Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics

These remarks were delivered by the World Bank Group President David Malpass, addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability on April 12, 2022 at the Warsaw School of Economics. He spoke about again living through a dangerous period of overlapping cr...

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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-10986-377952022-08-02T05:10:39Z Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics Malpass, David REFUGEE HOSTING FOOD SECURITY INFLATION CAPITAL ALLOCATION GROWTH PROMOTION INVASION OF UKRAINE WEAKENING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK These remarks were delivered by the World Bank Group President David Malpass, addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability on April 12, 2022 at the Warsaw School of Economics. He spoke about again living through a dangerous period of overlapping crises and conflicts with Poland near the center. He has been deeply shocked and horrified at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the atrocities committed against the civilian population, and the loss of life and livelihoods for millions of Ukrainians. Since the invasion, the World Bank Group has provided fast-disbursing financial support to Ukraine to help the government provide critical services to people, including wages for hospital workers, pensions for the elderly, and social programs for the vulnerable. Through IFC, they have provided immediate working capital for companies providing supplies to Ukraine. He was pleased to announce that the World Bank is preparing a nearly 1.5 billion US dollars operation for Ukraine to support continuation of essential government services during the war. He also discussed about the following: (i) Overlapping global crises; (ii) Weakening economic outlook; (iii) Areas for action; and (iv) Lessons learned. 2022-08-01T16:15:00Z 2022-08-01T16:15:00Z 2022-04-12 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099711504122260213/IDU05e04172d0f0308eec079ee126a84e5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37795 English en CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speeches of World Bank Presidents [collection under construction] :: Speeches by David R. Malpass (2019 to present) Poland Ukraine
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topic REFUGEE HOSTING
FOOD SECURITY
INFLATION
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
GROWTH PROMOTION
INVASION OF UKRAINE
WEAKENING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
spellingShingle REFUGEE HOSTING
FOOD SECURITY
INFLATION
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
GROWTH PROMOTION
INVASION OF UKRAINE
WEAKENING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Malpass, David
Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
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description These remarks were delivered by the World Bank Group President David Malpass, addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability on April 12, 2022 at the Warsaw School of Economics. He spoke about again living through a dangerous period of overlapping crises and conflicts with Poland near the center. He has been deeply shocked and horrified at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the atrocities committed against the civilian population, and the loss of life and livelihoods for millions of Ukrainians. Since the invasion, the World Bank Group has provided fast-disbursing financial support to Ukraine to help the government provide critical services to people, including wages for hospital workers, pensions for the elderly, and social programs for the vulnerable. Through IFC, they have provided immediate working capital for companies providing supplies to Ukraine. He was pleased to announce that the World Bank is preparing a nearly 1.5 billion US dollars operation for Ukraine to support continuation of essential government services during the war. He also discussed about the following: (i) Overlapping global crises; (ii) Weakening economic outlook; (iii) Areas for action; and (iv) Lessons learned.
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title Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
title_short Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
title_full Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
title_fullStr Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
title_full_unstemmed Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security and Stability Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Warsaw School of Economics
title_sort addressing challenges to growth, security and stability speech by world bank group president david malpass at the warsaw school of economics
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