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2022 Global Parliamentary Forum and Young MP Initiative

April 13-20, 2022

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  • The 2022 Global Parliamentary Forum (GPF) was held virtually during the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings on April 13-20, co-organized by the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the (PN). The event provided legislators from around the world with the chance to dialogue with their peers and World Bank and IMF leadership and experts on the most urgent development challenges.

    As the world is facing parallel crises of COVID-19, climate change and conflict, parliamentarians play a critical role in shaping policies and overseeing public finance to create economies that are more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient to shocks.

    Sessions included:

    ¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; April 14 ¨C The Global Young MP Initiative convened parliamentarians aged 40 and under around the theme of ¡°Innovations to Eliminate Learning Poverty.¡± The meeting, co-hosted by the , explored pioneering approaches to modernize education systems to ensure that all children know how to read and understand a basic text by age 10. Read about the outcomes and 

    ¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; April 18 ¨C with World Bank President David Malpass and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva provided parliamentarians with an opportunity to ask questions and engage directly with organizational leaders. .

    ¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; April 19 - Debt Management: Transparency and creativity for equitable growth with World Bank and IMF experts on how to manage debt in a transparent and accountable manner to better recover from the pandemic, while addressing medium and long-term development issues.

    ¡¤&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è; April 20 - Climate Finance and Smart Infrastructure for a Greener and More Inclusive Recovery  addressed ways parliamentarians can work together with IFIs to achieve the in the context of COVID-19 recovery, notably through green finance and infrastructure, while prioritizing the .

     

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  • David Malpass

    World Bank President

    Kristalina Georgieva

    IMF Managing Director

    The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, UK

    Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF

    Jaime Saavedra

    Global Director, Education, World Bank

    Carmen Reinhart

    Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group

    Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

    Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF

    Demetrios Papathanasiou

    Global Director, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, Infrastructure Practice Group, World Bank

    Ananthakrishnan Prasad

    Deputy Division Chief in the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

    Carlos Manuel Rodr¨ªguez

    CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility

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