14-15 April 2016/IMF The global recovery continues and the financial markets have recovered most of the ground lost earlier in the year since our February meeting in Shanghai. However, growth remains modest and uneven, and downside risks and uncertainties to the global outlook persist against the backdrop of continued financial […]
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Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2016
14/4/2016/World Bank As Prepared for Delivery April 14, 2016 Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. I would like to first acknowledge our 189th member country — the Pacific island state of Nauru, which officially joined the […]
World Bank Group to Invest $2.5 Billion in Education Projects Benefiting Adolescent Girls
13/4/2016/World Bank World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced that the World Bank Group would invest $2.5 billion over 5 years in education projects that directly benefit adolescent girls, whose empowerment is central to the Bank Group’s development efforts. The announcement, made at the Let Girls Learn event […]
