Blog by Guangzhe Chen: 'The World Bank maintains a $40 bn transport portfolio. It's significant but hardly enough to cover the world’s needs. To deliver a future w/ inclusive, safe, resilient, & green transport, partnering w/ the private sector is a must'

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#Bangladesh has one of the world's highest #roadcrash fatality rates at 15.3 per 100,000 people. This highlights an urgent need to improve the trauma care infrastructure.

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Join leaders from the global development community at this year’s @‌WorldBank - @‌IMFNews Spring Meetings!

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🏭 How can policy makers persuade citizens to support the removal of #FossilFuel subsidies?

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Are you a young Member of Parliament interested in learning about the World Bank’s work to end poverty on a livable planet? Don’t miss the #YMPInitiative on April 16 and be part of the discussion on creating #GreenJobs for youth.

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From April 15-20, the World Bank Group gathers global leaders, civil society, private sector & academia to discuss the challenges facing global development.

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Shigeyuki Sakaki from the World Bank discusses the importance of financing and the World Bank's commitment to investing in safe and sustainable transport initiatives such as the Safe School Zones guide.
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Stay tuned to access the guide shortly!

Air pollution is costing #Nepal around 6% of its annual GDP. Read how the country can effectively tackle the different origins of #pollution .

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To achieve their net zero goals, #Türkiye is taking important steps to decarbonize their #publictransport through electric #trams and #buses .

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. World Bank is improving road safety:

👷🏻‍♀️Environmental & Social Framework ensures that its road projects meet safety standards
👷🏻‍♀️Directly financing road safety projects
👷🏻‍♀️Managing the Global Road Safety Facility w/c has provided 65M people w/ safer roads

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The high-speed #rail networks of #Germany , #France , #Italy , & #Spain are considered among the best. These networks rank high globally in safety, service, & speed, while producing much lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than cars or air travel. wrld.bg/a1Cr50QRvf4

Join leaders from the global development community at this year’s @‌WorldBank - @‌IMFNews Spring Meetings!

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Very excited to share with Andrea Shalal how the World Bank Group is changing the way we measure impact.
 
Basically, we're putting the focus on how lives have improved instead of money out the door.
 
A critical step to become a better World Bank Group. reuters.com/business/world…

The World Bank leads global discussions on #gender and #transport through:

🌎 Events and outreach
👩🏾‍💻 Research on critical gender gaps
🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 Partnerships w/ development agencies, govts, private sector, civil society

Read about WBG Gender's work here: wrld.bg/PX6P50Ra9fx

Key messages from the #TransformingTransportation conference – check it out!

The #MiddleCorridor has the potential to triple trade flows by 2030. Watch Shomik Mehndriratta Shomik Mehndiratta, World Bank Manager for Transport, talk about ways to achieve these goals. 📽️ World Bank Transport

Looking forward to #Infra4Dev , where policy makers worldwide will tackle the need for more resources to drive sustainable development.

Join us at UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco 🇲🇦 to explore financing & funding solutions for #infrastructure : wrld.bg/zGLv50QVsoU

If women had an identical role to men in labor markets, global annual GDP could rise by $28 trillion by 2025.

World Bank Transport Director Nicolas Peltier & WBG Gender Director Hana Brixi reflect on how World Bank is improving women’s mobility + #employment :

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Jean Malupo Veilofia's leadership in the #construction business is making an impact on #Tonga 's #transport resilience.

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