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Nadu, I met young ex-farmers who had moved out of farm jobs and were now working in factories and government offices. Their day to day circumstances weren’t all that different from millions of others around the world.<br/><br/> But yet, the people I met were remarkable. There was the disabled young man who, with skills training, found an IT job and a life outside his home, and is now supporting his mother. There were also women Self Help Group (SHG) members who, with support from their female Panchayat Leader, Pushpa, were helping to better the lives of their communities. They worked to improve water supply, build toilets and boost sanitation, and also found jobs in agro-processing.<br/><br/> My time in India made it clear to me that opportunity can change lives - especially in rural areas, where 78% of the country’s poor people live. <br/><br/> Opportunity can come in various forms. It can come in the form of social empowerment - by giving voice to groups that are often marginalized, such as women, youth and disabled people.<br/><br/> It can also come in the form of jobs - through skills training, job placement programs and other services that help people secure formal employment. <br/><br/> Jobs and social empowerment are two different opportunities. But they can be related: They both share transformative effects that are positive, and can multiply in unexpected directions.<br/><br/> For example, as women gain more confidence, their voices are listened to on a variety of matters within the home - such as on family planning and how to spend family incomes - improving the lives of their children and their families. Collectively, the power of their voices expressed through SHGs and other groups can bring about change on a larger scale, impacting the wider community as a whole.<br/> <div> <figure class="image"><img class="flipboard-image" alt="" height="510" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/files/endpovertyinsouthasia/in-shgwomen-tamilnadu.jpg" title="" width="680"/><figcaption> Photo credit: Irina Klytchnikova</figcaption></figure></div> <p> <br/><br/> Jobs, too, are known to have transformative effects. They give people the economic resources to improve their quality of life, open up new opportunities and enable them to engage with the outside world.</p> </div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/what-india-s-successful-rural-development-programs-can-teach-world" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/sustainable-communities" class="tags_url">Sustainable Communities</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/non-bank-financial-services" class="tags_url">non-bank financial services</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/jobs-and-development" class="tags_url">Jobs and 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and evaluate the national financial inclusion strategy">Philippines pioneers approach to monitor and evaluate the national financial inclusion strategy</a></h2> </header> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/helen-luskin-gradstein" title="View user profile."><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-11703-1470238987.jpg" alt="Helen Luskin Gradstein's picture" title="Helen Luskin Gradstein's picture"/></a> </div> <footer class="submitted"> <div class="submittedby"> Submitted by <a class="flipboard-author" href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/helen-luskin-gradstein" title="View user profile." class="username">Helen Luskin Gradstein</a> On Thu, 07/28/2016 <div class="co-authors">co-authors: <a href="team/nataliya-mylenko">Nataliya Mylenko</a></div> </div> <div class="submittedby"><div class="servicelinks"><ul class="links 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/files/psd/philippines-fi.jpg" title="" width="640"/><br/> <br/> National financial inclusion targets, better data availability, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/financial-inclusion-targets-and-transformational-change">transformative business models to provide financial services</a> are helping to accelerate financial inclusion across the globe and in Asia – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/financial-inclusion-asia-time-disruption">where more than a billion of unbanked people live</a>.</p> <p> Countries set national financial inclusion goals to increase the pace and impact of reforms. For this to be effective, it’s critical to have in place a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to track progress, identify obstacles, and demonstrate success.  However, it’s often difficult to evaluate and track the extent and quality of the national financial inclusion strategy implementation, and to aggregate the results of multiple actions at the national level.</p> <p> The Philippines has adopted a fresh approach to this challenge by designing a comprehensive M&E system that will report on headline and national-level indicators, as well as track progress of the regional and program-level performance indicators.</p> <p> The Philippines is one of the 25 countries that are part of the World Bank Group’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/financialinclusion/brief/achieving-universal-financial-access-by-2020">Universal Financial Access 2020</a> initiative, whose goal is to provide access to a transaction account to the 2 billion unbanked people worldwide.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://datatopics.worldbank.org/financialinclusion/country/philippines">Between 2011 and 2014</a>, <span class="shareable-quote"><a class="popup" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=the+Philippines+improved+access+to+bank+accounts+by+4+percentage+points&url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/philippines-pioneers-approach-monitor-and-evaluate-national-financial-inclusion-strategy/?cid=EXT_TWBN_D_EXT&via=worldbank">the Philippines improved access to bank accounts by 4 percentage points<img class="flipboard-image" class="tw-icon-over" height="12" width="12" src="/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/wb_helper/images/iconm-twitter-gray.png"></a></span>. This resulted in some 2.7 million adults gaining access to formal financial services. Potential demand is significant, considering that an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25078582/philippines-financial-inclusion-capability-survey-summary-results" target="_blank">estimated 10 million Filipinos keep savings outside of the formal financial system</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/philippines-pioneers-approach-monitor-and-evaluate-national-financial-inclusion-strategy" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/countries/philippines" class="tags_url">Philippines</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/financial-sector" class="tags_url">Financial Sector</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/financial-inclusion" class="tags_url">financial inclusion</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/unbanked" class="tags_url">unbanked</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/taxonomy/term/14686" class="tags_url">#finaccess2020</a></li><li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/financial-access" class="tags_url">Financial Access</a></li></ul></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> <article class="node node-blog node-promoted node-teaser node-published node-not-sticky author-peter-mockel odd clearfix node-published node-not-sticky author-peter-mockel odd clearfix" id="node-blog-594--2"> <header> <h2 class="node-title node-title"><a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle" title="Energy storage: A critical piece of the power puzzle">Energy storage: A critical piece of the power puzzle</a></h2> </header> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/peter-mockel" title="View user profile."><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-11702-1471290843.jpg" alt="Peter Mockel's picture" title="Peter Mockel's picture"/></a> </div> <footer class="submitted"> <div class="submittedby"> Submitted by <a class="flipboard-author" href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/peter-mockel" title="View user profile." class="username">Peter Mockel</a> On Thu, 07/28/2016 </div> <div class="submittedby"><div class="servicelinks"><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&t=Energy%20storage%3A%20A%20critical%20piece%20of%20the%20power%20puzzle" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo"/></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter-widget"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&count=horizontal&via=WorldBank&text=Energy%20storage%3A%20A%20critical%20piece%20of%20the%20power%20puzzle&counturl=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a></li><li class="service-links-linkedin-share-button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" title="Share on Linkedin" class="service-links-linkedin-share-button" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Linkedin Share Button</span></a></li><li class="service-links-google-plus-one"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT"></a></li><li class="print_html"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/print/594" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" onclick="window.open(this.href); 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Take solar power, for example. What used to be a prohibitively expensive endeavor just years ago, is now a household-level solution in many countries. Then there are the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/why-zambia-s-6-cents-more-significant-dubai-s-3-cents" rel="nofollow">record-setting solar auctions</a> in countries like Zambia, the United Arab Emirates, India, Mexico, and Peru.<br/><br/> So what’s the next critical piece of the puzzle in our global efforts to provide sustainable energy for all?<br/><br/> In my view – and that of many others – it is to establish a viable, stationary solution to store energy. While stationary energy storage on a large scale has always been around – hydro energy storage, as an example, is efficient and cost effective – it is tied to topography and difficult to add at will. The cost of batteries has also been a big obstacle to widespread deployment and was a primary reason for the electricity grid to be designed as the biggest real-time delivery systems humans have ever made.</p> </div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/energy/energy-storage-critical-piece-power-puzzle" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/grid-solar" class="tags_url">off-grid solar</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/electric-grid" class="tags_url">electric grid</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/energy-storage" class="tags_url">energy storage</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/environment" class="tags_url">Environment</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/energy" class="tags_url">Energy</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/climate-change" class="tags_url">Climate Change</a></li><li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/regions/world-region" class="tags_url">The World Region</a></li></ul></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> <article class="node node-blog node-promoted node-teaser node-published node-not-sticky author-duncan-green even clearfix node-published node-not-sticky author-duncan-green even clearfix" id="node-blog-7473--2"> <header> <h2 class="node-title node-title"><a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you" title="Why do people flee their homes? The answers may surprise you">Why do people flee their homes? The answers may surprise you</a></h2> </header> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/duncan-green" title="View user profile."><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/260.jpeg" alt="Duncan Green's picture" title="Duncan Green's picture"/></a> </div> <footer class="submitted"> <div class="submittedby"> Submitted by <a class="flipboard-author" href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/duncan-green" title="View user profile." class="username">Duncan Green</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=fp2p"><img src="/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/themes/blogs/images/tw1.gif" style"/></a> On Thu, 07/28/2016 </div> <div class="submittedby"><div class="servicelinks"><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&t=Why%20do%20people%20flee%20their%20homes%3F%20The%20answers%20may%20surprise%20you" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo"/></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter-widget"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&count=horizontal&via=WorldBank&text=Why%20do%20people%20flee%20their%20homes%3F%20The%20answers%20may%20surprise%20you&counturl=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a></li><li class="service-links-linkedin-share-button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" title="Share on Linkedin" class="service-links-linkedin-share-button" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Linkedin Share Button</span></a></li><li class="service-links-google-plus-one"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT"></a></li><li class="print_html"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/print/7473" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false" rel="nofollow"><img class="print-icon" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/print/icons/print_icon.gif" alt="Print" title="Print"/></a></li><li class="custom_email"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/mailto:/?Subject=Why%20do%20people%20flee%20their%20homes%3F%20The%20answers%20may%20surprise%20you&Body=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogEmailShare_EXT"><img src="/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/print/icons/mail_icon.gif" alt=""/></a></li><li class="custom_comments last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you#comments">1 Comment</a></li></ul></div></div> </footer> <div style="clear:both;padding-bottom:10px;"></div> <div class="content clearfix content clearfix flipboard-keep"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h4> <img class="flipboard-image" alt="" height="110" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/files/publicsphere/john-magrath-150x150.jpg" style="float:right" title="" width="110"/>June 21 was World Refugee Day and a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.humanosphere.org/world-politics/2016/06/breaking-record-high-65-million-displaced-people/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">new UN report</a> put the total number of ‘forcibly displaced’ at 65.3 million. Most of those remained within national boundaries (internally displaced). Oxfam researcher <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/our-people/research/john-magrath" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John Magrath</a> summarizes a recent study on the causes of internal displacement.</h4> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/files/publicsphere/forcibly-displaced-1024x637.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img class="flipboard-image" alt="" height="199" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/https://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/files/publicsphere/forcibly-displaced-1024x637.png" style="float:left" title=" The Economist" width="320"/></a>Why do people become displaced? That is, forcibly displaced in that they have, or believe they have, no other choice but to leave their homes? You would think we would know. After all, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) in its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.internal-displacement.org/globalreport2016/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">latest annual report</a> points out that in 2015 a record number of 27.8 million people were newly displaced; and the reasons were conflict, violence and disasters. We are familiar with the overall picture: the Middle East and North Africa account for over half those displaced by conflict and violence; South and East Asian countries, especially India and China, saw the most people displaced by disasters. Once people are displaced, they tend to stay displaced so the numbers add up cumulatively; in 2015 there were nearly 49 million in total living as internally displaced people just because of conflict and violence.</p> <p> But dig beneath and beyond those figures, as IDMC does, and an even more disturbing picture emerges of reasons and trends. IDMC puts the spotlight on three issues that demand more attention. One is drought, of the kind exacerbated by this year’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/what-will-become-of-us-voices-from-around-the-world-on-drought-and-el-nio-605146" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">El Niño event</a>. That may seem unsurprising; after all, it is obvious that drought dries up precious water sources and scorches crops and as this moving <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D3_iZcR2qM&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a> from Oxfam in the Dominican Republic shows, the result is that farmers get into debt and can end up selling their farms – their homes – and becoming wandering labourers.</p> </div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/why-do-people-flee-their-homes-answers-may-surprise-you" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/taxonomy/term/15936" class="tags_url">criminal violence</a></li><li><a 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class="tags_url">internally displaced persons</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/conflict" class="tags_url">Conflict</a></li><li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/sustainable-communities" class="tags_url">Sustainable Communities</a></li></ul></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> <article class="node node-blog node-promoted node-teaser node-published node-not-sticky author-david-mckenzie odd clearfix node-published node-not-sticky author-david-mckenzie odd clearfix" id="node-blog-1425--2"> <header> <h2 class="node-title node-title"><a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/weekly-links-july-29-political-economy-running-rct-peer-review-trade-work-me-and-more" title="Weekly links July 29: the political economy of running a RCT, the peer review trade-off, work with me, and more…">Weekly links July 29: the political economy of running a RCT, the peer review trade-off, work with me, and more…</a></h2> </header> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/david-mckenzie" title="View user profile."><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-1405-1465846577.jpg" alt="David McKenzie's picture" title="David McKenzie's picture"/></a> </div> <footer class="submitted"> <div class="submittedby"> Submitted by <a class="flipboard-author" href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/david-mckenzie" title="View user profile." class="username">David McKenzie</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=dmckenzie001"><img src="/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/themes/blogs/images/tw1.gif" style"/></a> On Thu, 07/28/2016 </div> <div 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I was in a session with Mark Sayers from the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has been running an RCT on growth vouchers for 20,000 firms in the UK. He gave a talk on lessons learned from a policy side in engaging in such a trial – and I found it very interesting to hear the political economy side (Treasury only agreed to release the funding for a program they were somewhat skeptical of if it would be evaluated by an RCT). A <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://vimeo.com/171405681" rel="nofollow">video</a> of his short talk is now up.</li> <li> Slate piece on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/07/roland_fryer_s_research_on_racial_bias_in_policing_wasn_t_peer_reviewed.html" rel="nofollow">how journalists should cover working papers</a> (based on the recent Fryer paper on racial bias in the use of lethal force). h/t Berk, who is reminded of his classic post on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/working-papers-are-not-working" rel="nofollow">working papers not working</a>.</li> </ul></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/weekly-links-july-29-political-economy-running-rct-peer-review-trade-work-me-and-more" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/development-impact-links" class="tags_url">development impact links</a></li></ul></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> <article class="node node-blog node-promoted node-teaser node-published node-not-sticky author-roxanne-bauer even clearfix node-published node-not-sticky author-roxanne-bauer even clearfix" id="node-blog-7472--2"> <header> <h2 class="node-title node-title"><a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271" title="Weekly wire: The global forum">Weekly wire: The global forum</a></h2> </header> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/roxanne-bauer" title="View user profile."><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-9567-1393946712.jpg" alt="Roxanne Bauer's picture" title="Roxanne Bauer's picture"/></a> </div> <footer class="submitted"> <div class="submittedby"> Submitted by <a class="flipboard-author" href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/roxanne-bauer" title="View user profile." class="username">Roxanne Bauer</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=RoxanneBauer"><img src="/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/themes/blogs/images/tw1.gif" style"/></a> On Thu, 07/28/2016 </div> <div class="submittedby"><div class="servicelinks"><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&t=Weekly%20wire%3A%20The%20global%20forum" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023im_/http://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo"/></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter-widget"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT&count=horizontal&via=WorldBank&text=Weekly%20wire%3A%20The%20global%20forum&counturl=http%3A//blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271%3Fcid%3DEXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a></li><li class="service-links-linkedin-share-button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT" title="Share on Linkedin" class="service-links-linkedin-share-button" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Linkedin Share Button</span></a></li><li class="service-links-google-plus-one"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/weekly-wire-global-forum-271?cid=EXT_WBBlogSocialShare_D_EXT"></a></li><li class="print_html"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/print/7472" title="Display a printer-friendly version of this page." class="print-page" onclick="window.open(this.href); 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The community-driven development (CDD) approach responds well to local development challenges, in that it lets community groups decide how to use resources based on their specific needs and priorities.<br/>  <br/> Implemented by Myanmar's Department of Rural Development, NCDDP now operates in 5,000 villages across 27 rural townships梙ome to over 3 million people梐nd plans to reach about 7 million people in rural communities in the coming year.<br/>  <br/> In this video, Ede Ijjasz and Nikolas Myint reflect on what has been achieved so far, describe some of the challenges they met along the way, and talk about plans to take the NCDDP to the next level.<br/>  <br/> <strong>Related:</strong> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P132500/myanmar-national-community-driven-development-project?lang=en">Myanmar National Community-Driven Development Project (NCDDP)</a></li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnHXxGvU-xY">Video: Empowering Communities for Local Development in Myanmar</a></li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/myanmar">The World Bank in Myanmar</a></li> </ul> <br/> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" itemprop="video" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023if_/https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/619672/sp/61967200/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/29206842/partner_id/619672?iframeembed=true&playerId=kaltura_player_1469217440&entry_id=1_hza7lsbh&wmode=transparent&wmode=opaque" style="width: 690px; height: 400px;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="690">&lt;span itemprop="name" content="Myanmar Community Development"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span itemprop="description" content=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span itemprop="duration" content="102"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span itemprop="thumbnail" content="https://cfvod.kaltura.com/p/619672/sp/61967200/thumbnail/entry_id/1_hza7lsbh/version/0"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span itemprop="width" content="690"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span itemprop="height" content="400"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</iframe> </div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding:5px 0;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/empowering-myanmarm-rural-poor-through-community-driven-development" class="readmore">Read more »</a></div> </div> <div class="taxo"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first">Tags: </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/countries/myanmar" class="tags_url">Myanmar</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/regions/east-asia-and-pacific" class="tags_url">East Asia and Pacific</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/poverty" class="tags_url">Poverty</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/topics/social-development" class="tags_url">Social Development</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/international-development-association" class="tags_url">international development association</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/taxonomy/term/375" class="tags_url">ida</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/sustainable-communities" class="tags_url">Sustainable Communities</a></li><li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/community-driven-development" class="tags_url">community-driven development</a></li></ul></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> <article class="node node-blog node-promoted node-teaser node-published node-not-sticky author-karin-shepardson even clearfix node-published node-not-sticky author-karin-shepardson even clearfix" id="node-blog-1074--2"> <header> <h2 class="node-title node-title"><a href="/web/20161009112023/http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/your-air-conditioner-making-you-cooler-and-world-warmer-we-can-change" title="Your air conditioner is making you cooler, and the world warmer. 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