4.28.2008

Bridging Gender Gaps

For many years women in the developed world demanded equal rights and equal pay with men.

Today they are climbing the ladder of success in the business world, crashing corporate glass ceilings. But how is it for the women of the developing world? Check out our podcast "Bridging Gender Gaps."

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4.18.2008

The Importance of Solar Cooking.

Cooking and saving the planet at the same time? We are going to Kenya to see how it is done and find out how ESMAP a little known department of the World Bank makes it all possible.

You'll also learn how to cook a dish from my country Cameroon! It's all in this edition of On the Move.

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4.08.2008

Reaching Global Goals

Back in 2000 world leaders reached agreement on setting what's known as the Millennim Development Goals - which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary school education - all by the due date of 2015.

Now the world stands at the half way point to those goals - so how are we faring?

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3.20.2008

Jetting around the world in search of ICT!

ICT, Information and Communications Technologies, is a powerful tool for the empowerment of women of the developing world.

In this podcast we are jetting around the world to visit some of these women before returning to the good ole US of A for a lively discussion with Samia Melhem, senior operations officer at the World Bank for part two of our mini series: Gender and Economic Empowerment - the Role of ICT.

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3.07.2008

Putting Cell Phones in the Hands of Women

ICT is the acronym for “Information, communications technology,” a process that is as revolutionary as the industrial revolution. ICT can help us in our efforts to alleviate poverty by empowering women through information and communication technologies.

But this new medium can also have its problems, as it goes head-on against some conservative cultures around the world. Check out the first of our two parts series “Successes and pitfalls of ICT” with our guest Samia Melhem.

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2.20.2008

Conditional Cash Transfer Program

For the past five years, the United Nations has instituted the UN South-South collaboration. This year it turned out to be a South/North collaboration as the mighty metropolis, New York City, adopted a development program created by developing nations.

Called Conditional Cash Transfer, it is a big success in Brazil, Bangladesh and Mexico where it is helping thousands of families. In this podcast Mayor Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs of the Big Apple, Conceptión Gándara of Opportunidades, Mexico and our very own Laura Rawlings of the World Bank discuss the program.

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2.04.2008

Rural Electrification

The Independent Evaluation Group of he World Bank has published a report on the performance of the World Bank on Rural Electrification entitled "Welfare Impact of Rural Electrification."

In this podcast we present a sometimes heated discussion between Howard White, author of the report, who presents the successes and failures of the World Bank in delivering electricity to rural areas, and Anil Cabraal, energy specialist at the World Bank Group who responds to the critics of the independent watchdog.

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1.08.2008

Global Economic Prospects 2008

Growth in developing countries is cushioning the current economic slowdown in the United States, according to a new report from the World Bank. Global economic growth slowed somewhat in 2007, mostly because of weaker performances in high-income countries.

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Perspectives pour l'économie mondiale 2008

La croissance économique mondiale a accusée un léger repli en 2007 en raison du ralentissement de l'activité économique dans les pays à revenu élevé.

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12.17.2007

An Initiative to Achieve Education for All

The Fast track Initiative (FTI), a global partnership between donors and 32 developing countries aims to have all six-year-olds enrolled in Grade One by 2010. This is an important step to reach the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education for all children by 2015.

Desmond Bermingham, Head of FTI Secretariat and Charles Aheto-Tsegah, Acting Director for Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Education of Ghana, are at the FTI conference in Dakar, Senegal.

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