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Multilateral Development Banks: Bigger, Bolder, Better?

January 16, 2024
16:15–17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

In 2023, the financing gap for developing economies to reach their Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 widened to an estimated $4 trillion per year. Multilateral development banks are making progress towards unlocking more capital, but reaching development goals will require public and private investors to scale-up financing, particularly in low income and fragile contexts. How can enough...
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CF
Charles Forelle
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Wall Street Journal
SI
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of Finance
Ministry of Finance of Indonesia
NS
N. K. Singh
Chairman, Finance Commission of India
Government of India
VS
Vera Songwe
Chairperson and Founder
Liquidity and Sustainability Facility
LS
Lord Nicholas Stern
Chair
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

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