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    World Bank turns to MOOC for development finance learning

    As part of a broader effort to prioritize e-learning at the World Bank, the world's largest multilateral donor is offering a massive open online course on financing for development and preparing for the launch of a new e-learning portal at the end of the year.

    By Jeff Tyson // 09 November 2015

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    Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require innovation, partnerships, better data and importantly — money.

    Development and finance experts estimate it will cost trillions of dollars to achieve the SDGs by 2030 and that mobilizing those funds will require getting more than just traditional aid donors on board.

    To help address the looming funding challenge that the SDGs present, the World Bank is offering a free massive open online course on financing for development that will teach participants where funding for the SDGs is available and how it can be mobilized.

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      Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.

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