Anshula Kant
@kanshula
Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer
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http://www.worldbank.org 13-03-2009 03:05:37
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Excellent discussion @ #GSS2024 today on how we can work together to bridge the health gap. Bill Gates made a strong case for donors to invest in health and I couldn’t agree more. That’s why World Bank is working to get better health services to 1.5 bln people by 2030. #IDAWORKS
Great keynote from Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz at the #GSS2024 . Thank you for highlighting Germany’s support for hybrid capital and World Bank’s evolution. There was strong agreement on my panel for a robust #IDA 21 replenishment. #IDA can multiply donor impact up to 4x. #IDA WORKS
Looking forward to joining two panels Global Solutions Initiative summit in Berlin. I'll discuss financing for development with Mo Ibrahim Foundation CEO Natalie Delapalme; and then join Bill Gates, @Gavi's Dr. Sania Nishtar and Prof. Michael Kremer to find ways to bridge the health gap. #GSS2024
Excellent meeting today with #Germany 's State Secretary Jörg Kukies. We discussed the need for an ambitious #IDA21 replenishment and I thanked him for Germany’s strong support for World Bank’s evolution and for being the first mover on hybrid capital. #IDAWORKS
Very proud to host a retreat with my fellow Heads of MDBs Inter-American Development Bank headquarters. In an unprecedented note, we're announcing joint steps & concrete deliverables to work more effectively as a system to better serve our member countries. Working as a system, for our countries, with
Fascinating conversation with Svenja Schulze to hear her views on how World Bank is becoming faster, more effective and expanding our financial capacity to face today’s global challenges. Watch the interview to learn more. #WBGMeetings
Together with the African Development Bank Group we will provide electricity access to at least 300 million people in Africa by 2030.
This is the ambition we need to take the development of the continent forward.
wrld.bg/tLHi50Rixxs #WBGmeetings
[1/2] Energized by a rich discussion at our #WBGMeetings event on expanding health coverage for all.
We're committed to #InvestinHealth , working with all partners – public & private sector, to help countries reach 1.5 billion people with more & better health services by 2030.
For Open Society Foundations President, Mark Malloch-Brown, not funding IDA - World Bank ''would be like cutting off the main leg of a chair.'
Watch his #WBGMeetings sit down with @Worldbank: wrld.bg/c5jq50Rjqcm
#IDAworks #IDA21
Delighted to meet CFOs from the MDBs today. We focused on issues such as the new Framework for Financial Incentives for MICs, managing FX risk & local currency solutions. Together, we’re maximizing our efforts & mobilizing resources to deliver greater impact. #WBGMeetings
Excellent panel today The Rockefeller Foundation on how we can deliver a better and more effective #MDB system. We’ve come a long way in improving how we work together, having greater development impact. We need to keep up the momentum. #WBGMeetings
Very insightful discussion today with CSOs on #IDA21 and pressing issues of climate, health, pandemics, gender & inclusion and debt. Grateful for strong advocacy and support from CSOs as World Bank works towards robust #IDA21 . #WBGMeetings
Why is callable capital important and what is its value to World Bank? Our latest report provides more clarity and transparency on this key part of the Bank’s financial structure. See the press release for more insights. wrld.bg/kGyO50RftHx
Excellent first meeting with Tariye Gbadegesin, new CEO of the Climate Investment Funds. I reinforced World Bank’s strong commitment as a Trustee of CIF, which has an impressive record in climate finance and scaling up solutions in over 70 countries. Congratulations @Tariyeg
Partnerships, such as the one we signed with AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 today, make us all stronger. Working side by side we can move faster and have a greater impact where it is needed most.
Glad to be supporting this clothing drive initiative that supports a local nonprofit organization, Dress for Success DC, empowering women for economic independence.
Thanks to all our World Bank Group staff for their donations & to Global Corporate Solutions for organizing this!
Always inspired to stand alongside these exceptional women from the World Bank and IMF to celebrate International Women’s Day. It reminds me how far our institutions have come when it comes to giving women the space to lead!
#IWD2024 #InvestinWomen