April 9, 2021 – Toward a resilient recovery: My reflections on the World Bank Group’s Spring Meetings World Bank Group President David Malpass at the 2021 Spring Meetings. Photo credit: World Bank Group As the 2021 World Bank Group – IMF Spring Meetings come to a close, I was very pleased with strong support from all shareholders, the G7, G20, and Development Committee for the World Bank’s actions on climate, debt, vaccines, and other development priorities. The World Bank Group has acted quickly to help as many countries as possible respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. While I am pleased with the speed, scale, and quality of the WBG’s activities, I feel no complacency about the challenges that lie ahead. It’s time to move urgently toward opportunities and solutions that achieve sustainable and broad-based economic growth, and it is our collective efforts on poverty, climate, and inequality that will be the defining choices of our age.