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World Bank members endorse moves to boost lending by $50bn over decade

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Baiyi Seo, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="World Bank Group President David Malpass participates in the Overcoming Debt, Generating Growth panel discussion during the 2023 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington, DC, USA, April 11, 2023. The Spring Meetings run from April 10 to 15, 2023. Shawn Thew, EPA-EPE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/04/13/world-bank.jpg"/><figcaption>World Bank Group President David Malpass participates in the Overcoming Debt, Generating Growth panel discussion during the 2023 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington, DC, USA, April 11, 2023. The Spring Meetings run from April 10 to 15, 2023. <em>Shawn Thew, EPA-EPE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>WASHINGTON — World Bank member countries have endorsed measures allowing a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, its outgoing president David Malpass said.</p><p>The move, announced during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings in Washington, is part of an ongoing evolution of the development lender amid pushes for it to meet global challenges like climate change.</p><p>Earlier on Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged the World Bank to continue taking on added reform measures this year.</p><p>&quot;We should use the rest of the year to undertake additional reforms through a staged implementation approach,&quot; Yellen said at a roundtable discussion on the evolution of multilateral development banks.</p><p>The United States is the largest shareholder of the World Bank Group.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/10/23/world-bank-imf-spring-meetings-to-get-underway-in-complex-economic-environment">World Bank, IMF spring meetings to get underway in complex economic environment</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/31/23/world-bank-lending-600-m-to-ph-for-financial-resiliency">World Bank lending $600 million to Philippines to support financial sector resiliency</a></li></ul><div><strong>&#x27;SIGNS OF PROGRESS&#x27; </strong></div><p>Malpass, who announced his upcoming resignation in February, said in a statement late Wednesday that discussions with shareholders this week have &quot;yielded signs of progress&quot; on issues including a need for greater debt transparency, greater development finance and more impactful climate action.</p><p>&quot;Our member countries endorsed measures that can add up to $50 billion of IBRD lending capacity over the next ten years,&quot; he added, referring to the bank&#x27;s middle-income lending arm, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.</p><p>Malpass said there was full recognition of the importance of concessional resources and private sector investment.</p><p>With financing capabilities falling &quot;far short of the resource needs for development and climate,&quot; Malpass stressed that addressing these needs will require a global effort.</p><p>For now, a development committee paper outlines changes &quot;that provide a foundation for further evolution,&quot; 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World Bank members endorse moves to boost lending by $50bn over decade

Baiyi Seo,

Agence France-Presse

Published Apr 13, 2023 08:46 AM PHT

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