Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings

These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the Development Committee at 2022 Spring Meetings on April 22, 2022. The war in Ukraine is an added challenge to catastrophic droughts, the surge in food prices, and disrup...

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Main Author: Malpass, David
Format: Speech
Language:English
English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-377832022-07-29T05:10:38Z Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings Malpass, David WAR IN UKRAINE FOOD INFLATION FOOD INSECURITY FAMINE RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS AID TO AFRICA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA) These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the Development Committee at 2022 Spring Meetings on April 22, 2022. The war in Ukraine is an added challenge to catastrophic droughts, the surge in food prices, and disruptions of food supply chains. An estimated 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to face food insecurity in the coming months. In Ethiopia, South Sudan and Madagascar, there were no rains for the past three years. In the Horn of Africa alone, twenty-five million people are facing famine. The Sahel faces drought, environmental degradation, displacement, poor trade integration, and the deteriorating security situation are key factors. Cameroon, the Gambia, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa were major importers of agri-food products originating from Russia. Djibouti, Egypt, and Tunisia have already been experiencing high food price inflation over the past year owing to the region’s dependence on cereal imports. 2022-07-28T16:50:52Z 2022-07-28T16:50:52Z 2022-04-22 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099543204282219556/IDU0e0b64369060d08807011dd25458cf7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37783 English en CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC President's Speech Speeches of World Bank Presidents [collection under construction] :: Speeches by David R. Malpass (2019 to present) Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa
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topic WAR IN UKRAINE
FOOD INFLATION
FOOD INSECURITY
FAMINE
RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS
AID TO AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA)
spellingShingle WAR IN UKRAINE
FOOD INFLATION
FOOD INSECURITY
FAMINE
RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS
AID TO AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA)
Malpass, David
Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
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description These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the Development Committee at 2022 Spring Meetings on April 22, 2022. The war in Ukraine is an added challenge to catastrophic droughts, the surge in food prices, and disruptions of food supply chains. An estimated 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to face food insecurity in the coming months. In Ethiopia, South Sudan and Madagascar, there were no rains for the past three years. In the Horn of Africa alone, twenty-five million people are facing famine. The Sahel faces drought, environmental degradation, displacement, poor trade integration, and the deteriorating security situation are key factors. Cameroon, the Gambia, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa were major importers of agri-food products originating from Russia. Djibouti, Egypt, and Tunisia have already been experiencing high food price inflation over the past year owing to the region’s dependence on cereal imports.
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title Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
title_short Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
title_full Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
title_fullStr Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
title_full_unstemmed Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the African Consultative Group at the 2022 Spring Meetings
title_sort remarks by world bank group president david malpass to the african consultative group at the 2022 spring meetings
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
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