2021 Annual Meetings Press Conference

World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the world suffering from a dramatically uneven recovery, and inequality worsening across country groups. The highest priority is to secure access to vaccines and speed up shots in arms. He explained that the World Bank Group is working as hard as...

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Main Author:	Malpass, David
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	COVID-19 VACCINATION IDA20 REPLENISHMENT PUBLIC SPENDING EFFICIENCY CLIMATE FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM PANDEMIC IMPACT POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/100861634637044013/Transcript-of-World-Bank-Group-Press-Conference-by-President-David-Malpass-at-the-2021-Annual-Meetings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36488

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spelling	okr-10986-364882021-11-05T05:10:46Z 2021 Annual Meetings Press Conference Malpass, David COVID-19 VACCINATION IDA20 REPLENISHMENT PUBLIC SPENDING EFFICIENCY CLIMATE FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM PANDEMIC IMPACT POVERTY World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the world suffering from a dramatically uneven recovery, and inequality worsening across country groups. The highest priority is to secure access to vaccines and speed up shots in arms. He explained that the World Bank Group is working as hard as it can 24/7 to expand the number of doses as soon as it can get, and delivery schedules from the advanced economies and from the manufacturers. Regarding the IDA20 replenishment in December, African heads of state have already called for donors to be ambitious in their support for IDA’s mission. He spoke about 1) making public spending more efficient in a country like Mexico; 2) climate finance provided to the developing countries should be doubled in the next few years; 3) opportunities presented by climate change and to support climate private sector investment in Africa; 4) the role of young people in global climate action; 5) boosting health systems and making them more resilient to shocks like COVID-19 in MENA region; 6) the pandemic impact on India’s poor; 7) measures to save companies in difficulty during COVID-19; 8) lessons that developing countries draw from this health crisis, particularly on the social level; and 9) support to low-income countries efforts against pandemic. 2021-11-04T19:41:35Z 2021-11-04T19:41:35Z 2021-10-13 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/100861634637044013/Transcript-of-World-Bank-Group-Press-Conference-by-President-David-Malpass-at-the-2021-Annual-Meetings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36488 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: President's Speech
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topic	COVID-19 VACCINATION IDA20 REPLENISHMENT PUBLIC SPENDING EFFICIENCY CLIMATE FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM PANDEMIC IMPACT POVERTY
spellingShingle	COVID-19 VACCINATION IDA20 REPLENISHMENT PUBLIC SPENDING EFFICIENCY CLIMATE FINANCE CLIMATE CHANGE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM PANDEMIC IMPACT POVERTY Malpass, David 2021 Annual Meetings Press Conference
description	World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the world suffering from a dramatically uneven recovery, and inequality worsening across country groups. The highest priority is to secure access to vaccines and speed up shots in arms. He explained that the World Bank Group is working as hard as it can 24/7 to expand the number of doses as soon as it can get, and delivery schedules from the advanced economies and from the manufacturers. Regarding the IDA20 replenishment in December, African heads of state have already called for donors to be ambitious in their support for IDA’s mission. He spoke about 1) making public spending more efficient in a country like Mexico; 2) climate finance provided to the developing countries should be doubled in the next few years; 3) opportunities presented by climate change and to support climate private sector investment in Africa; 4) the role of young people in global climate action; 5) boosting health systems and making them more resilient to shocks like COVID-19 in MENA region; 6) the pandemic impact on India’s poor; 7) measures to save companies in difficulty during COVID-19; 8) lessons that developing countries draw from this health crisis, particularly on the social level; and 9) support to low-income countries efforts against pandemic.
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2021 Annual Meetings Press Conference

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