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Ahead of the two-days Global Parliamentary Forum to kick off the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC, below is a Chair’s Briefing Note on the big debate in global development finance. The link to the survey on seven pre-Forum questions to inform the discussions is here: SURVEY Download PDF NO TIME TO LOSE THE
on 08.04.23
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On behalf of the Parliamentary Network, I want to thank President Malpass for his service as President of the World Bank. Under his leadership the Bank stepped up record levels of support to vulnerable countries dealing with Covid aftershocks, provided robust assistance to Ukraine and Afghanistan and pioneered new tools to
on 21.02.23
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Dear Liam, Thank you for your powerful and heart-felt letter to President Malpass and Managing Director Georgieva. On behalf of the World Bank Group, we are all of course horrified by the ongoing plight of the people of Ukraine, a country that has been a longstanding partner. In addition to the immediate human cost of [&hel
on 28.03.22
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Liam, Thank you for your letter and for making the position of the Parliamentary Network so clear. Indeed, the International Monetary Fund has an important role to play. We are deeply shocked and saddened by the devastating human suffering caused by the war in Ukraine. The scenes of death and destruction are truly painful.
on 28.03.22
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As representatives drawn from diverse parliamentary networks and assemblies, considering the fundamental role of members of parliament in enhancing global health, and in recognition of the need for multilateralism and coordination to address the current pandemic, tackle other infectious diseases and drivers of ill-health, a
on 18.01.22
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In the Philippines we passed two major laws in the early days of Covid. As a quick response, we provided the president with emergency powers to respond and in those early days the question was really the testing capacity. And, then, we had a second law wherein we tackled more technical aspects.
on 13.07.21
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According to the AFME and PwC, for the first half of 2021, “a substantial number of companies may only have cash buffers for 2 to 6 months at normal rates of expenditure, and will therefore need to rely on further government intervention. The currently low number of insolvencies in the EU belies the fragile health [&helli Image: Photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash
on 04.03.21
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From time to time, the Parliamentary Network recruits policy and program staff for its international secretariat based in Paris.
on 19.01.11
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In addition to the network’s Annual Conference and Parliamentarians in the Field visits, The Parliamentary Network also regularly participates in a number of special events including: global summits, parliamentary assembly caucuses and economic briefing sessions.
on 12.01.11
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