“If you’re a woman at the top of an organization, you need to look at how you can leave a footprint, so that when you leave it doesn’t all disappear.”💬

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the importance of integrating #gender strategies within institutions ⬇️
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I’m puzzled by all the fretting about China trade shock 2.0. First, a subsidy war in EVs and batteries is actually a good thing since there is no global carbon tax. Second, we are no longer in hyperglobalization. Importing countries are free to respond. Remember the Japanese…

How can MDBs help mobilize private finance at scale? 🤔

At a recent Center for Global Development #SpringMeetings event, experts tackled this question & more.

Ft: Irene Arias Hofman, Alexia Latortue, Frannie Leautier, Ahmed M. Saeed, & Masood Ahmed.

Check out the full event ⬇️
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My wife Elisa New’s documentary series Poetry In America is premiering new episodes on #PBS . Watch David Axelrod, @kristolconvos, and Andrea Mitchell explore 1960s D.C. through Robert Lowell's poem “July in Washington.” bit.ly/3xOQuJP

ICYMI: Center for Global Development, Bretton Woods Committee, & International Finance Forum (IFF) convened experts to strategize practical ideas to reinvigorate cooperation in the global financial and development sphere.

Ft: Masood Ahmed, caroline atkinson, Dr. Vera Songwe, Zhu Xian, and Gillian Tett.

Full event:
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“overall, the lesson is clear: Improve #education , improve growth, and do some progressive transfers, and #inequality will fall” #LatinAmerica Nora Lustig Ana María Ibáñez Francisco H. G. Ferreira - for more this topic, check out Inter-American Development Bank lacir.lse.ac.uk Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦

'What is perceived in developed economies as an overcapacity for China makes what China produces cost competitive in markets that are very, very poor,' W. Gyude Moore tells gina chua #WES2024

Every dollar invested in IDA - World Bank can leverage $4. It offers unparalleled value for money, explains Annalisa Prizzon.

Donors must urgently step up to replenish #IDA21 to help low-income countries address present and future challenges: buff.ly/3xJc9TE 🎙️

#ThinkChangePodcast

.Melinda French Gates sits down with William Brangham to discuss the disparities women around the world are facing in economic, health and political avenues.

“I think getting women into all those seats of power really will change society,” she says.

“For anyone who asks if we can afford paid leave and care, it’s the wrong question—the question is, what returns will it pay?”

A must-read from Dawn Huckelbridge and Ai-jen Poo in Glamour on the importance of #PaidLeave and a better care infrastructure. m-gat.es/3Q0kyrV

Very fruitful discussion with Heads of Multilateral Development Banks & G20 independent expert group at Center for Global Development.

The #MDBs partnership is at the heart of a strong financial system.

The European Investment Bank Group is committed to deepen cooperation & efficiency to reinforce our global safety net.

The UK’s £100 million hybrid capital contribution to World Bank will leverage significant finance to tackle shared global challenges and support #SDGs Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

If we can fix this country’s broken caregiving system, then we can enable women to more fully step in to their power, and as a result, improve society as a whole. #CareCantWait

HAPPENING NOW➡Experts are discussing how MDBs can mobilize private finance at the necessary scale, how to achieve feasible mobilization levels, & more.

Ft: Irene Arias Hofman, Alexia Latortue, Frannie Leautier, Ahmed M. Saeed, & Masood Ahmed.

Tune in! live ⬇
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EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський said he spoke to lawmakers and the president about Ukraine’s urgent need for wartime aid and stressed “please just make a decision,” during an interview with amna.

Stream more tonight at 6 ET online: to.pbs.org/3MzB3rB

There’s a $1.7 trillion gap between the credit women need and what they can get.

Ahead of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, I wrote about the steps leaders can take to help close financing gaps and build women's economic power. m-gat.es/3vUqQ5H

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Season 2 of Brettonomics with Nancy Jacklin is now LIVE on all major platforms! These new episodes feature interviews with current and former international finance policy officials such as Masood Ahmed and Joaquim Levy to discuss why institutions for economic…

We need to improve the way private capital mobilisation is measured and reported.

Ahead of the launch event on Tuesday, Gary Forster &
Nancy Lee examine how a new approach could help the way DFIs are governed, held to account and scale up investment.

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We need better mobilisation data to understand how to close the SDG finance gap.
Gary Forster & Nancy Lee look at why PublishWhatYouFund is proposing improvements to the measurement and transparency of mobilisation.

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Despite challenges, Sub-Saharan Africa anticipates 3.4% growth in 2024, a testament to its resilience.

To effectively tackle poverty, prioritizing inclusive growth policies that reduce inequality is essential. Read more: wrld.bg/Euze50RbLAf #AfricasPulse