David Malpass, President of the World Bank, addressed the common challenge presented by slowing world growth. He remarked that governance issues are apparent around the world. On matters of debt, he emphasized dispute settlement, debt contract transparency, contract fairness, and facilitating...

World Bank Group President, David Malpass spoke about how the past four weeks the World Bank has begun to implement twelve billion-dollar package that would enable vaccination systems for countries that otherwise wouldn't have access, and that was the goal. He explained the assessment of the...

World Bank Group President David Malpass remarked that the pandemic added further to the development gap, with many developing countries also suffer from fragility, human rights violations, food insecurity, lack of transparency, weak currencies, inflation, and the unfunded requirements of...

These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass before the 2022 Annual Meetings on the Crisis Facing Development on September 28, 2022. He spoke in detail about the following topics: (i) Human consequence of overlapping crises; and (ii) Confronting unprecedented fiscal...

This report discusses the readout from World Bank Group President David Malpass's meeting at the Future of Digital Cooperation Event: Building Resilience Through Safe, Trusted, and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure. There have been severe reversals in development, and global policy trends...

These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the 2nd Ministerial Roundtable for Support to Ukraine on October 12, 2022. Ukraine's basic non-military budget financing needs, dominated by essential social services, are substantial and need continued external...

These opening remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass during the Launch of the International Debt Report 2022 on December 6, 2022. He spoke about the World Bank identified the stagflation risk early in that year which brings three risks: a global recession in 2023; a...

These remarks were delivered by the World Bank Group President David Malpass during the Launch of the January 2023 Global Economic Prospects Report on January 10, 2023. He addressed the following topics: global growth outlook; rising levels of debt distress and possible directions to achieve...

These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President Malpass at the G7 Ministerial Conference on Uniting for Global Food Security on June 24, 2022. He said food systems were fragile even before Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war has now accelerated a global food crisis. He recommended the...

These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the 2022 Ibrahim Governance Forum on May 25, 2022. He spoke about the world is facing a dangerous period of overlapping crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, debt, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He explanied...