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Climate costs and development together need vast new resources.
discusses why standards, verification, and standardization will be essential to achieve impactful climate mitigation action. wrld.bg/INU950OkOgH
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Jyoti Macwan, General Secretary and a former tobacco worker joins our podcast to discuss women's struggles in India’s labor market.
Hear more: wrld.bg/asAh50On46T
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We want YOU at the #WBGYouthSummit to discuss local solutions to fragility, violence and conflict, climate change, or financial insecurity.
Join us online on May 25-26: wrld.bg/SSEz50OmOp5
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➡️ Persistent inflation to rising debt
➡️ Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
➡️ Climate Change
These topics & more were discussed during this year’s World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings. Read the recap: wrld.bg/AFyl50OkB80 #ReshapingDevelopment
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Responding to surging levels of food insecurity, launched a $6 billion financing facility to strengthen the private sector’s ability to respond to the crisis and help support food production. Learn more: wrld.bg/7zrR50OlRvH
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More than a year since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine continues to face massive humanitarian and financial crises – impacting the global landscape.
Learn how IFC is supporting Ukraine’s economic recovery through our partnership with Horizon Capital: wrld.bg/LR1250O0RBv
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Digital skills are essential for the jobs of the future. Yet, the proportion of female graduates in ICT is as low as 9% in some countries.
Here's how to break down gender barriers and empower women and girls to be #ICT innovators. wrld.bg/bX1750Om01V #GirlsInICTDay #STEM
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#ScalingUp2PhaseDown: ’s new framework to sustain massive financing for scaling up renewables ↑ to phase down coal ↓ in developing countries. #ReThinkingEnergy wrld.bg/RIiK50O4u9Y
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Join us for the launch of the Thematic Note on SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Inclusion and to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB).
May 15 on :
wrld.bg/MgZ850OlRG0 #TogetherWeAreIDAHOTB
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Did you know that weak climate preparedness & adaptation policies, poverty, & labor informality are some of the factors worsening the impact of #ClimateChange on #health in #LatAm & the Caribbean? Recommend this blog to learn more:
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Climate costs and development together need vast new resources.
discusses why standards, verification, and standardization will be essential to achieve impactful climate mitigation action. wrld.bg/tevt50OkOck
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During my conversation with 's , I emphasized the increased debt burden costs in developing countries & rollover risks that threaten debt sustainability.
Read: cnbc.com/2023/05/12/mal
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The era of ultra-low interest rates is unlikely to return, so the ability of countries to borrow and roll over debt cannot be taken for granted.
Creating a more effective debt restructuring system will require a focus on three core areas. wrld.bg/14o250OkOfF
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"1 billion children in developing countries missed a year of school or more.”
Norbert Schady, Chief Economist for Human Development, joined Expert Answers to discuss implications & solutions. wrld.bg/LE2e50OkBfb #InvestinPeople
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The is working hard to integrate climate and development:
✔️Completed #CCDRs in 25+ countries
✔️Delivered ~$29 bn in climate finance in 2022
✔️Align all new projects to the #ParisAgreement as of July 2023.
Read more on ’s blog:
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In Eastern and Southern Africa, IDA is supporting a $2.3 billion program to help countries increase the resilience of food systems + ability to tackle growing #FoodInsecurity: wrld.bg/f81550OkAJA
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LIVE EVENT | In a changing climate, what must cities do to become green, resilient, and inclusive? Join this high-level conversation on the key lessons from our new report.
📅 May 18, 9 a.m. ET wrld.bg/ky1x50OiSh2 #ThrivingCities
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At the end of 2021, the external #debt of developing economies totaled $9 trillion, >double the amount 10 yrs ago. During the same period, the total external debt of the poorest countries nearly tripled to $1 trillion.
Read the 2022 #IntlDebtReport ➡️ wrld.bg/39VC50OkNBS
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The is committed to #inclusion of all people, including sexual and gender minorities. Our event to mark #TogetherWeAreIDAHOTB is a chance to commemorate progress made and consider what more we all need to do:
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When the world struggled with the global COVID-19 pandemic, group led the way in health financing committing $14 Billion, helping more than 100 countries.
Learn more and participate in the #ReshapingDevelopment conversation: wrld.bg/zTKo50OkBaH
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On my first visit to #Malawi in 25 years, I saw tragedy, in the devastation left by Cyclone Freddy, but also hope, with young people stepping up and innovative new projects to boost resilience and growth. The World Bank is proud to stand with the people of Malawi.
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Trade policies can be a risk to global food price stability. But food trade restrictions surged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
As of March 13, 23 countries implemented 29 food export bans, and 10 have implemented 14 export-limiting measures
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#Maldives🇲🇻is leading the way in transitioning to renewable energy and aiming to become a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 with investment in solar panels, battery storage, and cleaner energy sources. Check out my new blog with and .
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Excited to have visited #India and learned more about its efforts to prevent, prepare for & respond to future pandemics. Read my blog on the actions that India has taken & what more needs to be done for #PandemicPreparedness & #HealthSystems strengthening:
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#Agriculture employs 1 out of 3 Bolivian workers.
Thanks to the Rural Alliances Project, thousands of farmers in #Bolivia have access to new technologies and tools to improve their products. Hear more from Rose Mary herself.
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Stronger fiscal policy, increased debt transparency, and a more balanced playing field between creditors and debtors will be essential to create a more effective debt restructuring system. wrld.bg/LlP950OkObN
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In 14 countries worldwide, women have 100% of the legal rights of men:
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain & Sweden.
More data in the 2023 #WomenBizLaw report: wrld.bg/lSpY50OkwmT
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A sharp, long-lasting slowdown is expected to hit developing countries this year. The global economy is projected to grow by just 1.7% in 2023. wrld.bg/LnI650OkAjU #WBGEP2023
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Natural disasters like floods & droughts already push 26 million people into poverty yearly. By the end of this decade, as many as 132 million people could be living in extreme poverty because of #ClimateChange.
Blog by : wrld.bg/AX4U50OkAup
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Ever heard of #GreenFinance? It can help protect the #Amazonia rainforest and promote inclusive and sustainable development. New report: wrld.bg/XBRq50OkvJc
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What impact does unpaid labor have on women’s economic prospects? How can we support them?
🎧On this Development Podcast we explore issues around gender and equality. Listen now! wrld.bg/y9aq50Okule
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Creating debt sustainability will require stronger fiscal policy, increased debt transparency, and—when restructurings are needed—a more balanced playing field between creditors and debtors.
I’ve set out how to make the existing architecture work better:
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Indonesia has the potential to significantly reduce emissions by 2030! Learn more about CCDR's recommendations to strengthen forests & land use and implement a comprehensive energy transition strategy in the #ClimateAndDevelopment Report: wrld.bg/vVey50OjU8U
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IN FOCUS | #Comoros
Comoros' partnership with focuses on job creation, public sector capacity development, and inclusive growth. Here's how: wrld.bg/4JCG50Oj1E1
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Below ⬇️: the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest assessment.
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As we step up efforts to tackle cross-border global challenges, delivering on global public goods will be key to its strategy to end extreme poverty and build shared prosperity in a sustainable manner.
Watch this video to learn more. #ReshapingDevelopment 👇
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Developing countries need vast new resources for development and climate costs.
To achieve volume requires a global asset class based on standards, verification of results, and standardization.
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