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Devex Newswire: The $160 trillion gender inequality loss

By Helen Murphy

Closing the gender wealth gap could boost economies. Plus, the Vulnerable Twenty tackles climate.

World Bank aims to bring health care to 1.5 billion people

The bank wants to double the amount of people it reaches with its health programming. But achieving that will depend on how much funding donors are willing to give.

How can the World Bank can be a better partner in global development?

For the latest edition of the podcast series, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Ani Dasgupta and Adva Saldinger to provide an update from the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings.

Devex Newswire: Ajay Banga’s ambitious plan to electrify Africa

Plans to bring electricity to hundreds of millions in Africa could be a game changer for the region — and put SDG 7 in reach. Plus, World Bank chief Ajay Banga’s philosophy on reforms, and African finance ministers tackle debt.

World Bank, AfDB aim to bring electricity to 300 million Africans

The plan, which is a partnership with the African Development Bank, would halve the number of people living without electricity on the continent by 2030.

Devex Newswire: Banga aims for $100 billion in IDA replenishment

The pace of World Bank reforms, protests at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, and callable capital.

Devex Invested: Can the World Bank move from rhetoric to execution?

Matters arising at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings this week, what we heard at the Skoll World Forum, and the European Investment Bank’s compromise on weapons financing.

Opinion: How callable capital can be used to grow MDB lending capacity

The callable capital of the World Bank and other multilateral development banks is the ultimate unknown quantity — but it shouldn’t be.

Unpacking World Bank reforms: Progress and path forward

For the latest episode of the podcast series, Devex helps break down where things stand, and what's needed for those World Bank reforms ahead of the Spring Meetings.

How Tinder-inspired tech can match philanthropic funds to ocean action

Similar technology to that of Tinder has been used to develop the Ocean Matcher, which aims to connect philanthropic dollars with ocean science projects.

Devex Newswire: Ajay Banga’s challenge at the Spring Meetings 2024

The IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings are underway. Once a technical gathering for financial experts, they've evolved into a key forum for discussing global development challenges. We have anything and everything you need to know.

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Exploring how innovation can build sustainable financial solutions, presented by the European Investment Bank.

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