October 16, 2020: Meetings, speeches, remarks, and appearances from the 2020 World Bank Group – IMF Annual Meetings

As this year’s World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings draw to a close, here are highlights and links for some of my engagements from the past two weeks:

Monday, October 5:

• Positioning Speech: “Reversing the Inequality Pandemic” at Frankfurt University 

Wednesday, October 7

• Foreword: Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report

Thursday, October 8:

• World Bank Group Arab Governors’ Meeting

• Ministerial Conclave: Investing in Human Capital in the Time of Covid-19

• World Bank Group – International Monetary Fund Meeting: The Economic Challenges from the Security Crisis in the Sahel

Friday, October 9:

• World Bank Group – International Monetary Fund Meeting: Mobilizing With Africa II

Monday, October 12:

• Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

• Global Parliamentary Network Town Hall

• Foreword: International Debt Statistics 2021 (IDS) Report

Tuesday, October 13:

• G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting

• G24 Meeting of Ministers and Governors

• Civil Society Organizations’ (CSO) Town Hall

• Annual Meetings Panel: “Defusing Debt - Creating Comprehensive Solutions”

Wednesday, October 14

• Bretton Woods Committee International Council Meeting

• Remarks to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

Thursday, October 15:

• Annual Meetings Plenary Speech

Friday, October 16:

• Annual Meetings Panel: "Closing the Digital Divide"

• Bilateral Meeting with Finance Secretary Arturo Herrera of Mexico

• Remarks to the Development Committee

Media Engagements:

• Annual Meetings Press Conference

• Deutsche Welle with Steven Beardsley

• NPR with David Brancaccio

• El Pais with Ignacio Fariza

• Bloomberg Markets with Jonathan Ferro

• BBC World with Aaron Heslehurst

• CNBC Closing Bell with Sara Eisen

Even in the midst of a once-in-a-century crisis, I am encouraged by countries that are already taking bold action, learning fast, and sharing their experiences and results for the benefit of others.

I am confident that sustainable solutions will emerge, in part by embracing constructive change—through innovation, new uses for existing assets, workers using their skills in new ways, and a reset on excessive debt burdens. Strong governance systems can help by creating a stable rule of law while allowing and facilitating innovation and change.

Working together, I believe that we can shorten the downturn and build a strong foundation for a more durable model of prosperity: one that can lift all countries and all people.

-David

This post was originally published on LinkedIn.
 

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