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The Road to a Better World Bank Starts with a Commitment to IDA
April 4, 2023This blog is one in a series by experts across the Center for Global Development ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Each post in the series will put forward a tangible policy “win” for the World Bank or the broader MDB system that the author would like to see emerge from the Spring Meetings. Read the other posts in the series, and stay tuned for more. The International Development Association (IDA) has emerged as the largest financing arm of the World Bank Group in the last few years, and demand for IDA finance [...]
JETPs and the Role of Multilateral Development Banks in Shaping and Driving the Just Energy Transition
April 13, 2023 ETFEATURED Alice Carr, Executive Director, Public Policy, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero Deputy Minister Rachmat Kaimuddin, Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia Alexia Latortue, Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development Jennifer Sara, Global Director for Climate Change, World Bank Woochong Um, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Juergen Zattler, Director-General for International Development Policy, 2030 Agenda and Climate, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) MODERATOR Annika Seiler, Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development This event will be hosted in-person at CGD's DC [...]
A Conversation with IDB President Ilan Goldfajn
April 4, 2023 ETFEATURING Ilan Goldfajn, President, Inter-American Development Bank IN CONVERSATION WITH Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President, CEO of CGD Europe, and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Nancy Lee, Director, Sustainable Development Finance and Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Director, Latin American Initiative and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development INTRODUCTION https://www.youtube.com/embed/lcsG6Gy3UKs This event will be hosted in-person at CGD's DC office: 2055 L St NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036 The multilateral development banks are in the spotlight as countries struggle to address multiple crises, setbacks [...]
MDB Reform: What Global Think Tanks Are Watching at This Year’s Spring Meetings
April 3, 2023Join CGD for a slate of in-person and virtual Spring Meeting events. A full schedule of events including registration information is available here. Policymakers from across the world will gather in Washington next week at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. These meetings come at a critical moment for the World Bank, with major discussions underway around how to evolve the organization to better meet today and tomorrow’s global challenges. And while there is broad consensus on the need for reform, this week is an [...]