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El mundo no necesita otra institución más contra el cambio climático
April 11, 2023Los fondos de mitigación y adaptación al calentamiento global podrían funcionar canalizados por una sola entidad independiente, que controle la asignación de las inversiones y evalúe el impacto. La crisis climática es global, tanto si vivimos en un país rico como uno pobre. Sin embargo, la comunidad internacional ha sido incapaz de encontrar soluciones conjuntas para financiar, a la escala necesaria, las inversiones esenciales de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en los países más vulnerables y en los que se registra un incremento más rápido de las emisiones de [...]
The Other Global Challenge: Pandemic Risks and the World Bank Roadmap
April 12, 2023 ETOPENING REMARKS Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister, Singapore and Co-Chair of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response [recorded] FEATURING President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President of Liberia and Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Eric Meyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East, U.S. Department of the Treasury Carolyn Reynolds, Co-Founder, Pandemic Action Network MODERATOR Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development This event will be hosted in-person at CGD's [...]
Adapting Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to Global Challenges: Perspectives of African Leaders on Reform
April 10, 2023 ETThis event was hosted in-person at CGD's DC office: 2055 L St NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036 The shared challenges facing humanity, including climate change and pandemics have only grown more pressing and existential. Given their financial firepower and expertise, many around the world are calling to reform the multilateral development banks (MDBs) to address these global challenges which can and already have setback development outcomes. While the perspectives of African leaders are key in these conversations, voices from the continent have not gotten the attention they deserve. At [...]
For the World Bank to Address Global Challenges, It Needs to Address Trade-Offs Head On
April 7, 2023This blog is one in a series by experts across the Center for Global Development ahead of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Each post in the series will put forward a tangible policy “win” for the World Bank or the broader MDB system that the author would like to see emerge from the Spring Meetings. Read the other posts in the series, and stay tuned for more. At the Spring Meetings, calls for the World Bank to become the go-to institution for fighting global challenges will intensify, including from some of us at CGD. [...]