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World Bank Group specialists will explain various development concepts and how they can help us end poverty.

Every episode of Expert Answers sits you down with a World Bank specialist. Our goal is to help you understand some of the biggest issues in international development today by asking our colleagues about what works on the ground and what we can do to meet the biggest global challenges.

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Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, Ayhan Kose joins Expert Answers

Global Economic Prospects

Boosting FDI and Supporting FCV countries

Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist and Director of the Prospects Group, analyzes outlining trends that are making development more challenging.

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Moritz Nebe, Sector Manager at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Foreign Direct Investment

Shifting Shores: FDI Relocations and Political Risk

Moritz Nebe, Sector Manager at MIGA, joins Expert Answers to unpack what these changes mean for investors and the developing world.

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Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Global Director for Poverty and Equity, Expert Answers

global progress

Poverty, Prosperity and Planet Report

Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Global Director for Poverty and Equity, shares key findings, including where we stand and how to move the dial.

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Debt Transparency

Why Radical Debt Transparency Matters

Diego Rivetti, Senior Debt Specialist, unpacks the dangers of hidden debt and the steps needed for radical debt transparency.

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"Debt transparency is often framed as a technical issue, while reality is more related to the notion of trust. So trust that investors have, but also the citizen may have in their government."

Diego Rivetti

Senior Debt Specialist at the World Bank Group