2023 Annual Meetings Opening Press Conference
- ABOUT THE EVENT
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World Bank President Ajay Banga addressed the press during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund 2023 Annual Meetings. He offered opening remarks and then took questions from international media covering the Meetings. World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill also participated.
Watch this event with simultaneous interpretation available in Arabic, French and Spanish. You can also use the video player to automatically translate the English captions into the language of your choice.
00:00 Remarks by World Bank President Ajay Banga
16:12 Q&A | Optimizing the impact of the finance aid to Africa
21:29 Q&A | Strengthening the lending capacity of the World Bank
25:12 Q&A | Impact of the international scenario in the Latin American markets
30:49 Q&A | Debt burden and Sustainable Development Goals
34:30 Q&A | China and the World Bank
36:58 Q&A | Progressing on human capital and reducing unemployment
40:57 Closure
Speakers
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Ajay Banga
President, World Bank Group
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Indermit Gill
Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics
@IndermitGill
Welcome to the 2023 World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings Opening Press Conference. My name is Leslie and I am with the World Bank.
Please stay tuned for the press conference with the World Bank President Ajay Banga, starting soon. Thank you very much for watching.
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Read the most recent blog co-authored by Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, on "Putting the Global Economy Back on a Winning Streak" here: blogs.worldbank.org/...
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Learn more about IDA, our fund for the world's poorest countries, here: ida.worldbank.org
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Thank you for tuning in. A replay of the Press Conference will be available soon at live.worldbank.org.
Leslie J. Yun (World Bank)
