Latest from the network
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 […]
on 04.08.21
Find out more
Hello, everyone, I’m delighted to share the Philippine experience. Just a little bit of background, I do Chair the Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation and Futures Thinking in the Senate, but I also happen to Chair the Committee on Ways and Means and I will talk a little bit about our taxation efforts wi
on 13.07.21
Find out more
Thank you, Liam and hello to everyone. Sadly, I am speaking from Portugal because we can’t travel, basically. And hopefully we will be together sooner than later as we overcome these difficult times. I know time is of essence, so I’ll try to be brief saying that it is consensual that we need to understand […]
on 13.07.21
Find out more
Thanks for this introduction, thanks for inviting me to this session. Our engagements with all of you are critical to strengthening healthcare systems and I look forward to this opportunity to discuss IFC’s role in how we fight Covid-19 and how your countries are managing and where you see greater efforts needed. As y
on 13.07.21
Find out more
Thank you, Liam, and thank you to the board of the Parliamentary Network and to all of you for the continued engagement, for the support and partnership with the bank’s group and IMF on this pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic as we have seen unfold, exacerbated iniquities all over the world, between countries and within
on 13.07.21
Find out more
I don’t know about you, but from where I’m sitting, it’s felt that this third wave in many ways has been the hardest of all. Like many countries, we’ve seen the peak of infection get higher and higher and we have lost more and more of our loved ones and more and more of the […]
on 13.07.21
Find out more
As members of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, we write to urge you as the leaders of the G7 to agree a radical action plan with the IMF and World Bank to stop the Covid pandemic now triggering a deep and dangerous pandemic of poverty. Crucially, we believe it […]
on 04.06.21
Find out more
A year after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, we are beginning to comprehend the magnitude of the devastation and suffering the virus has caused. 2.6 million people have died. There have been 120 million confirmed cases, and billions of people from every part of the world have made trem
on 10.05.21
Find out more
I congratulate and thank the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for organizing, without fail, the regular Spring Consultation meetings and dedicating this year’s event to not only recovery from one of the most devastating global crises in modern history, but to help plan for a more sustainable future for human
on 10.05.21
Find out more
“We have had to perform at one and the same time the tasks appropriate to the economist, to the financier, to the politician, to the journalist, to the propagandist, to the lawyer, to the statesman-even, I think, to the prophet and to the soothsayer’ — Lord Keynes at the founding of the IMF and World […]
on 10.04.21
Find out more
Article based on a recorded intervention by President of the Storting, Ms. Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, at the digital meeting on Women Leading Politics and Development, under the auspices of the World Bank, IMF and Women Political Leaders (WPL), Tuesday 13th October 16h00 – 17h30 COVID-19 has changed our lives and societies d
on 04.03.21
Find out more
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
on 04.03.21
Find out more
our world is turned upside down by the pandemic—by the loss of more than a million lives, by the economic impact on billions of people. In low-income countries, the shocks are so profound that we face the risk of a “lost generation.”
on 11.10.20
Find out more
Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
on 11.10.20
Find out more
Multilateral institutions – the UN, WTO, WHO, World Bank, IMF, ILO and others – have to be far more effective in forging at least minimal global consensus to reduce protectionism and encourage international trade; ensure that any COVID-19 vaccine is distributed fairly across the globe; strengthen health systems; decisiv
on 09.10.20
Find out more
If we are to ensure our global institutions are transformative, they must return to their founding philosophy. Social justice, inclusion and equity can no longer be guiding principles. They must be the core of our work to deliver global economic security.
on 09.10.20
Find out more
Now, more than ever, we need governments to be acting as global citizens, thinking of international aid as a stepping stone to prosperity and planning for a long-term mission to strengthen international financial institutions. Hard choices for many countries - and their partners - lie ahead.
on 09.10.20
Find out more
HARNESSING PRIVATE SECTOR CAPITAL - COVID-19 is a wake-up call for policymakers and investors to accelerate a just transition to a low carbon economy
on 09.10.20
Find out more
HARNESSING PRIVATE SECTOR CAPITAL Mobilising new resources will be mission-critical to delivering Just Transitions. Investors with over $10 trillion under management have signed up to Environment and Sustainability Goals. That’s a start.
on 09.10.20
Find out more
NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX If we’re to rebound quickly after the COVID Crash, we need clarity on the path to pay down debt. Taxes on the most fortunate are one option policymakers will consider.
on 09.10.20
Find out more
NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX States will need to mobilise new taxes to help finance Just Transitions. Carbon taxes are too low today. In the future, they could help reduce emissions - and finance positive change.
on 09.10.20
Find out more
STRONGER STRATEGIES FOR GENDER EQUALITY Leaders need to be willing to listen to the voices of their communities and learn from the challenges and raised issues during the pandemic - and have the courage, knowledge and audacity to adopt well informed gender balanced, resilient, inclusive and environmentally friendly recovery
on 09.10.20
Find out more
Pandemics ruthlessly expose inequities in healthcare. But ending that injustice requires fresh thinking about how to harness - and take into mainstream policy - a host of behaviour insights about the realities of how we live.
on 09.10.20
Find out more