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- Improving the Quality of Health Care in India - Learning How to Get Started : How the World Bank Institute is training India's health personnel to improve services, by Alexandra Humme More

- The Bank Wants to Work Within India's Systems to Improve Projects : Interview of Rachid Benmessaoud, Acting Country Director India, with Outlook Magazine. December 2008 More

- How Can We Deal With Natural Disasters? : by Vinod Thomas, Special to the Economic Times. September 2008 More

- Transition in Orissa : A glass half full or half empty ?More

- Tata Mundhra Project: Frequently Asked Questions on the 4000 MW Tata Mundhra Power Project in Gujarat. August, 2008 More

- Stick to Basics: What should the Indian Government focus on to meet the people's aspirations by 2022 ? By Rachid Benmessaoud and Dipak Dasgupta. Special to Outlook Business, August 14, 2008 More

- Can an Undernourished India Compete? by Meera Shekar. Oped Special to Hindustan Times, February 22, 2008.More

- Will $500 billion close India’s infrastructure deficit? Oped Special to Economic Times by Praful Patel More

- What Can Be Done To Renew Indian Agriculture? by Martien van Nieuwkoop, Lead Rural Development Specialist,and Dipak Dasgupta, Lead Economist, World Bank.More

- India's Economic Challenges by Dipak Dasgupta, Lead Economist, World Bank.More

- Innovation: A Prescription to Revitalize India’s Health System. Oped Special to the Hindustan Times by Peter Berman, April 17, 2007.More

- To Create Good Jobs, Reform Labor Regulations. Oped Special to the Economic Times by Sadiq Ahmed and Shanta Devarajan, February 20, 2007.More

- Knowledge Economy: How can India realize its potential as a major knowledge power? A World Bank study "India and the Knowledge Economy" assesses India's progress and suggests actions to take. Video of presentation| Press Release



Consultations with NGOs

- On May 23 , 2008, as part of its ongoing dialogue with civil society, the World Bank discussed Social Accountability with civil society organizations to explore new ways of putting this principle into practice. Five organizations that have promoted Social Accountability in one form or another shared their experiences. More



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Dec 03, 2008World Bank launches new assistive technologies for the differently-abled to access the internet
Nov 11, 2008Why are Public Works Not Used More Systematically? (HD Learning Week 2008)

What's New

Dec 26, 2008World Bank Group Statement on Debarment of Satyam (What´s New)
Dec 22, 2008The Bank Wants To Work Within India's Systems To Improve Projects (Commentary)
Dec 21, 2008Climate Change: Water - South Asia’s Lifeline at Risk (Feature Story)
Dec 19, 2008What can Africa learn from India’s IT miracle? (Feature Story)
  
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