Despite the War, Ukraine Continues Providing Necessary Health Services to Patients

Nina, a middle-aged woman from Chernihiv, Ukraine, was experiencing shortness of breathua-health-services-2023-kf-780 and could barely walk.

“I would walk two meters and didn’t have the strength anymore. Now, it’s easier to breathe,” says Nina.

Nina’s heart problems were appropriately diagnosed, and she received care at the Chernihiv Oblast Hospital in the fall of 2022.

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COVID-19’s Impact on Young People Risks a Lost Generation

Pandemic Damaged Cognitive Development and Lifetime Earnings of Children and Youth, Jeopardizing the Well-being of Generations and Growth of Economies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive collapse in human capital at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing development for millions of children and young people in low- and middle-income countries, according to the first analysis of global data on young people who were under the age of 25 at the onset of the pandemic.

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Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the COP27 Climate Finance Event

Thank you, Prime Minister Madbouly, Dr. Shoukry for hosting this event on climate finance. 

Developing countries are facing an economic crisis, heavy debt burdens, high inflation, and climate change. It is a crisis facing development itself.

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Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the COP27 Climate Finance Event

Thank you, Prime Minister Madbouly, Dr. Shoukry for hosting this event on climate finance. 

Developing countries are facing an economic crisis, heavy debt burdens, high inflation, and climate change. It is a crisis facing development itself.

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Annual Meetings 2022: Development in Crisis

The 2022 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Unity in a time of crises

The 2022 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Unity in a time of crises

The 2022 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Unity in a time of crises