Highlights 2021 Spring Meetings | Economic Recovery: Toward a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future
As countries rebuild their economies after COVID-19, it is fundamental that they see this as a unique opportunity to lay the foundation for a green, resilient, and inclusive future. These efforts were the theme of the event kicking off the 2021 World Bank Group-IMF Virtual Spring Meetings. Watch the highlights from our Economic Recovery: Toward a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future event. More information: https://live.worldbank.org/economic-r... #WBGIMFmeetings 🗣️ Speakers David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Karim El Aynaoui, President, Policy Center for the New South Swietenia Puspa Lestari, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Divers Clean Action Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive for Africa Regions, Standard Bank Group Ajaita Shah, Founder/CEO of Frontier Markets and the President of Frontier Innovations Foundation Lindsay Coates, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Managing Director, BRAC World Gonzalo Hernandez Licona, Director of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network Vongsey Vissoth, Cambodia’s Permanent Secretary of State Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Somi Kakoma, 2021 Grammy-nominated Vocalist, Composer, and Writer 📑 Agenda 00:00 Introducing Economic Recovery: Toward a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future 00:38 Conversation between David Malpass, Kristalina Georgieva, Janet Yellen 03:28 Green recovery: Karim El Aynaoui, Swietenia Puspa Lestari 04:51 Resilience and innovation by private companies: Rania Al-Mashat, Sola David-Borha, Ajaita Shah 06:49 Protecting the poor and vulnerable: Lindsay Coates, Gonzalo Hernandez Licona, Vongsey Vissoth, Melinda Gates 08:59 A performance by Ugandan jazz vocalist and songwriter, Somi ABOUT THE WORLD BANK GROUP 🌐 The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. http://www.worldbank.org FOLLOW US ► ► ► YouTube: http://wrld.bg/x4SB50x47Lu Facebook: / worldbank Twitter: / worldbank Instagram: / worldbank LinkedIn: / the-world-bank Events: http://live.worldbank.org Immersive Stories: https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-a... Newsletter: https://www.worldbank.org/en/newslett...
