Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President

The IMF Managing Director and the World Bank Group President held a Joint Press Conference on COVID-19. The IMF Managing Director spoke in detail about the potential direct and indirect impact of coronavirus on the global economy. She explained about how the IMF response to the epidemic will be. She...

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Main Authors:	Georgieva, Kristalina, Malpass, David
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC GLOBAL RESPONSE HEALTH FINANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC SHOCK PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FINANCING FACILITY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CENTRAL BANK COORDINATION IDA LENDING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529261585036233520/Remarks-by-IMF-Managing-Director-and-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-the-Joint-Press-Conference-on-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33488

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spelling	okr-10986-334882021-05-25T09:56:07Z Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President Georgieva, Kristalina Malpass, David CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC GLOBAL RESPONSE HEALTH FINANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC SHOCK PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FINANCING FACILITY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CENTRAL BANK COORDINATION IDA LENDING The IMF Managing Director and the World Bank Group President held a Joint Press Conference on COVID-19. The IMF Managing Director spoke in detail about the potential direct and indirect impact of coronavirus on the global economy. She explained about how the IMF response to the epidemic will be. She told that IMF is fully committed to support the members, coordinating very closely with partner institutions. She concluded by making an important point to focus on building a bridge between where we are and that time when we would see a recovery, to make sure that the impact, in meanwhile, is softened, first and foremost, on people, and also, of course, on businesses and the economy. The World Bank Group President spoke about how the Bank is working to provide a fast, flexible response, based on developing country needs. He told them about how the Bank is providing technical assistance, goods and services that will help prevent and limit the local transmission including laboratory equipment, and systems to ensure that cases of the virus are promptly identified and traced. He mentioned about the World Bank Group and IMF working closely with WHO on the cooperation with regard to procurement and other important technical matters. He summed up by saying that the speed and breadth of the response is crucial to its effectiveness, and that's what the Bank set out to do. 2020-03-26T17:39:37Z 2020-03-26T17:39:37Z 2020-03-04 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529261585036233520/Remarks-by-IMF-Managing-Director-and-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-the-Joint-Press-Conference-on-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33488 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC GLOBAL RESPONSE HEALTH FINANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC SHOCK PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FINANCING FACILITY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CENTRAL BANK COORDINATION IDA LENDING
spellingShingle	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC GLOBAL RESPONSE HEALTH FINANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC SHOCK PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FINANCING FACILITY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CENTRAL BANK COORDINATION IDA LENDING Georgieva, Kristalina Malpass, David Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President
description	The IMF Managing Director and the World Bank Group President held a Joint Press Conference on COVID-19. The IMF Managing Director spoke in detail about the potential direct and indirect impact of coronavirus on the global economy. She explained about how the IMF response to the epidemic will be. She told that IMF is fully committed to support the members, coordinating very closely with partner institutions. She concluded by making an important point to focus on building a bridge between where we are and that time when we would see a recovery, to make sure that the impact, in meanwhile, is softened, first and foremost, on people, and also, of course, on businesses and the economy. The World Bank Group President spoke about how the Bank is working to provide a fast, flexible response, based on developing country needs. He told them about how the Bank is providing technical assistance, goods and services that will help prevent and limit the local transmission including laboratory equipment, and systems to ensure that cases of the virus are promptly identified and traced. He mentioned about the World Bank Group and IMF working closely with WHO on the cooperation with regard to procurement and other important technical matters. He summed up by saying that the speed and breadth of the response is crucial to its effectiveness, and that's what the Bank set out to do.
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title	Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President
title_short	Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President
title_full	Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President
title_fullStr	Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President
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Joint Press Conference on COVID-19 by IMF Managing Director and World Bank Group President

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