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Join Now! I usually set aside a block of time after I get up each morning to read about current events. This morning, I noted with pleasure a report Jim Kim posted on Linkedin. http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/ener... Kakuma refugee camp, located in Kenya’s Turkana County, hosts over 150.000 refugees. A new social impact analysis studies the complex effects of the presence of refugees on their hosting community. Dear PSIA CoP Members, Our colleague Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez recently published an interesting blog on the ways behavioral science could help develop and implement better policies. Take a look at the blog... Dear Members, Sophia V. Georgieva, one of our previously featured PSIA Task Team Leders, has been recently interviewed to talk about her study Toward Gender-Informed Energy Subsidy Reforms: Findings from Quali... Dear Friends, Welcome to join our Blockchain for Sustainable Development Global Roundtable Jan.7, 2017 Washington DC BTW, Xiaochen was interviewedby CCTV on China’s innovation process. Here is a ... Dear Members, On December 5, 2016, the PSIA Team held a learning event which featured a candid discussion with TTLs who conducted PSIAs to support World Bank Group’s operations across sectors. Please fin... Dear Members of the PSIA Online Community, We are delighted to share with you the PSIA Glossy report which features a wealth of knowledge, insights, and lessons from successful and innovative practices in PSIA... Dear Members of the PSIA Online Community, The fifth and final annual report is out! The report includes achievements and activities from January 2015 to September 2016, and a thorough final evaluation report ... Dear all, The presentations from the "Global Conference for Prosperity, Equality, and Sustainability - Perspectives and Policies for a Better World", held in New Delhi, are now available on C4D (list of docum... 1) How long have you been involved with PSIAs, the PSIA Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), and have things improved over the years? I’ve been involved in PSIAs since 2000, at the time when the World Bank an... 1) Why PSIA? Why did you choose PSIA over any other bank instrument or product? I think the obvious reason is that PSIA provides teams with dedicated funding - for analytical work but it also opens up the opportun... Key Barriers to Accessing Electricity in Myanmar Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in East Asia with a GDP per capita of US$900 and poverty incidence estimated at 26 percent in 2012. Myanmar is also one of th... This study investigates how migration and remittances affect labor market participation in Senegal. Furthermore, it examines the effect of remittances on human capital development. The results reveal that migration an... I have been reading candidate statements to become the next United Nations Secretary General. Indeed, I have been writing about why it is important that the next Secretary General be a woman. For those of ... Dear PSIA CoP Members, I would like to share with you all an interview conducted by our team when we first launched the CoP. Back then this interview was only featured on our Spark page, as we didn't have a C4... The World Bank Group recently completed a Performance and Learning Review to assess the impact of its ongoing poverty reduction programs in Djibouti. See the main findings at: Assessing Development Impact in Djibouti ... Dear Members of the PSIA Online Community, Please find attached materials from the roundtable discussion Poverty and Social Impact Analysis in DPOs: Challenges and Opportunities held on March 30th, 2016. ... Over the years I’ve been involved in PSIAs that seemed to make a real contribution to a project/policy and those that didn’t (or where it certainly wasn’t obvious). Mulling over how to get th... Please see here the PSIA report "Scaling the Heights: Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Himachal Pradesh" which was produced under a green growth policy operation in the state of Himachal Pradesh in Indi... Accessibility of the Urban Poor in Metropolitan Areas: Case Study of Beijing Since the economic reforms of 1979, China has rapidly urbanized changing the urban landscape of cities like Beijing. Despite the gre...
