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Improving Maternal Health in Bangladesh
Editor’s Note: On Thursday, Sept. 16, the World Bank previewed renowned model and maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns' debut documentary, No Woman, No Cry, a powerful portrayal of at-risk...
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WDR 2011’s final stretch
Sarah Cliffe at WDR Advisory Council in Beijing The WDR team is in high gear. As the data collection, analysis and research phase of the WDR comes to an end, we have just held our latest round of...
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The WDR 2011 Flip Challenge!
Ten cameras…six months…192 countries…thousands of highly committed staff and consultants...the easiest, most user friendly camera available. The challenge? To get eye-witness reports on how conflict...
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20 years after conflict: Mauritania
It’s almost time to stop work for the day in the village of Fass in southern Mauritania near that country’s border with Senegal. 38-year-old farmer Omar has been picking eggplant and hot-peppers since...
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WDR 2011 launches new website!
New WDR 2011 Website We are pleased this week to unveil our newly revamped WDR 2011 website. Designed to be more user friendly and to make the World Development Report 2011 accessible to a wider...
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Dangerouser and dangerouser? Aid workers on the front lines
Threatened symbol of neutrality When I was working as a field officer with UNHCR in eastern Sudan in the mid 1980s, the living conditions were tough but we did not fear for our lives. A couple of...
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How to assist fragile countries challenged by weak governance
Alternative aid channels The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the headlines again. This time it’s not about rape and escalating violence in the eastern provinces but because donors are...
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Overcoming past traumas to build a stable future
Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims. Photo by Adam Carr, February 2005. If your child is murdered or your friend is tortured or someone tries to kill you, it is tough to forgive and forget. Animosities...
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Encouraging leaders to do the right thing
“Spare the stick, spoil the child.” Rewarding the rewardable That was the advice from proponents of the tough love approach to parenting that prevailed in Victorian times. Plus ça change. Looking...
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Was Keynes right about fragile states?
Keynes said that “In the long-run we are all dead.” But for people living in fragile states affected by violence, the short run can be deadly too. The challenge is to balance swift action with...
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To vote or not to vote
A vote too soon? Photo © Corbis The wisdom of elections in fragile places is questioned by those who fear they will exacerbate tensions and provoke the kind of violence we saw in Côte d’Ivoire...
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The curse of treasure in fragile states
Bless them. Photo source Wikipedia. As people return from the holiday break in early January, the citizens of south Sudan will be voting in a long-awaited referendum. Polls suggest there will...
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What I Learned from the WDR
I came to the WDR with years of field experience in conflict-affected countries, but I learned some startling things from the exercise. One is that violence today is very different from the violence of...
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Whither Côte d’Ivoire?
Don't assume anything. Photo source FP. The stand-off between Messrs Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara in Côte D’Ivoire highlights the new role of regional organizations in dealing with the...
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A new beginning for Southern Sudan?
A new beginning? Photo: Joseph Kiheri This weekend we saw people lining up all across southern Sudan to vote in a referendum on whether they should remain part of Sudan or become Africa's newest...
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From finger pointing to building confidence in Haiti
Waiting for a signal. Photo: Haiti's Tent City. Edyta Materka. The first anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake has seen a lot of finger pointing. The country's Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive,...
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South Sudan: the dangers within
Rational exuberance? Photo: RRS With a large majority in favor of independence in South Sudan, according to preliminary results from the independent poll body in Juba, the threat of conflict with...
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This post is part of a series of interviews with members of the WDR 2011 Advisory Council. With the ongoing protests and calls for democratic reform in Egypt -- and in other parts of the Arab world --...
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We have heard many calls this past week for free and fair elections to create order, or at least legitimacy, out of frustration and rage. But elections may not always do the trick -- or the many tricks...
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The medium and its message: how new media is changing the dynamic of dissent
Grand old man of the medium Photo: Reckon, Chris Weige The role of cell phones and new media in mobilizing people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia has evinced as much interest in some quarters...
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