The World Bank spring meetings last week were the launch site of pledges and new funds worth billions of dollars.
But where is the money going? What is a “pledge,” exactly?
Among many new initiatives, resources were committed for Ebola, nutrition and its first-world problem, “social gastronomy,” which is a fledgeling movement to create socially conscious, delicious and globally accessible food.
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Molly Andersmollyanders_dev
Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
