The elimination of poverty on a livable planet and fixing the plumbing in the World Bank.
The plumbing was Ajay Banga’s retort when asked what imprint he’d like to leave on the anti-poverty lender, while the other encapsulates the World Bank president’s passion for taking on the “intertwined” challenges of poverty alleviation and climate change.
Banga — who recently marked 100 days on the job — was just as passionate in pushing back on the notion that the bank can’t juggle its poverty mandate with a “perfect storm” of crises ranging from climate change and pandemics to food insecurity and fragility.