CourseCalendar 2015

As of February 19, 2015
August 01, 2013 - September 13, 2013
Parliaments and Anticorruption

Parliamentary
Corruption can be hard to recognize, but always hinders national development. In this course we explain
what is meant by corruption, where it can be found, its impact, what methods are available for hindering
its progress, and the role for parliaments in reducing corruption.
Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part I

Education
This course helps education professionals make better use of economics tools when making complex
decisions to improve quality, efficiency, equity, and sustainability of education systems. This course will
enhance the knowledge and skills of participants to help them better apply basic economic concepts, such
as education as an investment, costs, efficiency, equality, and financing.
Policies for Growth

Pathways to Development
The story of growth and poverty reduction is much debated in an ever changing world. The challenge in
the 1960s was how to lift low-income countries from a low-growth trap to a reasonably high-growth
path. Fifty years later, many fast-growing economies have emerged, but more than a hundred countries
have been unable to move away from low-growth and high-poverty traps.
August 19, 2013 - August 30, 2013
Carbon Monitoring in CDM Afforestation/Reforestation Projects

Climate-Smart Agriculture - Towards Landscape Approach
Monitoring is important in implementing Afforestation and Reforestation projects under the Clean
Development Mechanism, known as the CDM. This e-Learning course presents the methods for carbon
monitoring in these projects.
Economics of Climate-Resilient Development

Low Carbon, Resilient Development
In this course, you will learn the basics for developing economically viable climate-resilient plans. The
course starts with a review of the scientific consensus on changes in climate patterns and projections to
the future, and explains the rationale for countries to develop climate-resilient plans that will help them
to move away from a business-as-usual development path.
September 04, 2013 - October 09, 2013
Basics of Health Economics

Health Systems Policy Reform
Health economics play an important role in making health systems more effective, efficient, and
equitable. This e-Learning course provides the foundations for participants to better understand health
economics and its potential contribution to decision making in the health sector.
Reproductive Health: From Advocacy to Action

Over the last two decades, important changes have occurred in the policy and program environment for
work on population and reproductive health. These changes embody renewed international commitments
to human rights and gender equity as well as recognition of changing economic, demographic and
epidemiological conditions in countries. The goal of the course is to equip participants with the specific
knowledge and tools needed in their work on reproductive health in countries where health system
strengthening (HSS), budget support for health programs and poverty-reduction strategies are being
implemented.
September 09, 2013 - September 29, 2013
Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings

Cities and Climate Change
This course equips different stakeholders with technical and program management skills, tools and
knowledge on the how of identifying, developing and implementing Energy Efficiency programs in
public buildings.
Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility

This course offers ways to address and better understand the basic concepts underlying competitiveness
and corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is explored from the firm and nation state perspective,
allowing for a consideration of the relative responsibilities and challenges of both the private and public
sectors.
September 10, 2013 - December 10, 2013
Urban Crime and Violence Prevention

Public Safety and Resiliency
This course designed for practitioners strives to enhance the communities' and local governments'
capacity to design, implement and manage effective and sustainable crime and violence prevention and
reduction programs.
Introduction to Disaster Risk Management

This introductory course familiarizes development practitioners with contemporary concepts and
practices in disaster management and discusses the paradigm shift from re-active to pro-active
approaches in this cross cutting field of development.
September 23, 2013 - November 19, 2013
Designing and Implementing Successful Water Supply and Sanitation Utility

Reform
Efficient and Inclusive Service Delivery
To help support reform in the water and sanitation sector, the World Bank Institute has developed this
course to provide government officials, senior managers of utilities, and technical staff with the
knowledge, skills, and tools for initiating and sustaining reform. The course consists of lessons, case
studies, and exercises supports stakeholders to reform water utility programs.
October 02, 2013 - November 19, 2013
Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning

Planning, Finance and Governance
This course provides participants with a functional and integrated understanding of the dynamics of
urban land use and demonstrates how to effectively utilize policies and planning instruments to manage
urban growth and achieve sustainable, equitable and efficient development outcomes.
Integrated Urban Transport Planning

The key objective of the e-learning course is to develop capacity amongst those policy makers and
practitioners responsible for urban transport planning and decision making, to understand urban transport
in all relevant dimensions, and develop urban transport plans, programs and projects that are more
integrated and sustainable.
Emissions Trading Systems: Using Markets to Promote Low Emissions

Development
Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) are a key economic instrument for ratcheting down greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and spurring innovation and investment in low-carbon energy technologies. ETS, also
called cap-and-trade schemes, are conceptually simple but practically complex. This course will guide
you through the theory, practice, and available global experience important to the design,
implementation, and governance of a well-functioning Emissions Trading System.
Street Addressing and Management of Cities

Street Addressing is an invaluable tool for city management, although often misunderstood. It provides
an opportunity to (a) create or update a map of the city that can be used by different municipal
departments, (b) conduct a systematic survey that collects targeted information on the city, its services,
businesses and population and (c) set up a database on the built environment that is, too often,
unavailable. Information collected is associated with an address, thus making it locatable.
Management in Health
Organization and Delivery of Health Services
How to manage a public organization and its staff? How to manage your financial resources? What
should I do with my IT system? Health managers of subnational health sectors around the world are
faced daily with these and other types of managerial questions. Come and discuss management applied to
health care systems with experts.

Policies for Jobs

This course aims takes a hard look at the challenges of employment creation by examining both demandside and supply-side factors. It introduces participants to pragmatic policy prescriptions gathered from
the developmental experience of other countries in the world. In addition, the course examines sector
specific growth-employment linkages, and analyzes low-skill, low-productivity, low-wage, sub-par
equilibrium that traps a number of developing countries.
Policy Instruments for Low Emissions Development: From Design to

Implementation
Transitioning to a lower emissions development path is becoming increasingly important as climate

change poses major challenges to development.This course is designed to help policymakers to apply the
various policy instruments available to reduce GHG emissions while also achieving economic
development goals. In this course, you will learn how to plan, design and implement voluntary and
information-based, regulatory and market-based instruments that will help your country to transition
towards a low emissions development path.
October 28, 2013 - December 20, 2013
Municipal Finances - A Learning Program for Local Governments

The course will enhance the capacity of local governments, particularly of medium and large cities, on
municipal finances, including revenue management, expenditure management, managing local assets and
services, managing external resource mobilization, and performance measurement. The focus will be on
providing tools and how-to instruments to improve the management and transparency of local finances.
Energy Sector Strategies to Support Green Growth

Essentials of Climate Change
This course covers essential aspects of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policies and how they
can contribute to Green Growth Strategies.
Dimensions of Teacher Policy

Education
Teacher policy is a complex and multifaceted area which often evolves through political and historical
events rather than systematic planning. This course will provide a model of the interlinking nature of
teacher policies by describing policies currently in use in different countries around the world and
discuss the impact of those policies. Participants will also learn techniques to analyze policies and
improve policy frameworks for teach provisions, training, and management.
Cities and Climate Change Leadership

Cities and Climate Change, Public Safety and Resiliency
The e-Learning course on Cities and Climate Change Leadership will serve as an introductory course
providing an overview of basic concepts, policies, institutions and financial instruments. Its overall
objective is to encourage city leaders and decision makers to undertake climate actions suitable to local
needs.
November 04, 2013 - November 29, 2013
Frontiers in Development Policy

The world economy is undergoing a major transformation. The economic crises in Western economies,
persistent poverty despite impressive GDP growth in a number of developing countries, and the
emerging prominence of Brazil, China, and India hint at changing global dynamics.
November 05, 2013 - December 05, 2013
Safe and Resilient Cities

The course will expose city officials and practitioners to cutting edge tools on vulnerability assessment,
policy and programs stock tacking and gaps analysis, and finance access. The discussion will also focus
on decision making under uncertainty to identifying options and establishing priorities to make the city
more resilient to climate change impacts and natural disasters.
Saving Energy Through Energy Savings Performance Contracts

This course was developed jointly by Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and
WBIs Climate Change Practice. It is based on international experiences with public sector energy
savings performance contracts (ESPCs) collected by ESMAP during 2008-2009.
Trade in Services and Liberalization

Trade and Regional Integration
International trade and investment in services are an increasingly important part of global commerce.
This course aims to address the rising role of the service sector in international trade discussions and
examine how it has become an important component of the multilateral trade architecture.
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Projects: Soil Carbon Monitoring

In the agriculture sector, until recently, much attention has been given to the adaptation of climate
change, little to its climate change mitigation or carbon sequestration potentials.
Low Carbon Development: Planning & Modelling

This course has four modules - (i) Overview for Policymakers; (ii) Power; (iii) Household; (iv)
Transport - which introduce you to climate change mitigation, explore the concepts surrounding low
carbon development planning on an economy-wide basis and take a detailed look at what this means in
the power and transport sectors and for household electricity use.
January 15, 2014 - February 19, 2014

Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part II

Education
decisions to improve quality, efficiency, equity, and sustainability of education systems.
Policies for Growth

February 03, 2014 - February 28, 2014
Standards, Competitiveness and Development

This e-learning course examines the challenges and opportunities for developing economies associated
with trading in a rapidly evolving and complex global landscape of technical regulations and standards.
Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility

This course offers ways to address and better understand the basic concepts underlying competitiveness
and corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is explored from the firm and nation state perspective,
allowing for a consideration of the relative responsibilities and challenges of both the private and public
sectors.
February 06, 2014 - March 19, 2014

implemented.
February 17, 2014 - March 21, 2014

February 24, 2014 - March 07, 2014

February 26, 2014 - March 19, 2014

March 03, 2014 - March 21, 2014

March 03, 2014 - April 04, 2014
Introduction to Education Statistics and Indicators

Education
The aim of this course is to strengthen participants abilities to understand and use basic statistical
concepts and tools so they can confidently make wise policy choices to improve planning and delivery of
educational services. Topics covered include measurement, graphs, frequency and continuous
distributions, dispersion and central tendency, statistical relationships, correlation, and commonly used
education indicators.
March 03, 2014 - April 25, 2014
Parliaments in Fragile States

Parliamentary
Do you think conflict occurs in a vacuum? You couldnt! There are many factors that play a role. This
course creates an overview of those factors most prevalent in regions prone to conflict and looks closely
at the relationship between democratic governance, development, poverty and conflict.
March 04, 2014 - June 03, 2014

reduction programs.
March 19, 2014 - April 30, 2014
March 24, 2014 - April 11, 2014

March 26, 2014 - April 30, 2014

March 31, 2014 - May 23, 2014

March 31, 2014 - April 25, 2014
Trade in Services and Liberalization

International trade and investment in services are an increasingly important part of global commerce.
This course aims to address the rising role of the service sector in international trade discussions and
examine how it has become an important component of the multilateral trade architecture.
April 02, 2014 - May 20, 2014

April 02, 2014 - May 20, 2014

April 07, 2014 - May 16, 2014
Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part II

Education
decisions to improve quality, efficiency, equity, and sustainability of education systems.
April 07, 2014 - April 27, 2014

Implementation

April 07, 2014 - May 02, 2014
Advanced Poverty Analysis

Growth and Competitiveness
This demanding eight-module course explains how to measure poverty, analyze its causes, and examine
the impact of policies designed to reduce poverty. Using extensive hands-on exercises plus a final
project, the course is designed to bring participants to the point where they will be able to undertake their
own poverty analyses.
April 09, 2014 - May 13, 2014

April 14, 2014 - May 02, 2014

Development
April 21, 2014 - May 09, 2014
Cities and Climate Change Leadership

Cities and Climate Change, Public Safety and Resiliency
The e-Learning course on Cities and Climate Change Leadership will serve as an introductory course
providing an overview of basic concepts, policies, institutions and financial instruments. Its overall
objective is to encourage city leaders and decision makers to undertake climate actions suitable to local
needs.
April 23, 2014 - May 21, 2014

April 28, 2014 - May 23, 2014
Policies for Jobs

This course aims takes a hard look at the challenges of employment creation by examining both demandside and supply-side factors. It introduces participants to pragmatic policy prescriptions gathered from
the developmental experience of other countries in the world. In addition, the course examines sector
specific growth-employment linkages, and analyzes low-skill, low-productivity, low-wage, sub-par
equilibrium that traps a number of developing countries.
April 29, 2014 - June 10, 2014
Results Based Financing in Health

Results Based Financing approaches can help to strengthen core health systems, making them more
accountable and delivering greater value for money, by shifting the focus from inputs to results.
However, countries and development agencies are faced with insufficient RBF-implementation capacity.
This course will help to bridge that capacity gap.
April 29, 2014 - May 16, 2014
Low Carbon Development: Planning & Modelling

This course has four modules - (i) Overview for Policymakers; (ii) Power; (iii) Household; (iv)
Transport - which introduce you to climate change mitigation, explore the concepts surrounding low
carbon development planning on an economy-wide basis and take a detailed look at what this means in
the power and transport sectors and for household electricity use.
May 05, 2014 - May 23, 2014
El Cambio Climtico y el Liderazgo de las Ciudades

Este curso de aprendizaje en lnea discute cmo las ciudades y las regiones urbanas pueden liderar
acciones contra el cambio climtico e integrar la mitigacin y la adaptacin en sus planes de desarrollo.
El objetivo general es de motivar a los lderes y tomadores de decisiones en ciudades y zonas urbanas a
llevar a cabo acciones contra el cambio climtico que sean adecuadas para el contexto y las necesidades
locales.
May 05, 2014 - May 25, 2014

May 05, 2014 - May 31, 2014
Golden Growth: Restoring the Lustre of the European Economic Model

This course will provide a detail analysis of the attributes that makes the European Growth model unique
and highlight its strengths and weaknesses.
May 05, 2014 - May 30, 2014

May 05, 2014 - June 13, 2014
Dimensions of Teacher Policy

Education
Teacher policy is a complex and multifaceted area which often evolves through political and historical
events rather than systematic planning. This course will provide a model of the interlinking nature of
teacher policies by describing policies currently in use in different countries around the world and
discuss the impact of those policies. Participants will also learn techniques to analyze policies and
improve policy frameworks for teach provisions, training, and management.
June 02, 2014 - July 11, 2014
Introduction to Innovation Policy for Developing Countries

Innovation
This course provides an introduction to innovation and innovation policy making. It discusses the
concept of innovation policy, walks through pragmatic strategies derived from principles and experience,
and discusses the government's role in policy making. After completing the course, participants will have
an understanding of innovation, major components of innovation policy, and be able to make policy
recommendations for reforms in his/her own countrys innovation policies.
June 02, 2014 - June 20, 2014

Implementation

June 02, 2014 - June 27, 2014
Parliaments and the Budget

Parliamentary
Budgets affect all of us and are the most important economic policy tool of a government, detailing the
priorities of a nation. In this course, we learn how legislatures ensure that the budget optimally matches a
nations needs with available resources.
June 09, 2014 - June 29, 2014
Violence, Conflict and Fragility

Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
This course explores the nature of modern forms of violence and fragility. It examines approaches to
preventing and managing them, as well as ways in which the international community can support these
processes. The course is organized around the main themes of the 2011 World Development Report.
June 16, 2014 - July 11, 2014
Advances in Financial Sector Analysis and Policy

The recent financial crisis has prompted a profound rethinking of many topics in financial sector
development and has been a catalyst for policy debates on the appropriate role of state in financial
development.
The world has also seen a renewed focus on the need to improve access to financial services to the poor
and unbanked. Progress towards broad based financial inclusion can provide new opportunities to the
estimated 2.5 billion unbanked people in the world.
July 07, 2014 - August 01, 2014
Economic Analysis of Investments

This is a course that will provide participants the opportunity to learn the basic concepts of economic
analysis, identify appropriate tools for economic analysis, use economic analysis on development
projects and think critically about ongoing development projects.
August 04, 2014 - August 29, 2014
Policies for Growth

August 19, 2014 - August 30, 2014




September 09, 2014 - December 09, 2014

reduction programs.
September 24, 2014 - November 11, 2014



October 06, 2014 - October 31, 2014
Gender Equality and Development Womens Economic Empowerment Module

Women's Economic Empowerment
This is the second Module in the Gender Equality and Development Course series. It will focus on new
research findings and analyses on womens economic empowerment from the 2012 World Development
Report on Gender Equality and Development and other sources.

implemented.

Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA)

Debt Management
The DeMPA tool the subject of this course - provides a comprehensive set of indicators for assessing
debt management performance that are based on sound practices in government debt management.





Implementation

Climate Finance Essentials: Innovative Finance for the Climate Change Challenge
This course takes stock of the tested knowledge and practices in climate finance from different
development partners and delivers a unique and timely learning product to build participant capacities in
planning, accessing, delivering, and monitoring climate finance at the national level.

December 02, 2014 - December 23, 2014

Development
January 05, 2015 - January 30, 2015
Economic Analysis of Investments

This is a course that will provide participants the opportunity to learn the basic concepts of economic
analysis, identify appropriate tools for economic analysis, use economic analysis on development
projects and think critically about ongoing development projects.
Innovative Business Models for Better Impact

Business Models, Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Social entrepreneurs often neglect to operationalize essential business functions for their innovations.
Not having a formal business model can prevent entrepreneurs from acquiring capital and maximizing
the scale and impact of their efforts. This course will help social entrepreneurs formalize and validate
their business models.
Policies for Growth




Climate Finance Essentials: Innovative Finance for the Climate Change Challenge
This course takes stock of the tested knowledge and practices in climate finance from different
development partners and delivers a unique and timely learning product to build participant capacities in
planning, accessing, delivering, and monitoring climate finance at the national level.
February 04, 2015 - March 18, 2015

implemented.
February 16, 2015 - March 13, 2015

March 02, 2015 - March 20, 2015
Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA)

Debt Management
The DeMPA tool the subject of this course - provides a comprehensive set of indicators for assessing
debt management performance that are based on sound practices in government debt management.
March 02, 2015 - March 27, 2015

March 02, 2015 - April 15, 2015
Parliamentary Budget Office

Parliamentary
The purpose of this training module is to build on the Parliament and the Budget module by examining in
more detail the work of independent, objective, nonpartisan Parliamentary Budget Offices (PBO) and
their contribution to the budget process.
March 03, 2015 - June 02, 2015

reduction programs.
March 10, 2015 - March 28, 2015

March 17, 2015 - April 07, 2015
Investment Planning toward Low Emissions Development

This course compiles knowledge and lessons learned during the design and implementation of
investment plans funded through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and
the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP). The objective of this
course is to teach policymakers, planners and climate change practitioners how to design and finance
strategic plans and programs for low emissions development that go beyond a project-by-project
approach.
March 18, 2015 - April 29, 2015
March 24, 2015 - April 08, 2015

Implementation

March 25, 2015 - May 12, 2015

March 25, 2015 - April 30, 2015

March 30, 2015 - May 22, 2015

March 30, 2015 - May 25, 2015
Designing and Implementing Successful Water Supply and Sanitation Utility

Reform
To help support reform in the water and sanitation sector, the World Bank Institute has developed this
course to provide government officials, senior managers of utilities, and technical staff with the
knowledge, skills, and tools for initiating and sustaining reform. The course consists of lessons, case
studies, and exercises supports stakeholders to reform water utility programs.
April 01, 2015 - May 19, 2015

April 01, 2015 - April 22, 2015

April 06, 2015 - May 08, 2015

April 14, 2015 - May 12, 2015

April 14, 2015 - April 29, 2015

Development
April 15, 2015 - May 27, 2015
Results Based Financing in Health

Results Based Financing approaches can help to strengthen core health systems, making them more
accountable and delivering greater value for money, by shifting the focus from inputs to results.
However, countries and development agencies are faced with insufficient RBF-implementation capacity.
This course will help to bridge that capacity gap.
June 01, 2015 - June 19, 2015
Climate-Smart Agriculture through Sustainable Land-Water Management

Climate change will impact agriculture and food production and security. This E-Learning course
provides participants with practical knowledge on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the
importance of reducing GHG emissions through policies and practices in agricultural activities,
specifically through better land and water management.

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As of February 19, 2015

August 01, 2013 - September 13, 2013

Parliaments and Anticorruption

Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part I

Policies for Growth

Carbon Monitoring in CDM Afforestation/Reforestation Projects

Economics of Climate-Resilient Development

September 04, 2013 - October 09, 2013

Basics of Health Economics

Reproductive Health: From Advocacy to Action

Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings

Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility

Urban Crime and Violence Prevention

Introduction to Disaster Risk Management

September 23, 2013 - November 19, 2013

Designing and Implementing Successful Water Supply and Sanitation Utility

Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning

Integrated Urban Transport Planning

Emissions Trading Systems: Using Markets to Promote Low Emissions

Street Addressing and Management of Cities

October 23, 2013 - November 27, 2013

Basics of Health Economics

Policies for Jobs

Policy Instruments for Low Emissions Development: From Design to

Transitioning to a lower emissions development path is becoming increasingly important as climate

Municipal Finances - A Learning Program for Local Governments

October 28, 2013 - November 17, 2013

Energy Sector Strategies to Support Green Growth

Dimensions of Teacher Policy

Cities and Climate Change Leadership

Frontiers in Development Policy

Safe and Resilient Cities

Saving Energy Through Energy Savings Performance Contracts

November 11, 2013 - December 06, 2013

Trade in Services and Liberalization

Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Projects: Soil Carbon Monitoring

Low Carbon Development: Planning & Modelling

January 15, 2014 - February 19, 2014

Basics of Health Economics

Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part II

Policies for Growth

February 03, 2014 - February 28, 2014

Standards, Competitiveness and Development

Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility

Reproductive Health: From Advocacy to Action

Street Addressing and Management of Cities

Carbon Monitoring in CDM Afforestation/Reforestation Projects

Introduction to Disaster Risk Management

March 03, 2014 - March 21, 2014

Economics of Climate-Resilient Development

Introduction to Education Statistics and Indicators

Parliaments in Fragile States

Urban Crime and Violence Prevention

Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Projects: Soil Carbon Monitoring

March 26, 2014 - April 30, 2014

Basics of Health Economics

Municipal Finances - A Learning Program for Local Governments

Trade in Services and Liberalization

Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning

Integrated Urban Transport Planning

Economics of Education for Policymakers, Part II

April 07, 2014 - April 27, 2014

Policy Instruments for Low Emissions Development: From Design to