Ajay Banga promised to deliver a “better bank,” before asking shareholders for a “bigger bank,” the World Bank’s new president said during a press conference to kick off the annual meetings in Morocco.
Banga stayed on message during his opening remarks on Tuesday, hammering home the same points he made during interviews leading up to the World Bank-International Monetary Fund gathering in Marrakech.
His main points:
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Sophie Edwards
Sophie Edwards is a Devex Contributing Reporter covering global education, water and sanitation, and innovative financing, along with other topics. She has previously worked for NGOs, and the World Bank, and spent a number of years as a journalist for a regional newspaper in the U.K. She has a master's degree from the Institute of Development Studies and a bachelor's from Cambridge University.
