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Globally, prices continue to rise and growth rates remain too low. Two-hundred million people now wake up without enough to eat and we are off track to meet targets to end hunger by 2030. In some nations, scarcity is fostering violence as half the world’s extreme poor will live in conflict-zones over the decade to [&helli
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2023 Global Parliamentary Forum
date: 11.04.2023
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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
Statement on David Malpass
by Hon. Liam Byrne on 21.02.23
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During this launch meeting, parliamentarians from Ukraine shared their respective views of the regions’ challenges and their country’s development constraints in the context of the ongoing war. They agreed on the need to build social cohesion through a renewed social contract, expand opportunities for youth, and enhance Image: Photo by Max Kukurudziak on Unsplash
Press Release – Ukraine Chapter Launch
by Parliamentary Network on 08.12.22
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The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF together with the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund are proposing a 90-minute Parliamentary Dialogue Series focusing on the future of finance.
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Parliamentary Dialogue Series:
Digital Money, Cryptocurrency and the Future of Finance
host: Parliamentary Network | date: 14.12.2022 | location: Online
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The issue of climate change is one of the priority issues to which Algeria pays great attention because of its geographical location in the Mediterranean, which is considered one of the most vulnerable and weakened by global warming and its adverse effects such as desertification, drought, heavy rains and floods. To this en Image: Photo by aboodi vesakaran on Unsplash
Intervention by Hon. Salim MERAH 2022 Global Parliamentary Forum
by Hon. Salim Merah MP on 14.11.22
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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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Global Parliamentary Forum:
Safeguarding Food Supply Chains
date: 10.10.2022
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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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Global Parliamentary Forum:
Investing in People, Transforming Communities – Human Capital Results in Africa
date: 6.10.2022
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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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Global Parliamentary Forum:
Innovative Solutions for Turbulent Times The Urgent Need for Climate Finance
date: 11.10.2022
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The Parliamentary Network is a global platform for parliamentarians from over 160 countries with over 2000 members to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in International Financial Institutions and multilateral development financing. A Parliamentary Network Chapter brings together a group of parliamentari
Launch of the Tanzania Chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF 22 September 2022
by The Parliamentary Network on 29.09.22
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It’s clear that we will not achieve climate targets without the full and proactive participation of the financial sector. In Canada, this sector massively supports high-emitting industries with billions of dollars in direct funds. For example, Export Development Canada supported the fossil fuel industry with between 8 Image: Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash
GPF 2022 Climate Finance and Smart Infrastructure for a Greener and More Inclusive Recovery Intervention by Rosa Galvez
by Rosa Galvez on 22.09.22
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Government of Georgia alongside with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (MoES) is implementing various programs and activities to ensure access to quality education. Ministry finalizing New National Strategy of Education and Science 2022-2030, based on three pillars – Quality, Equity and Governance. Image: Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
Innovations to Eliminate Learning Poverty
by Hon. David Songulashvili MP, Georgia on 11.07.22
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It is no coincidence that learning poverty is frequently perceived as a lack of reading skills. It is known that reading skills play a fundamental role in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. It is obvious that education systems that could not provide reading skills will not help to acquire knowledge in other areas such Image: Photo by Hikmat Gafarzada on Unsplash
The situation of learning poverty in the Republic of Azerbaijan
by Hon. Konul Nurullayeva MP, Azerbaijan on 11.07.22
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Inflation has been a persistent challenge for developing economies for decades but, in recent times, has also become a worrying trend in advanced economies.
Speech at the parliamentary dialogue series on the taxation-inflation nexus Organised by the parliamentary network on the world bank and IMF
by Hon. Steve Azaiki MP, Nigeria, Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Network on 11.07.22
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Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, UK, Chair Hon. Marlene M. Forte, Jamaica, Vice Chair Senator Antonio Alarcó, Spain, Vice Chair Hon. Gagan Thapa, Nepal While conceiving economic development as the enlargement of human freedoms, Indian economist Amartya Sen, once stated that “the practice of democracy gives citizens an opportunity
International Day of Parliamentarism The Future of Parliaments
by The Parliamentary Network on 30.06.22
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The question of gender in our Ivorian society and our world remains crucial. “Gender” is a development approach that aims to reduce social, economic, political, and cultural inequalities between men and women, girls and boys. Image: Photo by Eva Blue on Unsplash
Accelerating legal equality for women’s economic inclusion
by Hon. Madjara Tiegbana Coulibaly MP, Côte d'Ivoire on 29.06.22
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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.
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Parliamentary Dialogue Series: Food, Fragility and Finance
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
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2022 Virtual Global Parliamentary Forum
date: 18.04.2022 | location: Online
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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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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
World Bank Response to PN Letter to World Bank & IMF Senior Leadership on the Ukraine Crisis
by Sheila Redzepi, Vice President for External and Corporate Relations, World Bank Group 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.
IMF Response to the PN Letter to World Bank & IMF Senior Leadership on the Ukraine Crisis
by Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF on 28.03.22
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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.
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Parliamentary Dialogue Series
date: 23.03.2022 | location: Online
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The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF unequivocally condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its violation of article 2 paragraph 4 of the UN Charter which states in clear terms that all member states shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence o Image: Photo by Daniele Franchi on Unsplash
Letter to World Bank & IMF Senior Leadership on the Ongoing Crisis in Ukraine
by Parliamentary Network on 02.03.22
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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
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Virtual Introduction to World Bank Group Operations
host: Parliamentary Network | 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, […]
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Maximising SDRs to Build Back Better
host: Parliamentary Network | date: 16.11.2021 | location: Online
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