Speech delivered by Sir Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD President, at ‘Enabling the Private Sector to Support Refugee-Hosting Communities’ event at EBRD HQ on 3 February 2016. Good afternoon and welcome to the EBRD. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. I know…
Read MoreCountries should drive their own development, but working together, the international community can turn the picture of sustainable development envisaged by the Sustainable Development Goals from aspiration into reality, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. In a discussion at the…
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International trade has been a driver of growth, job creation, and poverty reduction in many countries. Thus, it makes sense that the ongoing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), pending agreement by world leaders this week, include targets related to international trade.…
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 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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