Open Learning Campus - World Bank Group Courses

e-Learning on Digital Agriculture

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Agriculture is no exception to digital revolution, going beyond a simple adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). According to ICRISAT, digital agriculture is defined as “ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delive…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Carbon Taxation

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Recent years have seen renewed and growing interest in policy instruments that put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the adoption of carbon taxes. About half of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by governments under…

• Independent
• 12 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Data for Better Lives: A New Social Contract

With this course, explore the 2021 World Development Report (WDR) and how data can be used for advancing development outcomes. Learn about the principles of a new social contract for data and data governance needed to transform lives for the poor.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 6th Oct, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Solid Waste Management

Solid waste is one of the most pressing issues of our time. World over, people are generating greater amounts of garbage without much thought. The phrase “out of sight, out of mind” holds true for many of us when it comes to waste issues. Once garbage le…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

e-Learning Course on Urban Rail Development

Appropriately planned and properly implemented as part of a larger public transportation network, urban rail systems can provide rapid urban mobility and vital access to city centers from surrounding districts. Improving transportation enhances quality o…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains - Word Development Report 2020

Global value chains (GVCs) now account for almost half of all international trade. In this age of global value chains, learn how GVCs can become more sustainable and inclusive. Explore the ways in which countries can work together to create deeper reform…

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

e-Learning course on Railway Financing

eLearning course on Railway Financing is based on the publication “Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance”. The starting point of this e-learning course is a fundamental characteristic of railways—that railway are very capital inte…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

e-Learning course on Appraising the wider Economic Benefits of Transport Corridor Investments

Transport corridors—large highways, railways, and waterways connecting countries and continents—offer enormous potential to boost Asia’s economic growth, spur job creation, and reduce poverty, if the new trade routes spread their benefits widely and limi…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics

This course is based on the World Bank’s Urban Upgrading for Inclusion, Sustainability and Resilience in a time of Global Pandemics. The course focuses on the conceptual and operational aspects of designing, implementing and sustaining a slum upgrading i…

• edX
• 4-5 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

GREENTECH: Mainstreaming Technologies in Green, Blue and Clean Operations

This course is based on the World Bank’s GREENTECH: Mainstreaming Technologies in Green, Blue and Clean Operations. This learning framework will build on work being done to e-package Korean innovation in a new way to showcase sustainable development (wit…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Think Road Safety – Road Safety Training for External Partners

This course is based on the World Bank’s “Think Road Safety – Road Safety Training for External Partners”. The course focuses on the road safety, impacts caused by injuries and deaths, global data on mobility, and the global plan of action for safety imp…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 1 week long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

e-Learning course on Innovative Business Models for Expanding Fiber-Optic Networks and Closing the Access Gaps

This course is based on the World Bank’s Innovative Business Models for Expanding Fiber-Optic Networks and Closing the Access Gaps report. It reviews and provides guidance on innovative business models and approaches to the deployment of high-speed broad…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

e-Learning Course on Smart City

This course is based on the World Bank’s “Smart City”. This course will make an overall introduction to global smart city development in order to inform the leaders in smart cities and communities. The course will enable the course takers to make a step…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Passive Urban Cooling Solutions

This course is based on the World Bank’s Passive Urban Cooling Solutions. This course will make information about the nature of rising urban heat, its challenges, and mitigation/adaptation options widely accessible. It will introduce viewers to the Prime…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Smart Cities for Sustainable Development

This course is based on the World Bank’s “ Smart Cities for Sustainable Development ”. The course is structured around four thematic areas to which smart cities can contribute: Green, Smart, Development, and Vision. Four weeks study will introduce variou…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)