2011 UN LDCs Conference – The Parliamentary Network

A global food crisis is pushing many countries toward famine as hunger levels surpassed all previous records in 2021 as reported by the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure—nearly 40 million more people than during the previous high reached in 2020.

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Parliamentary Dialogue Series: Food, Fragility and Finance

date: 22.06.2022

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On 15 December 2021, World Bank Group’s President, David Malpass, announced the launch of the replenishment process of the International Development Association (IDA), bringing financial support and policy advise to 74 countries. This allocation of $93 billion, the largest in IDA’s history, took place one year earlier t

The Case for Increased Multilateral Cooperation in the Context of IDA20 OPED by the Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, UK, Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF

by The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, United Kingdom, Chair of the Parliamentary Network on 28.03.22

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When the IMF decided to mint $650bn of special drawing rights (SDRs), effectively creating money to be distributed to its 190 national members, it made a powerful weapon in the war on want. But this will only work if the IMF’s shareholders now agree three big steps to move the money out of the vaults and into the assault Image: Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

Rich countries need to share the IMF’s $650bn gift

by The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, United Kingdom, Chair of the Parliamentary Network on 04.08.21

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