Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recaps the 2009 Annual Meetings
I'm back from Istanbul today, looking back at some of the important events and messages that came out of the 2009 Annual Meetings. Before we all left Istanbul, however, Alison caught up with World Bank...
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Forum opens doors to annual meetings…and more
The World Bank's first-ever Open Forum—an interactive online conversation about pressing development issues—threw open to the public discussions normally held behind closed doors. Three sessions, held...
View ArticleZoellick: A World ‘Beyond Aid’
In advance of the 2011 Bank-IMF Annual Meetings, Bank President Robert Zoellick yesterday delivered a speech titled “Beyond Aid” at George Washington University. Read the press release or the text of...
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Bank Annual Meetings put spotlight on gender, jobs
The World Bank- IMF Annual Meetings wrapped Sunday, following the release of a Development Committee communiqué that endorsed the Bank’s emphasis on jobs and growth, gender equality, and recent reforms...
View ArticleDisaster resilience: Closing the loop
Last Friday - together with the European Union and the Government of Japan - the World Bank/Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery hosted some of our major humanitarian and development...
View ArticleSocial Media at the World Bank: Tell Us What Will It Take to End Poverty
Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文What will it take …to improve your life? …for your children to be better off? …for mothers to be healthy? …for all to get a good education? …to end...
View ArticleCompelling Ideas at the UN: Energy, Health, Education and #whatwillittake
Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文UNITED NATIONS | It has been a week of inspiring ideas and action plans at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. I met with a number of world...
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Live Webcasts During World Bank Annual Meetings 2012: A Viewer's Guide
Read this post in Español, Français, عربيThe 2012 Annual Meetings and related events begin in Japan on October 9. We've compiled a guide here to some of the LIVE webcasts happening during the meetings....
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Closing the Gap for Women in Business
Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文 A woman works in a small shop in Ghana. Photo by Arne HoelWhat will it take for the world to wake up and realize the advantages of supporting women...
View ArticleAt TEDxSendai, Stories, Ideas, and Hope on Resilience After Disaster
SENDAI, JAPAN | When natural disasters hit, the bonds of community are what fuel the push to rebuild.Governments and others should help instill resiliency into the social fabric of communities – in...
View ArticleJim Yong Kim Opening Press Conference at Annual Meetings 2012
As the 2012 Annual Meetings opened Thursday, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim held a press briefing and fielded questions on a range of topics including the role of emerging economies, food...
View ArticleNear Epicenter of Japan’s Earthquake, a New Push to Make ‘This World Safer’
On a grassy coastal plain near Sendai, Japan, stands a symbol of survival.The four-story school house was the tallest building in the neighborhood of 980 homes, where children once played and went to...
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Jim Yong Kim on ‘Restoring Growth, Spreading Prosperity’ as Annual Meetings Open
Read this post in Español, FrançaisA few weeks ago, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim started a global conversation on what it will take to end poverty, and invited the public to send him feedback. On...
View ArticlePledging to ‘Bend the Arc of History,’ Kim Outlines Plan for a ‘Solutions Bank’
Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim laid out his vision October 12 for transforming the institution into a “solutions bank” that uses evidence and...
View ArticleA Look at the #whatwillittake Wall in Tokyo
Our global conversation on “What Will It Take to End Poverty” has been woven throughout the 2012 Annual Meetings this week. As part of the effort, we asked people attending the meetings in Tokyo to...
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2013 Annual Meetings Guide to Webcast Events – What’s On?
The global economy, climate change, and a new World Bank Group strategy to tackle extreme poverty will be hot topics next week. That’s when nearly 10,000 delegates, journalists and civil society...
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Opening the Bank to Civil Society
The message draped across the World Bank’s Washington headquarters proclaims a noble goal – End Poverty. But how can the world achieve it? Later this week, finance and development ministers from 188...
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Annual Meetings: Kim, Lagarde Talk Climate Change and Growth
Can countries tackle climate change and still grow? Yes, say the leaders of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund – and the need to do so is urgent.Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and...
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Annual Meetings: Halving Poverty, Spreading Innovation, Reducing Risk
Can the world cut poverty in half by 2020? In a webcast interview with CNN’s Richard Quest, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim called for reducing extreme poverty to single digits in just seven...
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In Jocular Interview with CNN’s Richard Quest, Kim Announces Serious Poverty...
The mood was light-hearted and lively as World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim traded jokes with CNN’s Richard Quest in an early morning, no-holds-barred interview before a live and online audience...
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