Chief Executive Officer for the World Bank.
Las autoridades económicas y los líderes empresariales se dirigen a Davos en un momento en que la economía mundial quizás esté confrontando el mayor desafío desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
All countries, rich and poor, must adapt to climate change. A recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change spelled out the dramatic consequences of failin...
20か国・地域（G20）の財務相と中央銀行総裁は今週、ジャカルタで、対面もしくはバーチャル形式で集う際、「共通の目的を成し遂げるために力を合わせて取り組む」という意味を持つインドネシアの言葉、ゴトン・ロヨンに触発されよう。世界各国が難題だらけの障害物コースに立ち向かっていく今年、このゴトン・ヨロンの精神がこれまで以上に大切だ。
Cuando esta semana los ministros de Hacienda y los presidentes de los bancos centrales del Grupo de los Veinte se reúnan en Yakarta, en persona y virtualmente, podrán inspirarse en la fra...
When the Group of Twenty finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Jakarta, in person and virtually, this week, they can take inspiration from the Indonesian phrase, gotong r...
The start of a new year is often a time to reflect and reassess. As the pandemic stretches into its third year, apprehension over the health crisis and the associated economic uncertainti...
In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet:
When G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Venice this week, they can take inspiration from the city’s unbreakable spirit.
Sub-Saharan Africa is in the grips of a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to be even more brutal than the two that came before.
As preparations are made for the G7 Summit in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, top of the agenda is how to end the COVID-19 pandemic and secure the global recover...
A year ago, the world changed. While the pandemic’s effect on workers has varied worldwide, the new reality has left many mothers scrambling. With schools and daycares closed, many were f...
As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in peacetime since the Great Depression.
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is suffering its sharpest decline since the Great Depression. But while everybody is hurting, it is the world’s poorest countries that w...
Quizás la primera de las muchas enseñanzas de este año 2020 es que la idea de los denominados sucesos “cisne negro” no es una preocupación lejana. Empieza con el bloque que cimienta toda ...
Perhaps first among the many lessons of 2020 is that the notion of so‑called black swan events is not some remote worry. These purportedly once‑in‑a‑generation events are occurring with i...
