Series - Knowledge and learning events

Identity area

Reference code

WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_88-03

Title

Knowledge and learning events

Date(s)

  • 1985, 1997 - 2005 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

3.11 linear feet of textual records

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records were transferred to the Archives by the Education Team, Human Development Network (HDNED) and predecessor units in multiple transfers between 1992 and 2011 in accordance with approved records schedules.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Series consists of records related to a variety of conferences, seminars, and other knowledge and learning events organized or attended by senior management and staff across the sector's units. Records include internal memoranda, incoming and outgoing letters, agendas, presentation slides, course or training materials, and copies of journal articles and papers.

Many records document HDNED Director Ruth Kagia's participation and presentations in various conferences and other external and internal events. There are files containing mostly presentation slide transparencies outlining Poverty Reduction and Strategy Paper (PSRP) training, as well as Kagia's presentation to the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference on User Fees in Education held 23 April 2001 discussing the World Bank's position on user fees. Also includes Kagia's paper presentation at the 2002 International Conference of the Centre of African Studies under the topic of new approaches to African development that are filed with letters from conference donors, a list of participants, invitations, and copies of papers presented by other speakers.

Records related to Human Development Week 2000 contain talking points and data under the heading of poverty and human development, including an overview of Human Development Network (HDN) goals, immediate indicators, and future indicators. There are also hard copy emails to and from Kagia and other Bank staff including Human Development Poverty Reduction Economist Michael Walton regarding planning and content, course materials, and communications and evaluations for Humane Development Learning Week (2003).

The series also contains records of Bank-hosted and organized learning events. These include the global Early Childhood Development (ECD) Conference hosted by the Bank in April 2000 to address the benefits and challenges of investing in early child development. The records include some administrative correspondence on preparation and planning of the conference. There is also a file related to the Bank seminar on the international development goals for multilateral development partners and member country development institutions, hosted in March 2001 and organized outside of HDNED, but which Kagia attended. Included are the list of participants, agenda, data slides, background papers, and reports.

A variety of other files relate to: briefing materials and key education documents for various conferences and seminars attended by sector staff as well as Bank President James D. Wolfensohn (1997 - 2003); minutes, report of the Knowledge Board and staff learning progress report (2004 - 2005); year-end reports, evaluations, activity initiation report status and course descriptions (1999 - 2000).

There is also a small volume of records pertaining to the Seminar on Public Expenditures that was developed by the Education Policy Division (EDTEP) and held in 1985.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Records are arranged by subject.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Records are subject to the World Bank Access to Information Policy.

Conditions governing reproduction

Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

Language of material

  • English

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Related units of description

  • See Records of the Education Sector - Director and Front Office records (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_88-01) for other records related to the management and oversight of the sector staff training program, and other training activities.

  • See Records of the Education Sector - Operations research (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_88-10) for records regarding conferences, workshops, or other events attended by sector research staff, including the Research Priorities in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Conference.

  • See Records of the Education Sector - Partnerships and program collaboration (WB IBRD/IDA WB_IBRD/IDA_88-02) for records regarding the World Conference on Education for All (WCEFA) and Bank partnerships with multilateral development partners, NGOs, and other external organizations in the education sector.

  • See Records of the World Bank Institute (WB IBRD/IDA WBI) for records related to education sector training program and courses.

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Rules and/or conventions used

Internal World Bank Group Archives rules

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Dates of creation revision deletion

05 February 2020

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