From October 22 to 26 the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Annual Meetings took place in Washington D.C.:
This year the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (BHO), Reinette Klever, could not attend and was represented by Finance Minister, Eelco Heinen. Beyond that numerous other Dutch Government and Banking Officials (including from Aruba and Curacao) were present.
Imagine being hungry but feeling too scared to go outside your home to buy food. And even if you
venture to the store, you might find empty shelves because farmers and food suppliers dare not stock them.
This is the daily horror many Haitians face as armed gangs rampage in cities and the countryside. Five million Haitians, or nearly half the population, are going hungry and thousands are imperiled by famine.
In a bustling marketplace on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Lula Maygag Guray’s food stall hums
with activity. The smell of injera and samosa draws a crowd each day. However, ever since she arrived in Ethiopia, Lula has run her business informally because she did not have the right to work as a refugee. Continue reading
As the world grapples with complex global concerns like poverty, inequality, and climate change,
it’s the poorest communities that are often hardest hit and the most challenging to support.
To address these pressing issues, the World Bank Group has set ambitious goals to provide social protection measures to at least 500 million people by 2030, including 250 million women.
BAKU, 12 November 2024 – Multilateral development banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for countries to achieve ambitious climate outcomes.
Global Commodity Prices Set to Fall Through 2026 Amid Historic Oil Glut
WASHINGTON, October 29, 2024—Global commodity prices are set to tumble to a five-year low in 2025 amid an oil glut that is so large that it is likely to limit the price effects even of a wider conflict in the Middle East, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Even so, overall commodity prices will remain 30% higher than they were in the five years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we mark World Cities Day, we are reminded that livable cities are key to a livable planet.
For most of us, cities are our homes and workplaces. Today, nearly 60% of the world’s population lives in cities—a share that will rise to almost 70% by 2050. Cities are also a key driver of national growth and development, accounting for more than 80% of global GDP and almost 90% of private sector job creation.
This piece originally appeared in the Financial Times.
The world’s poorest countries are in a development crisis and need greater access to affordable financing (Opinion, October 1; and Letters, October 11).
IDA, the World Bank’s concessional financing facility for these countries, has a proven track record for providing this support and its upcoming replenishment is a moment for the international community to match their stated concern with a stepped-up financial contribution. We urge finance ministers of the G20 countries to lead this effort and increase contributions to the 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA21).
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