Reversing the Inequality Pandemic

World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has already changed our world decisively and forced upon the world a painful transformation. He explained the World Bank Group’s approach that has been comprehensive by focusing on saving lives, protecting...

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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/508051601978523886/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-on-Reversing-the-Inequality-Pandemic-at-Frankfurt-School-of-Finance-and-Management
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spelling okr-10986-345852021-05-25T09:58:40Z Reversing the Inequality Pandemic Malpass, David CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT POVERTY INEQUALITY HUMAN CAPITAL DEBT BURDEN TRANSPARENCY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INCLUSIVE GROWTH RESILIENT RECOVERY INEQUALITY PANDEMIC World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has already changed our world decisively and forced upon the world a painful transformation. He explained the World Bank Group’s approach that has been comprehensive by focusing on saving lives, protecting the poor and vulnerable, ensuring sustainable business growth, and rebuilding in better ways. He focused on four urgent aspects of this work: (i) first, the need to redouble efforts to alleviate poverty and inequality; (ii) second, the associated loss of human capital and what must be done to restore it; (iii) third, the urgent need to help the poorest countries make their government debt more transparent and permanently reduce their debt burdens, two necessary steps to attract effective investment; and (iv) finally, how we can cooperate to facilitate the changes needed for an inclusive and resilient recovery. 2020-10-06T17:08:18Z 2020-10-06T17:08:18Z 2020-10-05 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/508051601978523886/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-on-Reversing-the-Inequality-Pandemic-at-Frankfurt-School-of-Finance-and-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34585 English Delivered October 5, 2020 to the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management; 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 CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
POVERTY
INEQUALITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
DEBT BURDEN
TRANSPARENCY
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
RESILIENT RECOVERY
INEQUALITY PANDEMIC
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
POVERTY
INEQUALITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
DEBT BURDEN
TRANSPARENCY
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
RESILIENT RECOVERY
INEQUALITY PANDEMIC
Malpass, David
Reversing the Inequality Pandemic
relation Delivered October 5, 2020 to the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management;
description World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has already changed our world decisively and forced upon the world a painful transformation. He explained the World Bank Group’s approach that has been comprehensive by focusing on saving lives, protecting the poor and vulnerable, ensuring sustainable business growth, and rebuilding in better ways. He focused on four urgent aspects of this work: (i) first, the need to redouble efforts to alleviate poverty and inequality; (ii) second, the associated loss of human capital and what must be done to restore it; (iii) third, the urgent need to help the poorest countries make their government debt more transparent and permanently reduce their debt burdens, two necessary steps to attract effective investment; and (iv) finally, how we can cooperate to facilitate the changes needed for an inclusive and resilient recovery.
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title Reversing the Inequality Pandemic
title_short Reversing the Inequality Pandemic
title_full Reversing the Inequality Pandemic
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title_full_unstemmed Reversing the Inequality Pandemic
title_sort reversing the inequality pandemic
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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