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The Global Parliamentary Forum on the side lines of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings engages legislators in a dialogue on matters related to development and the global economy with their parliamentary peers, World Bank Group and IMF management, and other stakeholders. It serves as a platform to set the context around
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date: 6.10.2022
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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.
date: 22.06.2022
| location: Online
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The worldwide community is making efforts to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19 and counteract the impact of the health pandemic on the global economy, employment, and human capital. The crisis underscored the strong links between human and planetary health; natural disasters, ecosystem loss and other climate shocks will
date: 18.04.2022
| location: Online
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The Parliamentary Dialogue Series is an initiative of the Parliamentary Network supported by the World Bank Group and the IMF to discuss the most pressing and pertinent development issues, on a quarterly basis.
date: 23.03.2022
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This event will give participating Members of Parliament exclusive access to high-level spokespeople from across the World Bank Group to learn about the organization’s structure, mandate, operations, results, challenges and priorities. They will have the opportunity to dialogue directly with World Bank Group representativ
date: 22.02.2022
| location: Online
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As G7 finance ministers and governors of central banks gather at the G20 meetings on 30th and 31st October, they face a choice: end the pandemic soon or watch new variants wreak social and economic havoc across the world. G7 nations have delivered just 20 per cent of the vaccines they promised to poorer nations, […]
date: 16.11.2021
| location: Online
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The next Global Parliamentary Forum will take place virtually ahead of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group & IMF, from 6-8 & 11 October 2021, with the overarching theme “Building Back Stronger, Fairer and Greener”. The Virtual Global Parliamentary Forum at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings (AMs) gathers
date: 6.10.2021
| location: Online
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Visual Summary of the Meeting, by Zara Fina
date: 17.06.2021
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Visual Summary of the Meeting, by Zara Fina
date: 10.06.2021
| location: Online
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The impact of COVID-19 is testing the MENA region’s resilience, risking exacerbation of regional competition and political instability as well as fragility in some cases. The pandemic is forcing governments to make quick decisions, manage crisis coordination and implement drastic measures to protect communities at risk. M
date: 20.05.2021
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The Global Parliamentary Workshop took place virtually ahead of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank & IMF, from the 5-6 April 2021, with the overarching theme “From the Pandemic to the Paris Agreement: How to avoid a great divergence.” The COVID-19 pandemic has created social and economic hardship across the world
date: 5.04.2021
| location: Online
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The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF is pleased to announce a Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccines jointly organised with the World Bank Group. The event will take place on 17 February 2021. The briefing will convene a roundtable of legislators, including
date: 17.02.2021
| location: Online
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Anthony Gooch, Director for Public Affairs and Communications of the OECD welcomed the participants to the first session on Forging a New Consensus for Economic, Social and Environmental Progress. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD delivered introductory remarks on the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 p
date: 9.02.2021
| location: Online
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Hon. Pedro Silva Pereira MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament presented the meeting as an opportunity to reaffirm the strong partnership between European Union institutions and the World Bank Group. He highlighted the need for an increased alignment between expansionist monetary and fiscal policies to achieve sust
date: 10.01.2021
| location: Online
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The Parliamentary Network is pleased to announce the 2020 Virtual Global Parliamentary Forum that will take place from 12 to 15 October during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings. Jointly organised with the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, the theme of this year’s forum is “Achieving a Green and
date: 12.10.2020
| location: Online
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On 9 July 2020, the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (PN) jointly organized with the World Bank Group (WBG) a Virtual Parliamentary Meeting on Managing Debt for a Resilient Recovery. The purpose of this meeting was to provide a platform for parliamentarians to dialogue with World Bank experts on policies and pr
date: 9.07.2020
| location: Online
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To celebrate the International Day of Parliamentarism, the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF jointly organized with the World Bank Group and the IMF a conversation between the Honourables Anna Adeke MP and Ricardo Leite MP, Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Network. The discussants exchanged their insights and exp
date: 30.06.2020
| location: Online
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The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the IMF and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) organized a joint virtual meeting with the IMF on 16 June 2020 on the IMF's response to the economic emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
date: 16.06.2020
| location: Online
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On 6 May 2020, the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF (PN) jointly organized with the World Bank Group (WBG) a Virtual Parliamentary Meeting on Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) in Time of COVID-19. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss experiences of MPs in FCV countries and the World Bank’s newe
date: 5.05.2020
| location: Online
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On 24 April 2020, the Parliamentary Network on World Bank & IMF (PN) organized jointly with the World Bank Group (WBG) a Virtual Parliamentary Meeting on Pandemics with a Special Focus on Covid-19 gathering around 255 participants from over 70 countries including 124 Parliamentarians from 55 different countries. The pur
date: 24.04.2020
| location: Online
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2020 Strasbourg Breakfast Meeting Summary
date: 16.01.2020
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The 2019 Global Parliamentary Workshop organized jointly by the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF, the World Bank, and the IMF took place on October 15 ahead of the 2019 Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. Some 62 participants from 32 countries engaged in discussions with World Bank and IMF experts on develop
date: 15.10.2019
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On April 8-9 2019, 106 Members of Parliament from 41 countries attended the Global Parliamentary Conference (GPC) of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. Co-organized with the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, this year’s GPC focused on
date: 8.04.2019
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On March 7-8, 2019 the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF took part in a European Parliamentary Staffers meeting at Westminster, co-organized by the World Bank Group (WBG). The event is a part of a program that serves to involve Parliamentary staffers in Europe in the work of the World Bank and IMF. […
date: 7.03.2019
location: Westminster, London, UK
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location: Westminster, London, UK