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Read MoreThis weekend, the 193 member countries of the United Nations will adopt an ambitious plan to end extreme poverty and hunger, improve the health of the world’s poorest, protect the planet, and address climate change. The usefulness of this plan…
Read MoreReaching an agreement between 193 countries on how to mobilize the finances necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was indeed a notable achievement of the 3rd International Financing for Development Conference. But perhaps more importantly, many of the…
Read MoreUnder the weight of great expectations and the glare of television cameras, delegates gathered earlier this month for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa. Global leaders, civil society and private sector representatives exchanged ideas on…
Read MoreSalvador da Bahia was the colonial capital of Brazil in the 16th century, and although it lost its capital status of the country by the second half of the 18th century, it has remained as “the Brazilian capital of happiness,” thanks…
Read MoreThe release of the joint statement “From Billions to Trillions: Transforming Development Finance” at our Spring Meetings is one of the most satisfying moments during my two year tenure as Managing Director and World Bank Group CFO. My one regret…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, July 10, 2015—The multilateral development banks (MDBs) and IMF today signaled plans to extend more than $400 billion in financing over the next three years and vowed to work more closely with private and public sector partners to help…
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Enabling people and their goods to stay on the move by rebuilding rural roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo; keeping young children in elementary school in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda; setting up low carbon energy…
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