As the debt crisis has unfolded in many of the world’s poorest countries, much attention has 
focused on seeking individual debt restructurings through the G20 Common Framework. This remains a priority, but the implementation remains slow and lacks the predictability needed to provide debtors and creditors with confidence. The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable and the April 26 World Bank debt conference, Breaking the Impasse in Global Debt Restructuring, discussed effective debt restructurings and debt sustainability. The conference also addressed how to avoid excessive debt build-up; and pressing questions regarding the debt sustainability implications of a decline of net international reserves into negative territory as countries draw on debt-like instruments such as swap lines. Following this week’s G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Japan, we will publish the initial findings from a recent debt reconciliation initiative, which points to many technical challenges in agreeing on the amounts of debt to be treated in a restructuring.
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Impactful climate mitigation requires standards, verification and standardization
Climate costs and development together need vast new resources. For developing countries, 
the needs are particularly large to provide for growing populations and decades of underinvestment. They need to make major advances on education, energy production, electricity access, health, infrastructure and nutrition just to make up for losses in recent years. Climate costs require significant additional resources, as does the increase in the cost of debt service and repayment.
Investing in Innovation: David Malpass in Conversation With George French
How to make India pandemic proof
As COVID-19 abates, the question everyone is asking is: how ready is my country for the
next pandemic? The speed with which the virus spread exposed the many weaknesses in the world’s health systems. No country was immune. Even those that ranked high in the Global Health Security Index struggled to mount a timely and effective response.
Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2023 – The Executive Directors of the World Bank today selected
Ajay Banga as President of the World Bank for a five-year term beginning June 2, 2023.
Meeting Vietnam’s climate financing challenge
Vietnam is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with increasingly destabilized water and
food supplies and threatened coastal areas. In the face of these challenges, the government is showing bold leadership and climate ambition. The recently updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) significantly increased targets for emissions reductions across several key sectors. Vietnam has also translated global pledges on forests and methane into specific national action plans and policy priorities.
What is missing, however, is the financing needed to achieve these goals. Carbon markets and results-based carbon and climate finance, which pays for emission reductions once they are achieved, have huge potential to help meet this financing challenge. The quickly evolving carbon market ecosystem, however, has many rules, requirements, players, and priorities. The government of Vietnam has requested World Bank Group support in navigating this complexity and identifying opportunities to access carbon finance and market opportunities.
“Vietnam is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with increasingly destabilized water and food supplies and threatened coastal areas. In the face of these challenges, the government is showing bold leadership and climate ambition.”
Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity
Latest Update – April 24, 2023
Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world. Information from the latest month between December 2022 and March 2023 for which food price inflation data are available shows high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries, with inflation levels greater than 5% in 70.6% of low-income countries, 90.9% of lower-middle-income countries, and 87.0% of upper-middle-income countries and many experiencing double-digit inflation. In addition, 84.2% of high-income countries are experiencing high food price inflation. The most-affected countries are in Africa, North America, Latin America, South Asia, Europe, and Central Asia.
Download the latest brief on rising food insecurity and World Bank responses
Seminar on Financing Green Hydrogen Projects in Developing Countries
Wednesday May 10 at 15:30-17:00 CET, World Hydrogen Summit Rotterdam 
Join us at the World Hydrogen Summit for a seminar on Financing Green Hydrogen Projects in Developing Countries with the IFIs and Invest International.
Solutions to Finance the Energy Transition in Developing Countries
Low- and middle-income countries need to transform their power sector infrastructure at an unprecedented scale and pace to meet climate and development goals. The World Bank’s new framework “Scaling Up to Phase Down” maps out a 6-step virtuous cycle to help these countries overcome critical barriers that are paralyzing their energy transition and catalyze investments.
Despite accounting for two-thirds of the global population, developing countries receive only one-fifth of global energy investment. They need affordable financing, especially at the start of their energy transitions, to improve sector conditions and attract growing volumes of private capital.
Join us live from the headquarters of the World Bank Group. Be sure also to share your thoughts and questions in advance in the chat box! Our team of experts will answer them during the live event.
Better Migration Policies Can Help Boost Prosperity in All Countries
Competition for workers rising as populations age in rich and middle-income countries
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023—Populations across the globe are aging at an unprecedented pace, making many countries increasingly reliant on migration to realize their long-term growth potential, according to a new report from the World Bank.
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