Remarks at Session 1 of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, February 26, 2021
David Malpass, President of the World Bank, declared that inequality, poverty, and climate change will be the defining issues of our age. The goal is to achieve fair, broad, and fast access to effective and safe vaccines for developing countries. On climate, the Bank is looking forward to supporting...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/409881616652278441/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-Session-1-of-the-G20-Finance-Ministers-and-Central-Bank-Governors-Meeting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35325 |
| Summary: | David Malpass, President of the World Bank, declared that inequality, poverty, and climate change will be the defining issues of our age. The goal is to achieve fair, broad, and fast access to effective and safe vaccines for developing countries. On climate, the Bank is looking forward to supporting the G20 on the very active climate agenda, including at the Venice climate summit in July. Debt transparency and sustainability remain major challenges for vulnerable countries. Each of these priorities - vaccines, climate, and debt - is plagued with inequality, which is causing a reversal of progress on development. |
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