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NEW STRATEGIES FOR RESKILLING OECD research estimates that around 1% to 4.5% of GDP would be needed to retrain individuals from occupations at high-risk of automation. As governments think about how to design recovery plans, re-skilling should be a top priority. Image: Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash
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NEW STRATEGIES TO DELIVER EDUCATION Republished here with permission, this report was launched in April 2020. Insights from the 2014-15 Ebola epidemic and the 2008 global financial crisis help us understand the critical importance of girls’ education. Image: Photo by Les Anderson on Unsplash
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY With eighty per cent of the developing world already living under cellular Internet signal, new technology offers a big opportunity for economic progress. But foundation digital systems, like digital IDs and payment systems, plus a digital compact that helps foster trust, could ma Image: Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY Before the crisis, sixty percent of primary school children were forecast to work in jobs not yet invented. But as young people bear the brunt of the global rise in unemployment, it becomes more important than ever to invest in whole systems approaches to creating opportunities fo Image: Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash
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As we celebrate 75 years of the United Nations, the world community faces a stiff task safeguarding the world’s poorest against a fallback into poverty - and the rise in global temperatures which threaten poverty for millions more. We will only deliver by renewing cooperation, dialogue and sharing expertise. Image: Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash
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The developing world has fundamentally changed since the 1990s, albeit in a more precarious way than it may at first seem. COVID-19 now threatens many of the gains. Image: Photo by Noah on Unsplash
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COVID-19 may accelerate trends underway before the crisis with an acceleration of de-globalisation, rising US-China tensions, and a battle within nation-states among oligarchs,authoritarian populists, and liberal internationalists. Image: Photo by Veri Ivanova on Unsplash
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The impact of COVID is likely to accelerate the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That will create new opportunities - but imperil 15-30% of jobs in the next decade. Major interventions will be needed to help workers make the leap from old jobs to new. Image: Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash
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As the world fights to combat COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the promise of technologies to help us battle the pandemics of today and the future. But governments will have to master how to safely share the data. Image: Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash
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The politics of free trade is fundamentally changing. Whether - and how the world ‘deglobalises’ - or whether we learn to manage trade conflict and share the gains of trade - will profoundly affect the livelihoods of billions of people. Image: Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash
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A more innovative China doesn’t mean a less competitive America. But international institutions like the IMF, World Bank, WTO and WHO are not coping well with rising conflict. The G20 could help. Image: Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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The Sustainable Development Goals remains crucial to building a better, just and sustainable future. But, we must streamline the fight against inequalities, to improve the well-being of people, the health of our planet and economic capabilities. That’s the way to foster inclusion and help talents, skills and sustainable i Image: Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash
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Almost half of all jobs in Africa could be lost as COVID-19 hits. Recovery requires seizing the opportunity to rebuild more robust, competitive, and inclusive economies that unlock the productivity of all 1.2 billion citizens of the African continent. Image: Photo by Rohan Reddy on Unsplash
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COVID-19 has turned the public focus back towards the state: citizens around the world are looking to their governments and their ability to deal with the pandemic and its social and economic ramifications. Image: Photo by Frederic Köberl on Unsplash
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY The investment needed to rebound from COVID-19 could accelerate our path to a net zero carbon world. But a new Social Contract is an essential component of the plan for change. Image: Guilherme Cunha on Unsplash
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY Key to recovering well will be Governments that quickly connect decision-makers, scientists and civil society organise intelligence effectively apply lessons to economic renewal and to decarbonization. Image: Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Around the world parliamentarians are laser-focused on action to save lives and save livelihoods. As I write, the death toll from COVID-19, mounting every day, has now reached well over 400,000 people.
on 25.08.20
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South Africa is under a severe lockdown since 27 March. Only essential service workers, businesses, public transport and local travel for essential needs are allowed. There are no flights or sells of hot food, alcohol, cigarettes. Schools and universities are closed, though some of them are functioning through e-learning. A Image: Photo by Tim Johnson on Unsplash
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