World Bank - Economic Development Institute

Time: Friday Mar 11, 1955

Place: Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: The World Bank Institute (WBI) was a "global connector of knowledge, learning and innovation for poverty reduction". It aimed to inspire change agents and prepare them with essential tools that can help achieve development results. WBI had four major strategies to approach development problems: innovation for development, knowledge exchange, leadership and coalition building, and structured learning. World Bank Institute (WBI) was formerly known as Economic Development Institute (EDI), established on 11 March 1955 with the support of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations.

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On This Day - 11 March

Napoleon-Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy

Friday Mar 11, 1796 - Italy

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Sunday Mar 11, 1810 - Augustinian Church, Vienna, Austria

Abraham Lincoln-Edward Baker Lincoln

Wednesday Mar 11, 1846 - Springfield, Illinois, U.S.

Revolutions of 1848-Sonderbund War

Thursday Mar 11, 1847 - Switzerland

Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln removed McClellan

Tuesday Mar 11, 1862 - U.S.

March 1955

Algerian War-Rabah Bitat was arrested by the French

Mar, 1955 - Algeria

Neil Armstrong-Armstrong made his First Test Flight

Tuesday Mar 1, 1955 - Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Martin Luther King-Claudette Colvin

Wednesday Mar 2, 1955 - southern United States, Dixie, Dixieland, U.S.

Jair Bolsonaro-Birth

Monday Mar 21, 1955 - Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil

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Juan Carlos I-Joining The Army

1955 - Military Academy, Zaragoza, Spain.

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