How do ideas move from experience to action?
This short interview series introduces the people behind World Bank–supported programs and Korean partner institutions working together to adapt proven approaches to today’s development challenges.
Through brief, introductory conversations, the series highlights how Korean institutions and World Bank teams—working through the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund—are collaborating across agriculture, industry, digital systems, urban development, and environmental restoration. Each film offers a snapshot of who these partners are, what they bring, and how shared experience helps shape solutions that can travel across countries and contexts.
Meet the partners and teams translating experience into practical development solutions.
Together, these interviews provide an accessible entry point into a broader body of work—showing how partnerships form, how ideas are exchanged, and how global experience informs country-led action.
🎥 Strengthening Rural Livelihoods Through Practical Innovation
From Korea’s Rural Transformation to Global Impact: Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC)
How can Korea’s rural development experience inform global practice?
In this short film, Chunjin Kim, Deputy Director, Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC), introduces the Korea Rural Community Corporation, a K-Partner working with World Bank teams through the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund.
Drawing on Korea’s post-war rural transformation, KRC brings hands-on experience in agricultural infrastructure, rural data systems, digital advisory tools, and farmer training. The interview offers a brief look at how this expertise is being shared with client countries seeking to strengthen rural livelihoods amid climate stress and market change.
Meet KRC and learn how rural experience is being adapted globally.
🎥 Greener Industry, Better Jobs: Introducing Sustainable Industrial Development in Fragile Contexts
How can greener industry support jobs and exports in fragile settings? This film introduces a Korea Green Growth Trust Fund–supported initiative in Haiti focused on sustainable industrial development.
Featuring Etienne Raffi Kechichian, Senior Private Sector Specialist at the World Bank, the interview provides an overview of how an initiative originally centered on green technologies for industrial parks has adapted to a challenging context—while continuing to build the foundations for future competitiveness, resilience, and job creation.
Meet the team exploring how green industry can support long-term opportunity.
🎥 Digital Agriculture Through Whole-of-Government Collaboration: Building Integrated Crop Advisory Systems
This interview introduces the KGGTF program and its work across government agencies in Honduras to establish an integrated digital agriculture system that delivers timely crop information to farmers.
The conversation with Francisco Bueso Ucles, Senior Agriculture Economist, highlights how coordination across institutions—and the smart use of data—can improve decisions on planting, inputs, and risk management. It offers a glimpse into how digital systems can strengthen agricultural services and farmer resilience.
Meet the team working to connect data, institutions, and farmers.
🎥 From Abandoned Mines to Jobs and Biodiversity
What can be done with abandoned mines?
This interview introduces KOMIR and Korea’s experience rehabilitating thousands of former mining sites—many transformed into tourist destinations, museums, and biodiversity centers that create local employment.
The film with Sunbaek Bank, Director of Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (KOMIR) offers a concise look at how environmental remediation and economic revitalization can go hand in hand, and why Korea’s experience is relevant for countries facing similar post-mining challenges.
Meet KOMIR and explore how restoration can support jobs and ecosystems.
🎥 Smart Farming for Climate-Resilient Agriculture: Piloting Digital Solutions in Central Asia
This film introduces a new smart farming initiative supported through the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund, piloting two technology-enabled farms—one focused on dairy and the other on horticulture.
The interview with Tahira Syed, Senior Rural Development Specialist and the World Bank provides an overview of how digital tools and targeted technical assistance are being tested within existing World Bank operations, offering early insights into scalable approaches for climate-resilient agriculture.
Meet the team piloting smart farms for the future of agriculture
🎥 Bridging Regions Through Better Coordination
Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
How can countries ensure development reaches all regions?
This interview features Seong-Ik Oh, Director General, Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, introducing Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and its approach to coordinating central and local governments.
Drawing on Korea’s experience, the conversation highlights how policy alignment and institutional cooperation help deliver infrastructure, services, and opportunity more evenly—offering relevant lessons for countries grappling with regional disparities.
Meet MOLIT, and learn how coordination supports inclusive growth.
Sharing What Works, One Conversation at a Time
Taken together, these short films offer an introduction to the partners, teams, and ideas behind World Bank–supported initiatives—showing how shared experience, collaboration, and practical learning help turn knowledge into action.
Watch the full interview series to meet Korean partners and World Bank teams working across sectors to adapt proven solutions for diverse country contexts.