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Locally grown produce at a vegetable stand. Guatemala. Photo Maria Fleischmann / World Bank

Oct 29, 2019

Commodity Prices Revised Down as Global Growth Weakens and Supplies Remain Ample

Nov 11, 2019

World Bank Group Appoints Hiroshi Matano to Head MIGA

Oct 24, 2019

Governments Worldwide Launched 294 Reforms Over the Past Year to Make Doing Business Easier

World Bank Development Committee Meeting. Photo: World Bank / Franz Mahr

Oct 19, 2019

World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings 2019: Development Committee Communiqué

World Bank Group President David Malpass speaks at the October 18th plenary session of the Annual Meetings in Washington, DC Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie

Oct 18, 2019

World Bank Group President David Malpass: Speech to the Plenary Session of the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors

World Bank Group President David Malpass Giving the Lloyd George Lecture at Georgetown University. Photo: Elliott Hulse/World Bank

Nov 15, 2019

Greater Transparency for Broad-Based Growth

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