Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security, and Stability

In his speech, “Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security, and Stability,” President700x700-scene-setter-speech_0.png Malpass will discuss how conflict, COVID-19, and climate change have created unprecedented challenges for developing countries, hurting the poorest and most vulnerable people and communities. He will outline how, moving forward, crisis recovery and longer-term development requires economic transformation, investment in human capital, and security and stability underpinned by support from the international community.

This speech will be broadcast live from Poland, a country that has taken in over 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing war.

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The 2018 Fragility Forum: Managing risks for peace and stability

twittercard3c_002In just under two weeks, about 1,000 people will gather in Washington D.C. for the 2018 Fragility Forum. Policy makers from developed and developing countries, practitioners from humanitarian agencies, development institutions and the peace and security communities, academics and representatives of the private sector will come together with the goal of increasing our collective impact in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence (FCV).

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