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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Sitharaman, who is on a week-long visit to the US, outlined initiatives to bolster the economic status of women during the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings. She appeared to highlight how the Modi Govt has been working with the idea of women-led development and not just women-centric development. World News | Nirmala Sitharaman, World Bank Chief Discuss Empowering Women Leaders.

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (local time) participated in a panel discussion on Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders in Washington DC

Sitaraman pointed out initiatives taken by Govt of India for women's empowerment, enhancing their economic independence and their outcomes.

Since 2014, PM Modi has emphasized that we need to have 'women-led' development for India instead of just having 'women-centric' development.

The discussion was focused on the impact of global development challenges like climate change, pandemics, fragility and conflict on development progress, and reforms at the World Bank, according to the Finance ministry.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday emphasised that building a consensus on the definition of global development challenges and augmenting financial and operational capacity of World Bank Group is critical for the evolution of ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday participated in the roundtable on 'Multilateral Development Bank Evolution: Building Shareholder Consensus' hosted by the US Department of Treasury Secretary at World Bank headquarters.