Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Held During the 2022 Annual Meetings
This report discusses the remarks delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held during the 2022 annual meetings. He discusses: the world needs to be much better prepared to re...
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| Format: | President's Speech |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/254751645174487700/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-the-G20-Finance-Ministers-and-Central-Bank-Governors-Meeting-Held-During-the-2022-Annual-Meetings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37018 |
| Summary: | This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting
held during the 2022 annual meetings. He discusses: the
world needs to be much better prepared to respond to
pandemics, catastrophes, and health emergencies. Investing
in prevention and preparedness now will save lives and, over
the medium term, will save resources. Since the COVID-19
pandemic is not yet behind us, let me first say a few words
about our efforts to support countries through this
pandemic. I’ll then turn to the topic of preparedness and
financing for future health crises. The World Bank Group’s
157 billion dollars response to COVID-19 was unprecedented.
It was the fastest and largest growth in our history. This
helped countries evaluate their health capacity gaps,
finance their health systems, secure vaccines, and turn
those vaccines into actual vaccinations in the poorest
countries. As of last week, our financing has helped 67
countries purchase over half a billion doses. Doses closely
connected. The doses are closely connected to our financing
of country deployment programs and monitoring, through
workforce training, public awareness campaigns, logistics,
cold chain capacity, syringes, and testing kits.
Preparedness and building for the future are core to the
World Bank’s mission through comprehensive health projects.
We are working to strengthen health systems in over 100
countries with an active portfolio totaling 30 billion dollars. |
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