This is a Facebook Live interview. Watch the replay! Tune in for a conversation about investing in school-based health interventions with Julia Gillard, Board Chair of the Global Partnership for Education and former Prime Minister of Australia and Mark Dybul, Co-Director of the Center Global Health and Quality at Georgetown University Medical Center and former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
This is a Facebook Live interview. As part of our Spring Meetings 2018 Interview Series, we will be talking with Mabel van Oranje, Founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Girls Not Brides, to discuss the importance of supporting girls and why ending child marriage is critical. Watch the replay!
This is a Facebook Live interview. As part of our Spring Meetings 2018 Interview Series, we will be talking with Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, to discuss the urgent and critical importance of investing more and more efficiently in people to prepare countries for the economy of the future. Watch the replay!
This is a Facebook Live interview. As part of our Spring Meetings 2018 Interview Series, we will be talking with Kristalina Georgieva, CEO of the World Bank, and Philippe H. Le Houerou, CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to reflect on the 2018 spring meetings and collaboration with civil society organizations. Watch the replay!
Watch the replay! Talking about global development can be fun – and informative! Join us on Facebook Tuesday, April 17, for a one-hour live show exploring the power of technology to solve problems, some of the reasons behind the gender divide, and why 2050 isn’t that far away when you’re talking about climate change. Our World Bank Live show will be filled with creative and inspiring content including the educational, data-oriented Geek Out with Tariq. Guests Speakers:Shomik Mehndiratta, Practice Manager, Transport and Digital Development Rita Ramalho, Senior Manager, Development Economics Marianne Fay, Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Network Featuring:Tariq Khokhar, Senior Data Scientist Hosted by:Pabsy Pabalan Mariano, Digital Engagement Officer Andy Shuai Liu, Online Communications Officer
Months after World Bank President Jim Kim announced the Human Capital Project, global leaders gathered in Washington to discuss the urgent and critical importance of investing in people to prepare countries for the economy of the future.
In a lively discussion moderated by Ali Velshi of NBC News and MSNBC, Dr. Kim joined Bill Gates, principal founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Gates Foundation; and Penny Mordaunt, the UK’s secretary of state for international development, to make the case for investing in people.
Against the backdrop of rapid technological and labor market changes, the speakers had one overpowering message: investing in people—through education, health, nutrition, social protection and jobs—is the sturdiest way forward.
From why the world needs a Human Capital Index to link key investments in people to economic growth, to how to finance high-impact investments in people, speakers provided unique perspectives. They concluded that building human capital is indeed a project for the world, ...
Up to $5 trillion a year – that’s the estimated gap between the resilient financing needs of cities and the funding that’s available. In the latest Resilience Dialogue on Friday, a high-level panel of experts, officials and investors offered their insights into how cities can mobilize private financing to close that gap.
Moderated by international journalist Femi Oke, the panel featured Elizabeth Yee, Vice President of City Solutions, 100 Resilient Cities; Jessica Shannon, Partner, PwC; Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority; and Vazil Hudák, Vice President, European Investment Bank.
Across the board, panelists agreed that official development assistance alone could not meet the ever growing resilient financing needs of cities. There was also a broad consensus, however, that development agencies can play a key role in closing the funding gap by using their technical expertise to help cities structure resilience projects that are attractive to private investors. Resilience projects, especially those which build resilience even before disaster strikes, ...
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a foundational investment in human capital to drive sustainable, inclusive economic growth. Yet, half the world’s population still does not have access to quality health services, while 100 million people are forced into extreme poverty every year due to health expenses. This represents a crisis in health financing, which not only impedes progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for health, but also holds back progress on the central SDG goal of ending poverty by 2030.
At a flagship event, co-hosted in partnership with the Government of Japan and the World Health Organization, leaders from around the world discussed how countries are pursuing reforms and investments, building political commitment and going beyond business as usual to ensure that all people receive needed quality health services without financial hardship.
With less than three years to reach the Universal Financial Access goal by 2020, Moderator Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg led a discussion in a packed Preston Auditorium on how we can push forward to meet this goal. It began with a conversation between President Jim Yong Kim and H. M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. Highlighting data from the recently launched Findex, both agreed that achievements in financial inclusion have been made, but key steps are still needed between now and 2020. H. M. Queen Máxima explained that financial inclusion is a win-win for everyone but leadership is needed from the public sector and the private sector. Dr. Kim emphasized how technology can help provide people globally with access to capital and markets, and can really turn inequality around. During the event’s second half, a wider panel discussion focused on how technology can speed up progress toward financial ...