private sector

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia and Africa’s first elected woman president, on the impact of private sector investment, the urgency of action on climate change, and the resilience of developing countries. 

Last year the World Bank adopted a new “cascade” approach that intended to maximise finance for development by prioritising private solutions wherever possible. In what world would this “cascade” algorithm make sense? Without a good answer to that question, the cascade r...

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on robots in the workplace, multilateral cooperation, and the development potential of blockchain.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on robots in the workplace, multilateral cooperation, and the development potential of blockchain.