Over three days in December 2022, sixty-eight government and World Bank representatives from 12 EAP and ECA countries gathered in Vientiane, Lao PDR, to share experiences with implementing community

Ashutosh Raina, Camila Linneman, Jana El-Horr, Parmesh Shah, and Susan Wong Two years into the pandemic, growth in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is projected to remain substantially below

LOUISE CORD, AUDREY SACKS, STEPHEN WINKLER MARCH 30, 2022 Uganda’s northern district of Adjumani borders South Sudan and is home to around 244,000 refugees. If you visit, you may be surprised not to find the

DITTE FALLESEN | CAMILA LINNEMAN | MARIA LORETO PADUA | APRIL 25, 2021 October 2020, COVID-19 response facility in Barobo, Surigao del Sur. ©Department of Social Welfare and Development When COVID-19 hit the Philippines and

CDD Community Blog Learning, sharing, connecting: this is what a community should be.    At the recent Asia-Pacific Conference by the Community-Driven Development (CDD) CoP, 65 participants from 15 countries

Dear CDD Community:   Last week, CDD held its fourth Asia-Pacific Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Practitioners from the World Bank, partner agencies, and government officials gathered to discuss best

On November 30, the CDD Global Solutions Group hosted a BBL featuring Benjamin Burckhart, a senior social development specialist at the World Bank based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He and his

On November 9, 2017, the CDD Global Solutions Group and the Rural Livelihoods & Agriculture Employment Global Solutions Group hosted representatives from TechnoServe, an organization that seeks to harness the

The conflict in eastern Ukraine, now in its fourth year, has killed over 10,000 people, displaced 2.7 million, and directly affected over 4 million people. Besides the human cost, the

With the end of the 16-year-old National Solidarity Programme (NSP) and the start of the Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program, Afghanistan is on the verge of a new wave of