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There Is No Silver Bullet For Solving Global Poverty

The Horizons Tracker

The government wanted to improve the performance of the program, so teamed up with the researchers and partners at the World Bank to devise some additional interventions. Data was also recorded on the cost of each intervention to allow a cost-benefit analysis to be performed. Promising results.

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A Better Metric for the Value of a Worker Training Program

Harvard Business Review

The United States has thousands of workforce development and training programs, run by the public, social, and private sectors. But according to the World Bank , only 30% of youth employment programs are successful, with many of those offering only marginal benefit. Some are excellent; others, not so much.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business Review

A study of health insurance claims among World Bank staff and consultants found that travelers had significantly higher claims than their non-traveling peers for all conditions considered, including chronic diseases such as asthma and back disorders. So what can companies do to help their employees develop healthy habits while traveling?

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If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Harvard Business Review

Telecommunications company Telefonica is currently developing a “ Data Locker ” scheme that allows users to see their own data, including the social networks of those they talk to and text with. Understand how regulation alters the data cost-benefit analysis. Data Security & privacy Risk management'