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The World Bank's Bold New Vision

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World Bank President on Ending Poverty on a Livable Planet
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The World Bank's Bold New Vision
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At the 2023 Annual Meetings, Ajay Banga unveiled an ambitious new vision and mission for the World Bank – ending poverty on a livable planet.
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On October 13, 2023, at the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Ajay Banga delivered a landmark address on the Bank's new vision and mission and the roadmap to achieve it. Read the full remarks, watch the video, and see highlights below.
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World Bank Group President Ajay Banga delivered a landmark address at the 2023 WB-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. He spoke about the World Bank's new vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet, and the roadmap to achieve it. Learn more: http://wrld.bg/B5h850PU1GU Live from Marrakech, Morocco, the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund 2023 ANNUAL MEETINGS focus on what it will take to end poverty on a livable planet. Events explore the new playbook we need to respond to intertwined global challenges. Save and follow this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLopq6yGfmFAtixvsfSsm8TKd_dtDE5Zr6 #WBGIMFmeetings ABOUT THE WORLD BANK The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. http://www.worldbank.org
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“To create a world free of poverty – on a livable planet.”

This vision and mission will test the sincerity of our ambition – it sets us on a journey that will require reimagined partnerships, a new way of working and thinking, an innovative plan to scale and replicate, additional resources, and optimism for what could be possible.

In all corners of the globe, people are eager to go to work, and to create with their own hands. They want a better life for their children and grandchildren.

We must be the hand on the back – moving people forward. We must be an institution that exports optimism and impact.

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