World Bank's Open Learning Campus (audio)

In this podcast, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

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This podcast disseminates knowledge undertaken by the World Bank Governance and Public Sector Management unit on the legal frameworks of right to information and accompanying implementation efforts in the public sector. It was funded in parts by the Bank Netherlands Partnership Program, the Governance Partnership Facility, and the Nordic Trust Fund on Human Rights.

How is social inclusion measured? How can one know when social inclusion is achieved? This podcast discusses data and approaches that can be used for measuring social inclusion.

This podcast will begin with the reasons for why policymakers should concern themselves with forest governance. It will describe the FAO-PROFOR 3-pillar framework on forest governance. It will discuss how the framework can be used as an assessment tool--for measurement, diagnosis and monitoring forest sector governance challenges.

Tom Nastas, a 25 year Venture Capital veteran, president and founder of Innovative Ventures Inc (IVI), will discuss means to improve financing opportunities to spur innovation and entrepreneurship.He will provide lessons learned from his experience in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia as a trusted advisor to governments and financial institutions helping them scale venture capital, entrepreneurship, technology creation, and commercialization in emerging markets.

Mini sitio del seguimiento a la Sentencia T-760 de 2008 de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia, una herramienta para la transparencia y el control social a la política pública de salud.

In an age of rapid urbanization, the delivery of quality public services by local governments will become more difficult and critical at the same time. The potential for e-Government to help meet these urban challenges has been widely acknowledged but there is a deficiency of e-Government initiatives that are focused on city -- rather than national -- agenda. This podcast, based on the webinar of the same name, is presented by Mr. Frederick Lim, WeGO IT Consultant, accompanied by a City Case Study presentation by WeGO member city, Ulyanovsk Region, Russia, and will provide an overview to the CeDS toolkit. The City e-Government Diagnostic and Solution (CeDS) toolkit, based on a partnership between the World Bank, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and WeGO, was developed and designed specifically for cities.

In this podcast Gavin Munro discusses the main steps governments can take to help private sector investment in infrastructure through public-private partnerships and other development tools.

Mini sitio del seguimiento a la Sentencia T-760 de 2008 de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia, una herramienta para la transparencia y el control social a la política pública de salud.

In an age of rapid urbanization, the delivery of quality public services by local governments will become more difficult and critical at the same time. The potential for e-Government to help meet these urban challenges has been widely acknowledged but there is a deficiency of e-Government initiatives that are focused on city -- rather than national -- agenda. This podcast, based on the webinar of the same name, is presented by Mr. Frederick Lim, WeGO IT Consultant, accompanied by a City Case Study presentation by WeGO member city, Ulyanovsk Region, Russia, and will provide an overview to the CeDS toolkit. The City e-Government Diagnostic and Solution (CeDS) toolkit, based on a partnership between the World Bank, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and WeGO, was developed and designed specifically for cities.

In this podcast Gavin Munro discusses the main steps governments can take to help private sector investment in infrastructure through public-private partnerships and other development tools.

Acceso a los cuidados de salud en América Latina: Del derecho a la salud al ejercicio del derecho a la salud Colombia

Acceso a los cuidados de salud en América Latina: Del derecho a la salud al ejercicio del derecho a la salud Chile.

Excluded people exist in all countries, making social inclusion a universal concern. It is relevant for developing countries and for developed economies. It is also an important element of the post-MDG development agenda. For policy makers and development practitioners, understanding the underlying processes of exclusion and inclusion is an important step in diagnosing and addressing the problem. This podcast is an introduction to fundamental concepts and processes related to social inclusion. It will provide answers to questions such as “What is social inclusion?” and “Who gets excluded and why?” The presenter will draw important distinctions between social exclusion and related concepts of inequality, poverty, and discrimination. The session will use definitions, operating framework, and examples from the recent World Bank Group report “Inclusion Matters” and from other relevant publications on the subject.