Jim Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, who passed away this week, had many accomplishments. One achievement that has so far received scant mention in the many tributes to ...

On April 3-4, Margot Brown, World Bank’s Director of the Global Operations Knowledge Management Unit (GOKMU), and Maria Gonzalez Asis, Manager Strategy and Operations GOKMU and Head of the Global ...

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Bulgaria and the World Bank, marks an important shift in our 20-year partnership toward greater focus on knowledge and advisory ...

Even though the World Bank has worked hard over the past quarter-century to establish itself as a “Knowledge Bank” that disseminates the lessons of development, the demand for more and better ...

Over course of the 2010s, the information superhighway came into its own. Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, matured and evolved into mission-critical marketing tools. Businesses ...

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The top news from this year’s BRICS summit was the announcement of a New Development Bank. Headquartered in Shanghai, the bank will become operational in 2016 with an initial capital of US$50 billion.

Since inception, Rana Kapoor brought in a knowledge-driven approach to banking, going above and beyond the traditional realm of banking, making this strategy a key-differentiator for Yes Bank. Under ...

Jim Wolfensohn, an Australian-turned-American who became president of the World Bank in 1995, was a mercurial character. His struggle to tackle the challenges of global development, relying on the ...