The world bank and the Wharton school invites students and young professionals from around the world to develop innovative ideas for financing and implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Ideas for action, now hosting its third global competition, aims to provide young leaders with a unique opportunity to help shape the global development agenda. Past winning proposals include a peer-to-peer hyper local approach to last-mile delivery in Nigeria, a mobile platform that allows users to inform themselves and alert others of traffic and security problems in real time, and a novel micro insurance product for remittance payments in India
WORTH
Winners of the competition will
- Present their ideas at the IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings
- Receive support from a dedicated startup accelerator at Wharton school,
- Benefit from unique networking opportunities with experts from international development, academia and the private sector.
ELIGIBILITY
- Teams must consist of two to six members and may be formed across different schools, institutions, companies and nationalities.
- Students and young professionals between the ages of 18 and 35 from round the world are invited to participate. Youths between the ages of 14 to 18 may participate in the high school initiative, ideas for action 14-18
DEADLINE: February 28 2017
To apply and for more information visit here
