Why Digital Transformation Matters | The Development Podcast
The digital world is developing at a phenomenal pace. From AI tools at our fingertips, to advancements in energy, consumer technology, and connectivit...
Jobs: The Path to Prosperity | The Development Podcast
With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated...
Improving the Lives of Women in Artisanal Small-Scale Mining | The Development Podcast
To mark Women’s Month we’re digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal an...
Mission 300: Powering Development in Sub-Saharan Africa | The Development Podcast
Many of us take turning on a light switch or connecting our devices to a home Wi-Fi network for granted. If our phones need charging, we plug them in,...
2024 in Review and the Challenges Ahead | The Development Podcast
As the world approaches the quarter way point of the 21st century, we take stock of the last year in development and the challenges ahead. And we retu...
IDA: Why Does the International Development Association Work? And How? | The Development Podcast
The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s low-income countries. IDA's grants and low-intere...
Annual Meetings 2024: How We've Progressed and What's Next? | The Development Podcast
The International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings marked a turn of the page to the next phase of our mission: Ensuring job creatio...
Keeping Score: Measuring Impact in Development | The Development Podcast
As the old saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. But of course, what you measure is important too. In this episode of The Develo...
Journey to a Livable Planet | The Development Podcast
Creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet has been the vision and mission of the World Bank Group since October 2023. But what does it mean...
What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean for the Developing World? | The Development Podcast
Does artificial intelligence amount to a dystopian nightmare for the developing world, eliminating jobs and confirming the worse biases across societi...