One Belt, One Road

On a Wednesday night at the China Oil & Foodstuff Corporation’s (COFCO) training facility located on the outskirts of Beijing, representatives from China’s 23 provinces shared with us their best ideas to promote China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative or the New Silk Road, a cornerstone of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy and economic strategy.  Never heard…

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Top 10 Reasons to Apply for Summer Institute

Executive Course in Reform Communication Strengthen the critical communication skills required to support change agents and reform efforts in developing countries Learn the most recent advances in communication Develop the skills necessary to bring about real change Connect with a global network of development professionals Leverage social and digital media tools effectively Develop communication metrics…

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Accepting Applications for 2015 Summer Institute

The World Bank’s External and Corporate Relations (ECR) Operational Communications unit; the World Bank’s Leadership, Learning and Innovation (LLI) group; the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California are pleased to announce the 2015 Summer Institute in Reform Communication: …

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Summer Institute Alumna in the News

It’s always great to see our colleagues putting the lessons learned in the classroom during the World Bank-Annenberg Summer Institute to good use. Shikha Jha is a Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank in the Philippines and one of our alums. Check out Shikha in action at an anti-corruption conference in Bangkok. She led…

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