The World Bank launched on Tuesday a program that seeks to assist policy-makers and other stakeholders engaged in poverty-reduction work.
Dubbed as “Open Development,” the bank said it is anchored on “access to information, open data and knowledge and open operations and tools.”
“Open Development provides free, accessible and easy-to-use information such as economic and trade statistics, information about development aid and projects and data about populations,” it added.
The Access to Information Policy helps strengthen public ownership and promote transparency and oversight of bank-supported projects.
Open Finances for financial data and budgets and Open Tools for statistical and analytical purposes are used to forecast, measure, compare and track development progress and results.
Right know-how and appreciation of these tools can aid in research and reporting, the World Bank said. It added that it is “actively working” to make its operations and research more open, transparent and accountable and to open up the way it develops its research and knowledge.
The World Bank said it collects a wealth of data and knowledge about its clients and their economies and on complex development topics.
“This information has the potential to improve development projects and spark innovative thinking around development challenges. Opening up our data and development knowledge allows a more robust picture of development to emerge,” it added. –JENNIFER A. NG / REPORTER, Businessmirror
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
