This year, 53 participants from 33 countries were present at the Workshop: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe. Other participants included representatives from the International Assembly of the Francophonie, the Pan-African Parliament, and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
The main themes of this year’s Workshop covered the most pressing development issues of the decade and the objects of traditionally intense focus both on the part of the Parliamentary Network, the World Bank, and the IMF: the correlation of economic growth and job creation; inequality; climate change; private sector investment; fighting corruption; energy reforms; and investing in younger generations. Many of these discussions built on the previous dedicated sessions during the Global Parliamentary Conference which took place in April 2017, and introduced new approaches to tackling these universal challenges.
- Parliamentary Workshop - Final report
- Check out the summary of this year's Parliamentary Workshop
- See the list of participants
- Read the workshop's agenda
- Browse through the speakers' presentations:
- "Growth and Jobs", David Robalino, Manager of the Jobs Group, World Bank Group
- "World Economic Outlook", Malhar Nabar, Deputy Division Chief, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department, IMF
- "Globalization, Technology, and the Decline in the Labour Share of Income" - Mitali Das, Deputy Division Chief, External Sector Division, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
- "Learning to realize education's promise" - Deon Filmer, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, and Halsey Rogers, Lead Economist, Education Global Practice, World Bank Group
- "Energy Subsidy Reform" - Baoping Shang, Senior Economist, Expenditure Policy Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
- "The Effects of Weather Shocks on Economic Activity: How Can Low-Income Countries Cope?" - Mico Mrkaic, Senior Economist, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department, IMF
- "Building Resilience in Fragile States: Experiences from Sub Saharan Africa" - Mumtaz Hussein, Senior Economist, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
- "The World Bank Anti-Corruption Efforts and Sanctions System" - Merly M. Khouw, Lead Investigator, World Bank Group
- "Country-Powered Investments for Every Woman, Every Child" - Dr. Mariam Claeson, Director, Global Financing Facility
- "The World Bank Group's Citizen Engagement" - Naye Bathily, Head, Parliamentary Engagement, World Bank Group
