World Bank Group Weekly Update - Green Light for a New World Bank Group

Green Light for a New World Bank Group Six months ago, the World Bank Group's member countries endorsed a bold plan to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity. On Oct. 12, they gave the Bank Group the green light to reposition itself to better tackle these goals. Communiqué | World Bank Group Strategy (PDF)
Highlights Turning Tide Toward Healthier Oceans A Conversation with Malala See What You Missed at Annual Meetings Maasai Cattle, Biogas, and Tires The declining health of oceans is jeopardizing the well-being of communities around the world. To address the crisis, the World Bank convened a blue-ribbon panel, which recommends prioritizing investments that advance sustainable livelihoods and social equity as well as ocean health. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani 16-year-old who was shot by the Taliban last year, spoke at World Bank headquarters about her passionate fight for girls' education. Replay her inspiring dialogue with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. There were so many events at the World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings, it was hard to catch them all. Replay the webcasts you missed, from youth employment to children's health to the economics of climate change. An enterprising business has been recycling blood from a Maasai slaughterhouse to create biogas for cooking, thanks to business advice and financing from Kenya's Climate Innovation Center, an organization supported by the World Bank's infoDev. They even store the fuel in used tires. Read More » Read More » Read More » Watch Video »
FEATURED BLOG The World Food Day Challenge: Feeding More People with Fewer Resources "We live in a world of finite resources and increasingly severe environmental challenges. So we have to use our farmland, forests and fisheries in innovative and intelligent ways."— Juergen Voegele, Oct. 16 Youthink! Blog Malala: A Relentless Fighter for Girls' Education "As a first-generation college-educated young man, I have been able to understand in retrospect the struggles my mother faced when she was raising my siblings and me. She wasn't able to help us with our homework or problems we faced in school."— Ravi Kumar, Oct. 11 View Featured Blogs | View All Blogs » In the news Release Universal Financial Access Vital to Reducing Poverty Release World Bank Group President: No More Business as Usual View all News » AFRICA In Benin, Grandmothers Lead Fight Against Malnutrition View Regional Site » EAST ASIA & PACIFIC Myanmar, World Bank Group Sign Electricity and Investment Guarantee Agreements View Regional Site » EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA International Financial Institutions on Track to Deliver on Investments in Central and Southeastern Europe View Regional Site » LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Future Looks Bright for Food Production in Latin America and Caribbean View Regional Site » MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA World Bank, Djibouti Sign Agreement to Explore Geothermal Energy View Regional Site » SOUTH ASIA India: Downturn Presents Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth View Regional Site »
	On FACEBOOK UNICEF: An amazing 30,000 of you have watched Moderat's video collaboration with us on #ENDviolence against children: 'Gita'. See what the fuss is all about: http://uni.cf/Gita Oct. 17, 2013 On twitter Gates Foundation: There are about 842 million hungry people in the world. The vast majority live in developing countries: http://gates.ly/19JNJTA #WFD2013 Oct. 16, 2013
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