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September 16, 2019
The Power of Teachers in Tackling the Global Learning Crisis

The event will explore how to best support teachers and drive the change needed to tackle the global learning crisis and eliminate learning poverty. Panelists will focus on the global learning crisis and the efforts to tackle it by increasing the quality of investments in people, with a special focus on the role that education, particularly investments in teachers, can play in these efforts.

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September 10, 2019
The Global Commission on Adaptation: Report Launch and Discussion
Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience, the flagship report of the Global Commission on Adaptation launches globally on September 10, 2019. Join us for the launch event in Washington, DC, and find out how adaptation is a cornerstone of better development that can help improve lives, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and enhance resilience around the world.
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September 9, 2019
6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference

Agenda: Opening Session: 9:00-10:15 am ET”People, Markets and Cities” Keynote Session: 1:00-2:15 pm ETKeynote address: “Moving to Opportunity in the Developing World” Debate: “Regional Perspectives on Migration and Location Issues” Cities are engines of growth, which create jobs, agglomerate economics and diffuse knowledge. By the middle of the century, two-thirds of the population will live in cities. 90 percent of the urban growth will be in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Cities in developing countries lack efficient structure and have poor spatial connectivity, which prevents workers from accessing opportunities and marginalizes vulnerable and low-income groups. A large percentage of workers are unskilled, underemployed and poor. What is the role for urban and national governments to create opportunities for all, and facilitate human capital accumulation, improve spatial connectivity, and address the socio-economic segregation? The 6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to discuss effective land, housing, transport and local labor market policies, and their implications for ...

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July 16, 2019
Remarks by President David Malpass on Bretton Woods 75th Anniversary

“The focus of our work at the World Bank Group is based on strong country programs to improve living conditions — to drive growth, raise median incomes, create jobs, fully incorporate women and young people into economies, address environmental and climate challenges, and support a stronger, more stable economy for everyone.”Read the full transcriptRead the President's Essay: "Common purpose advancing development – 75 years of innovation for progress and shared prosperity"Visit the President’s official website

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July 15, 2019
Future Pasifika Healthy Oceans

Healthy oceans are vital to the prosperity of Pacific communities and the global ecosystem, yet are facing an unprecedented crisis with issues of over-fishing, marine pollution and coastal erosion exacerbated by climate change. This inaugural Future Pasifika panel will bring together some of the most passionate voices in our Pacific community – thought leaders, activists, businesspeople and youth leaders – to tackle this critical issue. Cohosted by the University of the South Pacific (USP), the World Bank and its sister organization the International Finance Corporation, Future Pasifika is filmed in front of a live audience at the USP Laucala Bay Campus in Suva, Fiji, and livestreamed across the university’s Pacific campuses.

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June 20, 2019
World Refugee Day 2019

Sub-Saharan African countries host the second largest number of refugees in the world, with nearly 6.6 million displaced people as of 2018. Despite open borders, progressive refugee policies and the support of development organizations and host communities, many refugees still have limited access to services such as education and health care, hindering their ability to develop the skills needed for self-reliance or to contribute to the betterment of their host communities and home countries. What will it take to expand access to education, health care and skills development among refugee communities?

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June 17, 2019
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2019 Multilateralism: Past, Present, and Future
The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), organized by the World Bank’s Development Economics (DEC) Vice Presidency, is one of the world's best-known series of conferences to present and discuss new knowledge on development. The conference aims to promote the exchange of cutting-edge knowledge among researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners. The theme of this year’s conference was on "Multilateralism: Past, Present, and Future.” The 2019 ABCDE conference was part of the events scheduled to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference. It took place on June 17–18, 2019. Watch the reply of the following sessions that were livestreamed: Welcome Remarks by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Chief Economist, World Bank Group Opening Remarks by David Malpass, World Bank Group President Keynote Address 1: Strategic Rivalry and the Future of the World Bank by Ngaire Woods, Oxford University Historian Talk: Bretton Woods @75 by Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations) Keynote Address 2: Multilateral Supply of Global ...
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June 18, 2019
2019 IFC Sustainability Exchange: Invest for Tomorrow
IFC’s flagship Sustainability Exchange is hitting the road again – join us in Dakar June 18-19 to explore how to drive innovation through inclusion. The Exchange convenes game changers in infrastructure, natural resources, science, and the arts to challenge assumptions and build a pipeline of sustainable investments across Africa and the globe.   For the full agenda:    8.30am – 10.10am  Welcome, Opening   Remarks &   Performance  Sergio Pimenta, Africa & Middle East Vice President, IFC  Centre Culturel Koré Social Theater from Mali, sponsored by One Drop  H.E. Mr. Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy Planning and Cooperation, WBG Governor  Noumoucounda Cissoko Band    Creating Stakeholder   Value: Being   Cooperative, Staying   Competitive  Shungu Gwarinda, CEO, Graça Machel Trust  Mark Cutifani, CEO, Anglo American  Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu, Director for East Africa, IFC  Investing in the Tech   & Youth-Driven   Future   Jacob Kwaku Gyan, CEO, Adroit 360  Ivy Barley, Co-Founder, Developers in Vogue  Tochukwu Egesi, CEO, Innovation Corner  Aliou Maiga, Director for West Africa, IFC   10:15am – 11.15am  Making Waves: Energy   Transitions & Trade-   offs  ...
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July 24, 2019
24 hour ECONOTHON: Development Never Sleeps 

We did it! 24 hours of non-stop discussions on development economics. Thanks for watching and engaging! Want to learn more about the economics behind international development? How can we stimulate economic growth, reduce poverty and help people in developing countries?  We went live for a 24-hour “Econothon” where experts from the World Bank Group and beyond engaged a global audience on the development challenges facing the world today. Economic growth, jobs, inequality climate change -- these development issues never sleep. Click here to watch all the replays  

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June 13, 2019
FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards and Conference 2019: Harnessing Innovation and Capital for Impact

The Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will once again gather senior investors, innovators, social entrepreneurs and other thought leaders for a major conference ahead of the FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards dinner in London. In line with the theme of the Awards, the conference will discuss what the private sector is doing to help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the steps that need to be taken to achieve long-term, transformative impact. There will be a particular focus on human capital and the use of technology to boost inclusion, and special sessions on climate change and the geo-political environment. Chaired by senior FT journalists, this event will be a significant lead-in to the Awards dinner, which will honour those whose capital, technology and ideas are contributing to substantive progress in developing low-carbon urban infrastructure, delivering healthcare and education, assuring food and water security, harnessing technology to assist the ...

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