WASHINGTON, October , 2010 —The World Bank Group is releasing a wide range of tools and technology applications to empower more collaborative and effective solutions to global challenges, as part of the institution’s commitment to “Open Development.”
“We are working to make data analysis and modeling tools more user-friendly, so that researchers, civil society, and [...]
[CAPE TOWN] Scientists have reversed the action of the humble herbal tea bag to purify water on a small scale. Instead of infusing water with flavour, a sachet sucks up toxic contamination when fitted into the neck of a water bottle.
The researchers, at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, hope communities that have no water-cleaning facilities [...]
[Highlight] The World Bank signed an agreement with private and public sector partners to collaborate on a joint effort to improve the lives of citizens, including in Africa, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
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Despite gains in the second half of the 1990s, SubSaharan Africa (Africa) enters the 21 st century with many of the world’s poorest countries.
African Diaspora―defined as peoples of
African descent/origin living outside the continent―play an increasingly
important role in the continent’s development, both through the financial
resources they send back to their home countries and through their professional expertise. According to a 2005 World Bank report, remittances flows from the African Diaspora are in excess of [...]
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