Key takeaways from the World Bank spring meetings

The World Bank’s spring meetings in Washington, DC wrapped up over the weekend with some of global development’s biggest names in town.

Bill Gates made an appearance in the World Bank’s atrium to discuss the future of  development finance. And a first assembly of multilateral development bank presidents gathered on stage at the International Finance Corp.’s headquarters to discuss ways to tackle the massive “infrastructure gap” facing developing countries.

Here’s a look back on the week and a recap of some of the topics at the yearly gathering:

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