Catalog of Learning Activities

Catalog of Learning Activities

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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth

Capital Flows and Financial Regulations Knowledge Exchange

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-034
Dates: 15 Mar 2010 to 19 Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
   

Activity Description:
This policy seminar provides cutting edge analysis of the current issues in financial market turbulence and widening global imbalances, coupled with the heightening of risks to financial stability and global economic growth arising from (1) unprecedented More Information »

Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty: Advanced Poverty Measurement and Analysis E-Learning Course

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-055
Dates: 30 Nov 2009 to 19 Dec 2009
Location: Online, World Wide
   

Activity Description:
Over a period of three weeks, this ten-session on-line course on poverty analysis will emphasize the measurement and interpretation of poverty dynamics, or how poverty changes over time, and the concept of vulnerability to poverty. More Information »

Jobs for a Globalizing World: World Bank Labor Market Policy Core Course

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-028
Dates: 29 Mar 2010 to 09 Apr 2010
Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
   

Activity Description:
“Jobs for a Globalizing World: Labor Market Policy” is a two week course offering a unique learning experience on how employment is being transformed in today's rapidly changing, globalizing environment. It builds on the latest research findings by the More Information »

Preferential Trade Agreements for Development: Issues and Implications Course (joint with TRAPCA)

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-042
Dates: 30 Nov 2009 to 04 Dec 2009
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
   

Activity Description:
Preferential trade agreements are an increasingly present feature in trade policy making, with many countries belonging to more than two agreements. Agreements are also becoming more complex as the scope of cooperation covered goes well beyond industrial More Information »

Strategic Choices for Education Reform Core Course (English)

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-061
Dates: 08 Mar 2010 to 19 Mar 2010
Location: Washington, United States of America
   

Activity Description:
The program consists of a number of events,combining face-to-face and DL modalities, including video-conferencing and e-learning modules conducted before and after the face-to-face seminar. Subsequent to this seminar, follow-up support through distance More Information »

Trade Policy for Development Executive Course

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-016
Dates: 05 Apr 2010 to 09 Apr 2010
Location: New York and Washington, DC, United States of America
 

Activity Description:
This flagship trade policy course, offered jointly with the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, will emphasize the economic and development implications of trade policy and negotiations (be it at the unilateral, multilateral, More Information »

WBI-trapca Course on Agricultural Trade and Export Development in Africa

Learning Activity ID: GCR10-00-059
Dates: 15 Feb 2010 to 19 Feb 2010
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
   

Activity Description:
The Agricultural Trade and Export Development in Africa course, jointly organized by WBI and TRAPCA, fleshes out the key issues that are of special interest to African decision-makers and discusses the strategic agricultural trade and export development More Information »