How useful the WB pages are compared to Wikipedia description? / Kim Ami



The WB page talks about the need to "think of people first" in the development process. In other words, WB reflects the voices of the poor and vulnerable who are exposed to low-income, vulnerability, exclusion, non-responsible institutions, helplessness and violence in the development process. Social development, as WB calls it, is to empower people, build a cohesive and resilient society, and promote social inclusion of the poor and vulnerable by having citizens create accessible and responsible institutions. Meanwhile, social development, as Wikipedia says, is a concept that also applies to political, social and technological advances, including economic development. In other words, it is a slightly broader concept than the WB's social development. So I think social development that WB describes is less useful than Wikipedia explains.
However, since the WB page allows us to identify the strategies of the development process for the poor and examples of WB's projects accordingly, I think WB page is useful if you want to know about economic development.

Q. If you look at WB's projects, they gave financial aid to poor countries. So, do you think supporting the poor is the first step in social development?

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