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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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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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Norman Loayza, Director of the World Bank’s Global Indicators Group - Expert Answers

Business Ready

Enabling Businesses To Thrive

What do economies need to do to enable businesses to thrive, for the benefit of society as a whole? Norman Loayza, Director of the World Bank’s Global Indicators Group, explains.

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World Development Report

The Middle-Income Trap

What can middle-income countries do to elevate themselves into the higher-income bracket? Somik Lall, Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, joins us.

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"Developing countries can continue to follow a tried and tested approach to attracting FDI and that is investing in their regulatory environment, in their operating environment, to make it more business friendly and more investor friendly. Institutions like the World Bank Group can provide significant assistance in that regard through technical assistance as well as policy advice to help countries create a more stable and more predictable macro environment for foreign investors."

Moritz Nebe, Sector Manager at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Shifting Shores: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Relocations and Political Risk | World Bank Expert Answers