đã giúp cho 225 trẻ Điếc dưới 6 tuổi sẵn...
View ArticleIn Mongolia, better provider payment systems help maintain universal coverage...
Co-authored with Cheryl Cashin, Senior Program Director, Results for Development In the early 1990s, after 70 years of a socialist system, Mongolia transitioned to a market economy and embarked on...
View ArticleA pathway to more sustainable development in Timor-Leste?
My first visit to Timor-Leste was in 2004. At that time, I saw very little infrastructure around the capital Dili. Then in 2014, I visited Dili before settling down as Country Representative for...
View ArticleEmptying Indonesia’s toilets
Communities in Indonesia have a saying about toilets: “a good sanitation system is a large leaking tank that will never need emptying.” That is because most septic tanks are built under a concrete...
View ArticlePenyedotan tangki septik di Indonesia
Umumnya di masyarakat Indonesia terdapat anggapan: “jamban yang baik adalah yang memiliki tangki septik besar dan tidak kedap sehingga, jadi tidak perlu disedot”. Oleh karenanya, sebagian besar tangki...
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East Asia’s challenge: ensuring that growth helps poor
Unprecedented economic growth in the last three decades propelled East Asia into an economic powerhouse responsible for a quarter of the world’s economy. Hundreds of millions of people across the...
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