Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019

David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, fielded questions from the media. He spoke about fundraising for the nineteenth replenishment of IDA. He explained the importance of debt transparency. He discussed the World Bank's role in Ukraine in terms of land reform, the reform of the fina...

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Main Author: Malpass, David
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418141581670874428/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-Roundtable-during-Annual-Meetings-2019
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spelling okr-10986-333502021-05-25T09:32:49Z Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019 Malpass, David IDA REPLENISHMENT DEBT TRANSPARENCY LENDING DEBT SERVICE BURDEN DEBT RELIEF TRADE TENSIONS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK HUMAN RIGHTS BURISMA NATURAL GAS CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE WORLD TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE INTEGRATION COAL David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, fielded questions from the media. He spoke about fundraising for the nineteenth replenishment of IDA. He explained the importance of debt transparency. He discussed the World Bank's role in Ukraine in terms of land reform, the reform of the financial system, reform of state-owned enterprises, reform of the of Ukraine's fiscal structure, and related issues. He discussed the Bank’s work on climate change and the environment. He highlighted the sluggish growth of investment in developing countries, but with good policies, countries can find a way to go against the trend and improve their growth outlook. He commented on trade facilitation and trade integration in Africa. He cautioned about the slowness of world trade growth and its implications on developing countries. 2020-02-19T20:59:17Z 2020-02-19T20:59:17Z 2019-10-16 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418141581670874428/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-Roundtable-during-Annual-Meetings-2019 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33350 English 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
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topic IDA REPLENISHMENT
DEBT TRANSPARENCY
LENDING
DEBT SERVICE BURDEN
DEBT RELIEF
TRADE TENSIONS
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
HUMAN RIGHTS
BURISMA
NATURAL GAS
CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
WORLD TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE INTEGRATION
COAL
spellingShingle IDA REPLENISHMENT
DEBT TRANSPARENCY
LENDING
DEBT SERVICE BURDEN
DEBT RELIEF
TRADE TENSIONS
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
HUMAN RIGHTS
BURISMA
NATURAL GAS
CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
WORLD TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE INTEGRATION
COAL
Malpass, David
Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
description David Malpass, President of the World Bank Group, fielded questions from the media. He spoke about fundraising for the nineteenth replenishment of IDA. He explained the importance of debt transparency. He discussed the World Bank's role in Ukraine in terms of land reform, the reform of the financial system, reform of state-owned enterprises, reform of the of Ukraine's fiscal structure, and related issues. He discussed the Bank’s work on climate change and the environment. He highlighted the sluggish growth of investment in developing countries, but with good policies, countries can find a way to go against the trend and improve their growth outlook. He commented on trade facilitation and trade integration in Africa. He cautioned about the slowness of world trade growth and its implications on developing countries.
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author Malpass, David
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title Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
title_short Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
title_full Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
title_fullStr Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
title_full_unstemmed Remarks at Media Roundtable during Annual Meetings 2019
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418141581670874428/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-Roundtable-during-Annual-Meetings-2019
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