Data Privacy is more relevant now than ever and has become central to how an organization can maintain trust and safeguard the data they collect or process. The World Bank Group Data Privacy Day is the flagship event to help raise privacy awareness—internally within the World Bank Group and externally—to promote data protection best practices and maintain trust in the institution.
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The absence of adequate independence and capacity can impair a Supreme Audit Institutions’ ability to support the fight against corruption and to assess the value for money of government programs. How can we strengthen the independence and capacity of SAIs? Watch the launch of the 2021 Global SAI Independence Index.
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Before there was COVID-19, a number of jurisdictions have created successful online courts specializing in resolution of civil and commercial matters including the UK, Canada, US, Australia and Singapore. These were referred to as one of the Online Dispute Resolution tools. With the pandemic and ensuing lockdowns, countries with necessary technology moved some parts of traditional courts online and the distinction between online courts and traditional courts became blurred...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward key issues in the area of privacy policy. As global leaders, institutions and the private sector rely increasingly on personal data to acquire information on individuals and communities in the fight against COVID-19, many concerns remain about how information is collected and used. This session will explore the Google and Apple’s Exposure Notification initiative as well as how contact-tracing technologies have been successfully used in several countries in their response to COVID 19.
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Corruption has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable, increasing costs and reducing access to services, including health, education and justice. Corruption also impedes investments needed to achieve growth and development objectives while eroding trust in government and undermining the social contract. The World Bank has undertaken a fresh assessment of challenges governments face in tackling corruption, what instruments tend to work and why, and how incremental progress is being achieved in specific country contexts. This flagship report is a timely piece of work that shows positive examples of how countries are progressing in their fight to #EndCorruption. Join us LIVE as we discuss the report and its findings with an expert panel about how the lessons learned can guide policy makers and anti-corruption champions.
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The pandemic has exposed the benefits of a stronger, flexible, and more responsive civil service which can incorporate risk management and has access to contingencies in an emergency. It has also stressed the need for sound procurement policies, systems and processes. Helping countries procure lifesaving goods and services on an emergency basis is critical to blunt the impact of COVID-19.
Emerging lessons from the immediate response to the pandemic point to the need to adapt models of government operations, service delivery, and interactions with citizens, which include GovTech options for modernization of services to citizens and businesses. Join us LIVE as we discuss these issues with Edward Olowo-Okere, Global Director for Governance at the World Bank.
Related Links:
Covid-19 (Coronavirus): World Bank Live Interview and Panel Series
COVID-19 World Bank Response page
Governments and Institutions COVID-19 Response Resources
World Bank Topic Page: Governance
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The abuse of anonymous company structures to conceal wealth by individuals, groups, and corporations is an obstacle for domestic resource mobilization, inclusive growth, and accountable institutions.
The issue of beneficial ownership transparency took centerstage during Ending the Shell Game: A New Global Norm for Beneficial Ownership Transparency, an expert panel discussion held in the World Bank’s Preston Auditorium on December 9, 2019, International Anticorruption Day.
World Bank’s Vice President of Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, started the conversation by stressing the corrosive effects of corruption on public trust in institutions and the World Bank’s twin goals of poverty reduction and inclusive growth. The panel discussion was moderated by Thom Townsend, Executive Director of Open Ownership with a diverse set of experts: Rhoda Weeks-Brown, General Counsel and Director of IMF’s Legal Department; Alex Cobham, Chief Executive of Tax Justice Network; Andrej Leontiev, Partner, Taylor Wessing; and David Szakonyi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University.
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An interdisciplinary discussion on the role of law on how to harness the risks of technological advances to achieve long-lasting development solutions.
Technologies are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution and disrupting traditional legal frameworks. The rapid technological advances can accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs and the World Bank Group’s goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity, but these also bring unprecedented risks that lead to rising inequality, job loss, exclusion, data privacy, bias, security, and loss of societal trust.
How can the law facilitate the use of disruptive technologies to shape the sustainable economies of the future? And how can it tackle the risks and challenges brought forward by rapid technological advances?
This keynote panel of the Law, Justice and Development Week 2019 will feature an interdisciplinary discussion on the advances of technology, the challenges posed by technological expansion, and the subsequent impact on global development solutions.
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Is engagement in behavior change through partnerships with entertainment media a cost-effective way to improve attitudes and behaviors at scale? What are the ethical concerns of changing cultures and norms? What contributions can we make to the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG) targets?
Join top experts of the World Bank Group, MTV, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Impact(Ed) International (formerly Discovery Learning Alliance) in a debate on the use of entertainment media to change social norms and behaviors.
Discover how development projects with a behavior change objective have partnered with entertainment media to reach large segments of a country and a region, review the results of communication and evaluation research on how it works.
Debate how traditional interventions can incorporate entertainment media, from community sensitization campaigns to social media.
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Opening Remarks: Pascale Helene Dubois, Integrity Vice President, World Bank Group
Plenary Session: “Coalitions Against Corruption: Building Trust, Promoting Integrity, Ending Impunity”
More than almost any other global agenda, anti-corruption work is multidisciplinary: it involves sociology, law-enforcement, and economics, to name a few. It requires work on the local, regional and global levels. And no one person or sector can solve the complex problems corruption poses. It is essential for people from different perspectives to work together to deter, discover and sanction crimes of corruption.
This event is designed to explore the ways in which international cooperation – between law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, or international organizations – can further the fight against corruption. On the panel will be leaders of the institutions that are setting global standards, encouraging best practice, and enforcing positive norms in anti-corruption. The audience will be made up of true, on-the-ground corruption-fighters: heads of anti-corruption agencies, investigators and public prosecutors from around the world.
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