Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017

This report presents the results of the 2017 Ideas for Action (I4A) initiative, a youth competition on financing for development that was jointly organized by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton S...

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Main Authors: Mohieldin, Mahmoud, Petkoski, Djordjija
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/171401507106209780/Financing-sustainable-development-ideas-for-action-2017
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spelling okr-10986-284452021-05-25T09:04:24Z Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017 Mohieldin, Mahmoud Petkoski, Djordjija Mohieldin, Mahmoud Petkoski, Djordjija YOUTH IDEAS FUTURE FINANCING SOLUTIONS COMPETITION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER CANCER FISH FARMING DIGITAL CURRENCY PORTABLE TOILET SANITATION WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS This report presents the results of the 2017 Ideas for Action (I4A) initiative, a youth competition on financing for development that was jointly organized by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This is the third year of the competition, and the 2017 winners were selected from among 743 proposals from 118 countries. Today’s youth have the most at stake in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and its associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world’s youth will implement this global agenda, contributing their unique solutions and shaping their future and ours. The I4A competition encourages young people from around the world to develop and share their ideas for innovative approaches, through the smart use of technology, as well as financing solutions, to solve development challenges. The winners were selected through a vigorous three-stage selection process evaluating the creativity, significance, feasibility, and clarity of the proposals. 2017-10-04T22:38:41Z 2017-10-04T22:38:41Z 2017-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/171401507106209780/Financing-sustainable-development-ideas-for-action-2017 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28445 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic YOUTH
IDEAS
FUTURE
FINANCING SOLUTIONS
COMPETITION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
FERTILIZER
CANCER
FISH FARMING
DIGITAL CURRENCY
PORTABLE TOILET
SANITATION
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
spellingShingle YOUTH
IDEAS
FUTURE
FINANCING SOLUTIONS
COMPETITION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
FERTILIZER
CANCER
FISH FARMING
DIGITAL CURRENCY
PORTABLE TOILET
SANITATION
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Mohieldin, Mahmoud
Petkoski, Djordjija
Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
description This report presents the results of the 2017 Ideas for Action (I4A) initiative, a youth competition on financing for development that was jointly organized by the World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This is the third year of the competition, and the 2017 winners were selected from among 743 proposals from 118 countries. Today’s youth have the most at stake in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and its associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world’s youth will implement this global agenda, contributing their unique solutions and shaping their future and ours. The I4A competition encourages young people from around the world to develop and share their ideas for innovative approaches, through the smart use of technology, as well as financing solutions, to solve development challenges. The winners were selected through a vigorous three-stage selection process evaluating the creativity, significance, feasibility, and clarity of the proposals.
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Petkoski, Djordjija
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title Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
title_short Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
title_full Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
title_fullStr Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
title_full_unstemmed Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2017
title_sort financing sustainable development : ideas for action 2017
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/171401507106209780/Financing-sustainable-development-ideas-for-action-2017
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