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The issue of climate change is one of the priority issues to which Algeria pays great attention because of its geographical location in the Mediterranean, which is considered one of the most vulnerable and weakened by global warming and its adverse effects such as desertification, drought, heavy rains and floods. To this en Image: Photo by aboodi vesakaran on Unsplash
on 14.11.22
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The Parliamentary Network is a global platform for parliamentarians from over 160 countries with over 2000 members to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in International Financial Institutions and multilateral development financing. A Parliamentary Network Chapter brings together a group of parliamentari
on 29.09.22
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Government of Georgia alongside with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia (MoES) is implementing various programs and activities to ensure access to quality education. Ministry finalizing New National Strategy of Education and Science 2022-2030, based on three pillars – Quality, Equity and Governance. Image: Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
on 11.07.22
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It is no coincidence that learning poverty is frequently perceived as a lack of reading skills. It is known that reading skills play a fundamental role in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. It is obvious that education systems that could not provide reading skills will not help to acquire knowledge in other areas such Image: Photo by Hikmat Gafarzada on Unsplash
on 11.07.22
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Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, UK, Chair Hon. Marlene M. Forte, Jamaica, Vice Chair Senator Antonio Alarcó, Spain, Vice Chair Hon. Gagan Thapa, Nepal While conceiving economic development as the enlargement of human freedoms, Indian economist Amartya Sen, once stated that “the practice of democracy gives citizens an opportunity
on 30.06.22
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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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Thank you, Liam and hello to everyone. Sadly, I am speaking from Portugal because we can’t travel, basically. And hopefully we will be together sooner than later as we overcome these difficult times. I know time is of essence, so I’ll try to be brief saying that it is consensual that we need to understand […] Image: Photo by Yohann LIBOT on Unsplash
on 13.07.21
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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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A year after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, we are beginning to comprehend the magnitude of the devastation and suffering the virus has caused. 2.6 million people have died. Image: Photo by Forest Simon on Unsplash
on 10.05.21
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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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“We have had to perform at one and the same time the tasks appropriate to the economist, to the financier, to the politician, to the journalist, to the propagandist, to the lawyer, to the statesman-even, I think, to the prophet and to the soothsayer’ — Lord Keynes at the founding of the IMF and World […]
on 10.04.21
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The Corona pandemic and the lockdown that followed constituted the biggest challenge to our society since the Second World War. Our lives and our health are at risk and our basic democratic principles have been put to the test. Image: Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash
on 04.03.21
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Now, more than ever, we need governments to be acting as global citizens, thinking of international aid as a stepping stone to prosperity and planning for a long-term mission to strengthen international financial institutions. Hard choices for many countries - and their partners - lie ahead. Image: Photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX If we’re to rebound quickly after the COVID Crash, we need clarity on the path to pay down debt. Taxes on the most fortunate are one option policymakers will consider. Image: Photo by Matt Lamers on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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As the world fights to combat COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the promise of technologies to help us battle the pandemics of today and the future. But governments will have to master how to safely share the data. Image: Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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COVID-19 has turned the public focus back towards the state: citizens around the world are looking to their governments and their ability to deal with the pandemic and its social and economic ramifications. Image: Photo by Frederic Köberl on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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Interview with Martin Ziguélé, MP, Chair of the Finance, Economic and Planning Committee, Central African National Assembly
on 06.07.17
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Interview with Pauline NDOUMOU, MP, Quaestor of the National Assembly of Cameroon
on 22.05.17
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Senator from Belgium, Honourable Alain Destexhe. He is the former Chair of the PN, and has seen much in terms of the global development debate in his time as a legislator and practitioner.
on 29.02.16
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The Parliamentary Network Secretariat had a chance to sit down with Senator Joy Gwendo. She was elected to the Board of PN at the 2015 GPC in Washington, D.C. Senator Gwendo is a champion of women's empowerment and a successful journalist
on 25.11.15
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