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Got wings? Lessons on the survival of the skilled
In a recent exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, “Dinosaurs Among Us,” paleontologists use prehistoric fossil records of bones, feathers, and nests to show that some...
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Giving small people bigger power in Serbian courts
What happens if you have a legal problem but you can’t afford a lawyer? In Serbia, we are one step closer to answering that very question. The average salary in the country is around €365/month, but...
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Can the rubble of history help shape today’s resilient cities?
Ruins of the Church of Saint Paul, following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) [[tweetable]]Did you know that, in 1755, Portugal suffered a catastrophic disaster so severe that...
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Tunisia: Looking ahead or back to the future?
This article was originally published in Huffpost MaghrebI had the privilege recently to spend an unscheduled hour of discussion with a group of young Tunisians who were visiting our offices. As...
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SAFE Trust Fund - Call for 2018 Proposals
The invitation for new SAFE Trust Fund applications is now open until 9 February 2018What is SAFE? SAFE means StrengtheningAccountability and the Fiduciary Environment. It is a Trust Fund program...
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Transitions and Time Lags: Understanding a Dispiriting but Temporary Phenomenon
Photo credit: ColorMakerOriginally published on HuffPost. Having spent much of my working life working with and in countries in transition, it remains painful to watch the disillusionment that so...
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The economic benefits of LGBTI inclusion
Photo: Civil Rights Defenders/Vesna LalicSURVEY: If you consider yourself to be LGBT and/or I, are at least 18 years old, and live in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia,...
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How do courts impact the business climate… really?
Tim Cordell, Cartoonstock.com We know that the justice system dampens the business climate in many of the countries where we work. In Bank reports, national strategies, and in common parlance, we...
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Reforming victim support services: Lessons from Serbia
Photo: Nenad Milic Victims of crime are among the most vulnerable groups in need of government services - from basic information to shelters, hotlines, health and psychological services, legal...
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The key to unlocking the economic potential of the Western Balkans? Women.
Photo:Almin Zrno Since arriving to the Western Balkans nearly one year ago, I have had the distinct pleasure of working with extraordinary people around the region - one of the most interesting and...
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Giving people more power in Serbian courts
What happens if you have a legal problem but you can’t afford a lawyer? In Serbia, we are one step closer to answering that very question. The average salary in the country is around €365/month, but...
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Intermodal connectivity in the Western Balkans: What’s on the menu?
] As in most other regions, trucks reign supreme on freight transport across the Western Balkans, a region that encompasses six countries including: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR...
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New evidence shows the true extent of LGBTI exclusion in Serbia
We know that LGBTI discrimination is not just a personal problem, it is an economic development challenge. Discrimination is not only inherently unjust, but “there are substantial costs—social,...
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Three innovative approaches for managing disaster risks
When Dara Dotz, an industrial designer, travelled to Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010, she saw firsthand the supply chain challenges people were facing that had life threatening...
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Why understanding disaster risk matters for sustainable development
Risk financing, social protection, seismic risk, and open data – these are just some of the key themes that have drawn hundreds of urban resilience and disaster risk management experts and...
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New evidence shows the true extent of LGBTI exclusion in Serbia
We know that LGBTI discrimination is not just a personal problem, it is an economic development challenge. Discrimination is not only inherently unjust, but “there are substantial costs—social,...
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New evidence shows the true extent of LGBTI exclusion in Serbia
We know that LGBTI discrimination is not just a personal problem, it is an economic development challenge. Discrimination is not only inherently unjust, but “there are substantial costs—social,...
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Working Across Borders to Improve Early Warnings in South Eastern Europe
Kalemegdan, Belgrade - Storm over Belgrade in 2012 – Source: Wikimedia Common A massive storm system brought historic flooding across South Eastern Europe in 2014, causing more than $2 billion in...
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Life on the Margins: experiences of LGBTI people in southeastern Europe
At the World Bank, we know that social inclusion is not only the right thing but also the economically smart thing to do. More inclusive societies are more likely to make the most of their entire...
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New evidence shows the true extent of LGBTI exclusion in Serbia
We know that LGBTI discrimination is not just a personal problem, it is an economic development challenge. Discrimination is not only inherently unjust, but “there are substantial costs—social,...
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