Resources

To support you on your learning journey, here you will find free learning resources such as video and audio clips with international experts, interesting blogs that you can follow, short and practical solution notes and multimedia toolkits. We hope to update this page regularly to feature new resources.

Learning Notes

General

Jobs Drive Development, Transform Socities

Jobs are critical for reducing poverty and providing youth with a brighter future, says the World Development Report.

Pathways to Development

Implementing Reform Initiatives in Solid Waste Management

As societies grow wealthier they create more and more waste. Currently cities generate about 1.3 billion tons of waste per year. This is expected to increase to 2.2 billion tons by 2025. Disposing of it - without harming the environment - becomes a major challenge.

Essentials of Climate Change

Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth

Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change: This book offers a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as an essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change.

Knowledge Exchange

Governance Reform is about Change, Change is about People

A transmedia learning material for reform teams facing difficult challenges in building political will, securing organizational will or mobilizing public will, to achieve development goals.

Innovation

Hackathon Generates Practical Solutions

Experts in nine locations tackle water and sanitation challenges in developing countries.

Pathways to Development

Guide for Designing Results-Focused Capacity Development Strategy

How can you help ensure programs to develop capacity are on the best path to achieve needed results? Steps for Designing a Results-Focused Capacity Development Strategy is a primer for development practitioners based on WBI's approach.

Urban Development

Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP)

The Global Tiger Recovery Program is the last best hope for tigers. Wild tigers are at a tipping point and action, or inaction, in the coming decade will decide their fate.