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Ajay Banga has begun his mandate as the newly elected President of the World Bank. Several blogs and papers have been written offering advice on what his priorities should be. Most suggestions assume that the World Bank President's office is a very powerful lever that can significantly change the organization and have an impact in the developing world. However, compared to high expectations, the track record of recent World Bank Presidents has been frequently disappointing.

In a landmark development aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care (PHC) services in low- and low-and-middle income countries, three multilateral development banks have joined with WHO to launch the new Health Impact Investment Platform.

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PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - Leaders meeting this week at a summit in Paris are set to back a push for multilateral development banks like the World Bank to put more capital at risk to boost lending, according to...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that an additional US$134 billion a year was needed to be spent in low- and low-and-middle-income countries to reach the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, an amount predicted to rise to US$371 billion by 2030. With the disruption to health services provoked by the pandemic, this gap grew even larger - with many countries already facing the pressure of indebtedness, conflict, and climate change.At the core of ...

PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - Leaders meeting this week at a summit in Paris are set to back a push for multilateral development banks like the World Bank to put more capital at risk to boost lending, according to a draft summit...

MONTEGO BAY, St James – In the eyes of youth leader Christina Williams, her father, Conroy, is a hero who deserves to be acknowledged. And she is doing so by dedicating her upcoming Ignite Carib...

Agricultural Genocide. Less Methane Gas Equals Less Food So Where’s The Benefit?, left wing authoritarianism (LWA), Global Methane Hub, JOHN KERRY, We are in the spider’s web, and the only way out is to recognize the truth, through propaganda and lies.

Facing the high—and rising—burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Brazil has an opportunity to improve access, stewardship, and innovation for critical antimicrobials at the national, regional, and/or global level(s) by modifying procurement arrangements. Brazil is positioned for significant domestic benefit and further regional leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by leveraging a version of the existing Partnerships for Productive Development (PDP) model for antimicrobials...