Kommentar af Bertrand Badre, Verdensbankens økonomidirektør
Verdensbanken står godt rustet til at stille med penge til de næste ti års gobale udvikling: Bankens udlånskapacitet er øget væsentligt, men – indrømmet – det er behovene og udfordringerne også.
Making a difference in today’s multifaceted world is as challenging now as it was in 1944 when the Bretton Woods institutions were formed.
When I became the Managing Director and World Bank Group CFO in March 2013, it was the extraordinary mission to end global poverty that challenged and attracted me, just as it did for many of those who were recruited before me.
Contributing to global challenges at time when our world is changing so rapidly is, however, quite different from what I had imagined.
I knew that the Bank Group was capable of great things despite post-financial crisis tensions and political and cultural complexities.
Based on my experience in both public and private finance, I also knew that the Bank’s balance sheet would be a vital contribution to the Bank Group’s increased financial capacity if leveraged differently.
Under President Kim’s leadership, my first two years were focused on ensuring that the Bank Group was as solid a financial institution as it is a solid development institution.
Vor finansielle platform er stærk
Today, the Bank Group has a stronger enhanced financial platform aimed at achieving a significant increase in lending capacity over the next 10 years.
The measures we took proved that innovative finance has a pivotal (afgørende) role to play in tackling development issues.
And, as those involved in international finance come together over the next few months to discuss how development might be financed going forward, this will become increasingly apparent.
Domestic public resources, private finance, multilateral, regional and national development banks, the IMF and others must continue to build on their complementarity if we are to succeed in implementing the proposedSustainable Development Goals.
Vi er alle i samme båd
We are all in the same boat; if we remain in isolation, we cannot provide the solution.
There is a tremendous need for atypical combinations of global, regional, national and private finance.
Exploring how our respective business models might be used to create more financial capacity is just one element of future development financing.
At next month’s World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings, it will be a key topic of discussion.
Moreover, the upcoming 3rd Conference on Financing for Development (July 13-16 in Addis Ababa) could be a turning point.
Læs videre på
http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/new-development-finance-opportunities-coming-soon
Begynd fra: “Let us not forget that the international development toolbox…”
(Kilde: Verdensbankens debatunivers)
