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APRIL 21-26, 2025

2025 Spring Meetings: Join Us Online

Global leaders, government officials, civil society representatives, and industry pioneers come together to shape the future of international cooperation. Join us online from April 21st to 26th for live updates from the Meetings in Washington D.C. 

What to Expect This Spring

 Starting April 21, join us virtually from Washington for exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes moments from the Meetings, and a deep dive into the latest data, research, and innovative solutions to today’s biggest development challenges. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain real-time insights from changemakers and thought leaders tackling global issues in a rapidly evolving world.

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Spring Meetings 2015

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With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated—the urgency of finding scalable and sustainable solutions has never been greater.

SPRING MEETINGS 2025

Jobs – The Path to Prosperity

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
2:00-3:30 PM EDT/GMT-4 (local time)

Event | Spring Meetings 2025: Jobs – The Path to Prosperity | World Bank Live

This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world’s fast-growing youth population.

Through powerful stories of young entrepreneurs, dialogue with private sector executives, and insights from World Bank Group leadership, the session will explore how to energize the creation of more and better jobs. From innovation to investment, skills to sectors, this event will be a moment to catalyze collective action for a future where every young person has a pathway to decent work.

The event will take place on April 22 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. and will be broadcast on World Bank Live with interpretation in Arabic, French and Spanish.

Spring Meetings | World Bank Group

Spring Meetings 2015

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With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated—the urgency of finding scalable and sustainable solutions has never been greater.

SPRING MEETINGS 2025

Jobs – The Path to Prosperity

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
2:00-3:30 PM EDT/GMT-4 (local time)

Event | Spring Meetings 2025: Jobs – The Path to Prosperity | World Bank Live

This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world’s fast-growing youth population.

Through powerful stories of young entrepreneurs, dialogue with private sector executives, and insights from World Bank Group leadership, the session will explore how to energize the creation of more and better jobs. From innovation to investment, skills to sectors, this event will be a moment to catalyze collective action for a future where every young person has a pathway to decent work.

The event will take place on April 22 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. and will be broadcast on World Bank Live with interpretation in Arabic, French and Spanish.

Spring Meetings | World Bank Group

2024 Spring Meetings: Vision to Impact

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Mark your calendars for the 2024 Spring Meetings. We will come together April 15-20 to explore how to tackle global challenges head-on, including solutions to ramp up finance and knowledge, foster private sector investment, and prepare for future crises. Tune in as we livestream high-level events.

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2024 Spring Meetings: Vision to Impact

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Mark your calendars for the 2024 Spring Meetings. We will come together April 15-20 to explore how to tackle global challenges head-on, including solutions to ramp up finance and knowledge, foster private sector investment, and prepare for future crises. Tune in as we livestream high-level events.

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Small Island Developing States on a Path to Renewable Energy and Resilience: A Story from Maldives

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Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which are home to 65 million people and bastions of blogdaad8608_1.jpgbiodiversity, face unique challenges. Because they are small, their economies are not diversified and hence particularly vulnerable to external shocks, such as the collapse of tourism during COVID 19 or sky-rocketing energy and food prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They are also extremely vulnerable to the rising sea levels and extreme weather brought on by climate change.

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Rethinking Development in an Age of Crisis

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Nowhere is the impact of recent crises – the lingering economic consequences of COVID-19 anna_b_blog_1140x500.jpgand the global spillover effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine – being felt more acutely than in the developing world.  People in poor countries are struggling to cope with higher food and fuel prices and unsustainable debt, while schoolchildren are still suffering from learning loss caused by the pandemic. In many places, economic growth has stalled.

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What is rated criteria? and how does it help procurement?

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· World Bank Procurement in Investment Project Financing helps borrowers achieve sustainable development objectives through value-based, principled, and transparent procurement guidance and support.

· The World Bank Procurement Framework launched in 2016 promotes a strategic, fit-for-purpose approach to procurement that focuses on impact and overall value-for-money.

· In keeping with the value-focused approach, most World Bank-financed Procurement will require the use of Rated Criteria which will promote the inclusion of key quality and sustainability criteria rather than using just the lowest evaluated price for award decisions.

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Scaling Up to Phase Down: Financing Energy Transitions in the Power Sector

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To meet climate and development goals, low- and middle-income countries need to transform their power sector infrastructure at a scale and pace that is unprecedented. The World Bank framework “Scaling Up to Phase Down” maps out steps to support developing countries, with the help of development partners, to scale up affordable, secure, and reliable clean energy and phase down coal-fired electricity generation.

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Wrap-up. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Partnerships

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Wrap-up. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Partnerships

We wrap up all the developments from the Meetings with Devex’s Raj Kumar. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed joins The Zone to talk about how to get the SDGs back on track and the partnerships needed to tackle poverty. Amit Bouri outlines how private investment can increase development impact, and Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma of the Africa CDC gives insight on preparing for the next pandemic.

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