Driving Growth from the Ground Up

David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about the urgency of growth in developing countries. He discussed innovations in digital financial services that provide secure systems to allow poor people to electronically receive remittances, foreign aid, and social safety-net payments as w...

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Main Author:	Malpass, David
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	ECONOMIC GROWTH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES CASH TRANSFERS DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES MOBILE BANKING DIGITAL CASH TECHNOLOGY EXTREME POVERTY PUBLIC DEBT RULE OF LAW DEBT TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/681451581405442301/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-Driving-Growth-from-the-Ground-Up http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33349

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spelling	okr-10986-333492021-05-25T09:32:47Z Driving Growth from the Ground Up Malpass, David ECONOMIC GROWTH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES CASH TRANSFERS DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES MOBILE BANKING DIGITAL CASH TECHNOLOGY EXTREME POVERTY PUBLIC DEBT RULE OF LAW DEBT TRANSPARENCY David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about the urgency of growth in developing countries. He discussed innovations in digital financial services that provide secure systems to allow poor people to electronically receive remittances, foreign aid, and social safety-net payments as well as their earnings. He cautioned about the slow global growth, and it's paramount that countries carry out well-designed structural reforms to ignite domestic growth. He highlighted on the importance of a clear analysis and understanding of a country's laws and regulations and a path of reforms or catalytic investments that will expand the private sector. Finally, he concluded by saying that World Bank Group won’t give up on its main goal of reducing extreme poverty. 2020-02-19T20:32:03Z 2020-02-19T20:32:03Z 2019-10-07 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/681451581405442301/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-Driving-Growth-from-the-Ground-Up http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33349 English Speech delivered at McGill University, Montreal, October 7, 2019; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: President's Speech Canada
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description	David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about the urgency of growth in developing countries. He discussed innovations in digital financial services that provide secure systems to allow poor people to electronically receive remittances, foreign aid, and social safety-net payments as well as their earnings. He cautioned about the slow global growth, and it's paramount that countries carry out well-designed structural reforms to ignite domestic growth. He highlighted on the importance of a clear analysis and understanding of a country's laws and regulations and a path of reforms or catalytic investments that will expand the private sector. Finally, he concluded by saying that World Bank Group won’t give up on its main goal of reducing extreme poverty.
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Driving Growth from the Ground Up

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