The World Bank Group Academy provides capacity development and training to policymakers and development practitioners to help them design and implement effective social and economic policies that reduce poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. The Academy aims to help build a cadre of development leaders and practitioners in WBG client countries.
Using a client-centered, outward-oriented approach, the World Bank Group Academy will deepen the Bank Group’s engagement with clients through technical exchange, peer to peer leaning, and jointly identifying good practices and proven solutions. It also bring World Bank Group knowledge closer to clients through its network of country offices and hubs and leverage the Bank Group’s 80 years of technical expertise and implementation experience.
The Academy offers a range of client capacity development programs that share global development knowledge, cutting-edge analytics, and lessons learned in implementing development strategies and programs including through World Bank Group operations. The Academy will aim to surface many of the lessons of what works in development and share and amplify globally with the goal of replicating and scaling them to achieve even greater development impact. Topics are aligned with global challenges and country priorities. Current featured programs focus on advancing sustainable and inclusive reforms and programs necessary to promote growth, enhance social protection, create jobs, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's).