📢Join us at the World Bank for the #PublicAdministration Global Forum: Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet, 🪐hosted by World Bank's Public Administration Reform Global Program under World Bank Gov!

The World Bank's mission of eradicating poverty on a livable planet is inextricably linked to the rule of law.
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Congratulations to Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet on the appointment of WooChong Um as CEO. Great news for GEAPP, the people and communities they serve and for int'l development generally! 
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Forests provide 1.6bn people timber, food, fuel and jobs + critical ecosystems + home to 80% of all land-based biodiversity + sink 7.6 bn tons of CO2 per year.
Yet deforestation is continuing at alarming rates.
Collaborative efforts are vital & urgent
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#InternationalWomensDay
Gender Equality for humanity, dignity, basic human rights, fairness and common sense
+ economic benefits for all
+ a day to celebrate the social, cultural and political achievements ♀
+ call for accelerated action
+ gratitude for the contributions & love!

Int’l development is a multi-national, multi-dimensional & collaborative enterprise of the int’l community, and must draw on common norms found in int’l law. In this must-read book, Siobhan McInerney-Lankford explores the connections. World Bank #EURightsAgency #FundamentalRights

2.4 billion women of working age do not have the same legal rights as men. Change is evident but the pace is too slow. Millions of women entering the workforce today will not see parity before their retirement! Greater sense of urgency is required. #WomenBizLaw #IWD2023

Happy 25th Birthday to the euro: launched in Jan 1999, the € is among the most important currencies in the world. Used in ~80 countries & territories, the euro has met its purpose and proven its durability & resilience. #euro

Happy 79th Birthday to the World Bank!

Founding members launched the World Bank and the IMF on Dec. 27, 1944 for a post-WW2 int'l monetary system & reconstruction. Since then, WB has loaned $800bn+ to 100+ countries -> sustainable development and poverty eradication. HBD WB!

CJ Koome is a longtime champion of gender equality and human rights, access to justice and the independence of judiciaries. A global thought leader on the role of the courts in civil society & development. #genderequality #ruleoflaw

Law & Private Sector Enabling for development. #LJD Week The World Bank

Supreme Courts leading supremely at #LJD Week
The World Bank: Chief Justice Jallow (The Gambia) & Justices Leburu (Botswana), Ngassa (Cameroon), Ángel Cabo (Colombia), Singh (Philippines), Malla (Nepal), Shah (Pakistan) & Benjamin (Brazil): Judiciaries work for a 'livable planet'

Amazing panel with Supreme Court Justices Vera Ngassa (Cameroon), Maria Filomena Singh (Philippines) and Natalia Ángel Cabo (Colombia) on challenges facing women in society and the economy. Their courage, boldness & passion are inspirational.
#LJD Week The World Bank

Inspired by the courage & innovations of 3 dynamic Supreme Ct Justices at #LJD Week conference The World Bank: Justices Maria Filomena Singh of Philippines; Vera Nkwate Ngassa of Cameroon; and Natalia Ángel-Cabo of Colombia. Brilliance + True Grit #genderlaw2023 #genderequality

Day Two: #LJD Week The World Bank

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Good morning, Washington, DC
#LJD Week Week
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Sound policy to enable private sector investment + laws & regulations implemented fairly, efficiently, consistently, transparently & ethically = keys to the engagement of the private sector in the mission of eradicating poverty on a livable planet. #LJD Week Week The World Bank

LJD Week kicks off tomorrow morning!

Sound policy to enable private sector investment + laws & regulations implemented fairly, efficiently, consistently, transparently & ethically = keys to the mission of eradicating poverty on a livable planet. #LJD Week Week The World Bank

Underscoring the critical role of law reforms and the Rule of Law in the mission to eradicate poverty on a livable planet!
The World Bank #LJD Week