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Accelerating Development: Ideas for Impact

Accelerating Development: Ideas for Impact

By: World Bank Institute for Economic Development
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An AI-powered, expert-led podcast on cutting-edge policy solutions for today’s biggest development challenges, direct from our global research network.

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Episodes
  • Episode 23 Can Frontier Markets Deliver Jobs in Time for the World’s Next 2.6 Billion People?

    Episode 23 Can Frontier Markets Deliver Jobs in Time for the World’s Next 2.6 Billion People?
    Feb 6 2026

    1.8 billion people today—and 2.6 billion by 2050. Frontier Market Economies are countries that sit between low-income and emerging markets: more developed than the poorest economies, with some access to global financial markets, but still facing significant structural constraints. This episode dives into the world’s biggest jobs challenge, unpacking why slowing investment, volatile capital flows, and rising debt risks are holding these economies back—and what has worked for those that succeeded. Drawing on insights from the Global Economic Prospects 2026, we explore how smart policy choices can turn demographic pressure into a driver of sustainable growth. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts.

    Read more here at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/a8c9b8ba-4558-4195-9826-1185f0b41283/content
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    12 mins
  • Episode 22 Resilient on the Surface, Fragile Underneath: Inside the Global Growth Downshift

    Episode 22 Resilient on the Surface, Fragile Underneath: Inside the Global Growth Downshift
    Jan 29 2026

    Global growth looks resilient—but is it? In 2025, global GDP grew 2.7%, yet 1 in 4 developing countries is poorer than before the pandemic. This episode looks beyond the headlines to uncover a slowing global economy, deepening divergence, rising debt, and the race to create jobs for 1.2 billion young people. We explore why fiscal rules and private investment may be the difference between a temporary rebound and lasting stability.

    Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts.

    Read the full report here at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects
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    12 mins
  • Episode 21 Sixty Dollars a Barrel: Turning a Global Oversupply into a Policy Opportunity

    Episode 21 Sixty Dollars a Barrel: Turning a Global Oversupply into a Policy Opportunity
    Jan 8 2026

    $60 a barrel. A 2.7 million-barrel-per-day surplus. The global oil market is heading into one of its biggest oversupply moments outside major crises. This episode unpacks what falling energy prices really mean for development—why cheaper oil can create fiscal space, support disinflation, and open opportunities to reform subsidies and invest in growth, while history warns against trying to control volatile markets. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/d08d3ee8-e38a-4f02-8ade-95b9c6075c0b
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    9 mins
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