Great expectations from World Bank meetings

By The Editorial Board

Apr 13, 2023 12:38 am

THE World Bank is holding its annual Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. this week, and the buzz leading up to the event has been about reforming the giant institution. While many of the ideas contained in the World Bank's reform road map released earlier this year, which have been supplemented by views from influential leaders such as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, certainly sound promising, they will not mean much if they do not translate to tangible action relatively soon.

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