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The World Bank

Putting a Human Face on Policy and Data for World Bank

SDG

SECTOR

SERVICES

  • Impact Documentation
  • Documentaries
  • Interviews
  • Reportage

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • Government
  • Global Donors

PLATFORM

  • Internal Communications
  • International Conferences
A drone shot from one of Newsworthy.Studio's documentary films for World Bank on India's rural roads scheme.

Documenting the transformative impact of the World Bank-supported Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY, India’s flagship rural roads scheme)—Newsworthy.Studio worked on nine observational documentary films across Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Jharkhand to showcase the tangible impact of the construction and upgradation of all-weather roads on lives and livelihoods of people.

The Challenge

Humanise the impact of building rural connectivity

The Outcome

Issue-centric documentary films showcasing first-person narratives and data

An image showcasing a car on a long road with the sun setting in the background
An image showcasing a car on a long narrow road in-between rocky terrain
An image showcasing a drone shot capturing a car on a long road with large trees on either side of it

Capturing PMGSY’s Impact: Nine Documentary Films

These documentary films employ a blend of journalistic and filmmaking techniques to depict the transformations brought about by enhanced road connectivity. They highlight the positive effects on school education, particularly for girls, tourism, small entrepreneurship, healthcare accessibility and administration. Through a careful stitching of data-driven insights and first-person narratives, these documentary films serve as long shelf-life communication tools. They effectively convey the real and immense impact of schemes like PMGSY.

 

Explore our Work

A women in a pink saree and a flowers in her black hair. She is looking at road in the background with her back facing the camera, used as a representative image for a series on gender-based violence

PARI

Shifting the narrative around sexual and gender-based violence

Reportage.

Six key scenes snippets from the documentary surround a map of Bihar on a purple textured background, with the title 'A Midwife’s Confession' and BBC logo in the bottom right.

BBC World Service

Reckoning with the Reality of Female Infanticide in India

Impact Films & Documentaries.

Image from the cover page of Population Foundation of India's 2023-24 report showing a group of students in a classroom, raising hands.

Population Foundation of India

Promoting informed discourse on changing population dynamics

Annual, ESG & Research Reports.