On Thursday, June 21, the “World Development Report (WDR) 2018: LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise” Seminar was held in the Soukairo Hall at GRIPS by the World Bank Group, JICA Research Institute and GRIPS. The seminar included speeches by the co-directors of the WDR 2018.

More information on the seminar, including presentation materials, can be found on the World Bank website.

http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2018/06/21/wdr-2018

Keynote speech by Dion Filmer (left) and Halsey Rogers (right),

Co-Directors of the WDR 2018, World Bank Group

GRIPS Vice President Tetsushi Sonobe giving the opening remarks