Aid Effectiveness
On 15 December 2021, World Bank Group’s President, David Malpass, announced the launch of the replenishment process of the International Development Association (IDA), bringing financial support and policy advise to 74 countries. This allocation of $93 billion, the largest in IDA’s history, took place one year earlier t
on 28.03.22
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When the IMF decided to mint $650bn of special drawing rights (SDRs), effectively creating money to be distributed to its 190 national members, it made a powerful weapon in the war on want. But this will only work if the IMF’s shareholders now agree three big steps to move the money out of the vaults and into the assault Image: Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash
on 04.08.21
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As you know, IFC's involvement through investments in the private sector is very important to demonstrate during the pandemic how international community is helping people and businesses survive and thrive. Image: Photo by Tamanna Rumee on Unsplash
on 13.07.21
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The World Bank, as I think we’ve discussed in the past, started out with a very fast and broad response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since mid-March, the first track facility that was approved by the board made available initially 14 billion US dollars, 6 billion of which was to IDA and IBRD countries and 8 […]
on 13.07.21
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Pandemics do not stop at passport control and we cannot all be safe until everybody is safe. That means we have to mobilize a global community to make sure that there isn't any community on this planet that does not enjoy access to the vaccines that science has now made available. Image: Photo by Kate Trifo on Unsplash
on 13.07.21
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As members of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, we write to urge you as the leaders of the G7 to agree a radical action plan with the IMF and World Bank to stop the Covid pandemic now triggering a deep and dangerous pandemic of poverty. Image: Photo by Taylor Brandon on Unsplash
on 04.06.21
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Like most of the challenges we will face in this century, COVID-19 has ecological and social roots and dimensions. The pandemic has also demonstrated that global problems can no longer be addressed in isolation. The loss of natural habitats, the lack of equitable access to safe and sanitary shelter, inequality in healthcare
on 10.05.21
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The Parliamentary Network and European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) view the 16th replenishment of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) as an opportunity to increase the global commitment to aid effectiveness, with the ultimate goal of helping the world to meet the Millennium Development
on 15.09.15
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One of the work foci of the Parliamentary Network is to bring together parliamentarians, representatives of the private sector as well as donor countries to discuss how to improve the environment for doing business in the developing world and how countries can improve their ranking in international evaluations such as the D
on 21.01.11
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The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) is the arm of the institution that provides grants and loans to the world’s poorest.
on 19.01.11
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