Once again, IDA steps up with flexibility and resources amid crises

It feels like a lifetime ago, but somehow also like it was yesterday, that the COVID-19 crisisida-hero.jpg descended upon our lives. It caused unimaginable upheaval—reversing gains and creating colossal new demands. As well-resourced countries worked quickly to protect their people, the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) stepped up to ensure the poorest people were not left behind in this race to recovery. 

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State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2023

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  • Food insecurity is among the most pressing challenges in Yemen and over half of the population is food insecure.
  • Yemen has suffered from a series of food crises and climate change increases the risk of further crises.
  • A food security crisis preparedness plan has been developed to mitigate the impact of future food crises.

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Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate

Cities, as engines of prosperity, are major contributors to climate change, generating about 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, as home to more than half of humanity, cities are on the front lines of climate change.

New analysis from the World Bank examines the two-way relationship between cities and climate change, concluding that cities also hold one of the keys to solving the climate crisis. With data from more than 10,000 cities, the report offers insight into how to help cities become greener, more resilient, and more inclusive – in other words, on how to help their cities thrive – in a changing climate.

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Shaping tomorrow’s debt restructuring system

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  • Food insecurity is among the most pressing challenges in Yemen and over half of the population is food insecure.
  • Yemen has suffered from a series of food crises and climate change increases the risk of further crises.
  • A food security crisis preparedness plan has been developed to mitigate the impact of future food crises.

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Confronting Geo-economic Challenges: A Conversation with World Bank Group President David Malpass

As the U.S. continues to experience historically high inflation rates and increasing risks to its economy, it also faces a number of global geoeconomic challenges. These include the end of the era of globalization, rising financial instability and pressures to increase the production of certain strategically important goods for domestic use or export to friendly neighbors. Meanwhile, the U.S. and other countries are also contending with the economic implications of social, political and technological developments, such as population aging, greater competition from abroad, growing inequality, innovation and its impact on the labor market, and the global transition to cleaner energy sources.

On May 22 at Baker Hall, World Bank Group President David Malpass joined John W. Diamond, Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, to discuss the geoeconomic challenges — and opportunities — facing the United States and the world, and how to navigate them.

This event was sponsored by the Baker Institute Center for Public Finance

 

 

Private Investment in Infrastructure: Where are we now?

A quick scan of the headlines tells you everything that those of us working in internationalinfra_hero.jpg development already know: today’s world is not business as usual. In just a few short years, the global landscape has transformed in a way that very few of us could ever have anticipated.

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