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The Global Bank Group delegation to the G-20 Development Working Group headed by Ron Nechemia 8

THE CHAIRMAN OF GLOBAL BANK GROUP RON NECHEMIA TO LEAD THE GLOBAL BANK DELEGATION AT JAPAN'S FIRST EVER G-20 DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP'S MEETING

 

The Chairman of Global Bank Group Ron Nechemia will travel to Tokyo, Japan from March 11-15, 2019, to lead the Global Bank Group delegation to the G-20 Development Working Group Meeting. The G-20 Development Working Group's Meeting offers an opportunity for Global Bank Group to exchange views and collaborate on global economic, trade and development, disaster risk reduction, infrastructure and other issues of mutual concern, including sustainable development and the role of the Global Bank Group within the multilateral system. These conversations will set the stage for the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Osaka, in June. On the margins of the G-20 ministerial, the Chairman of Global Bank Group Ron Nechemia will meet with a number of government ministers, heads of government agencies, and heads of multilateral organizations and their representatives for bilateral discussions.

 

The Group of 20 (G-20) Development Working Group (DWG) meeting is held in the margins of the second G20 Development Working Group (DWG) under the Japanese Presidency's priority of "buttressing sustainability,” the Japanese Presidency is also focusing on climate change finance and energy.

 

The Global Bank Group delegation to the G-20 Development Working Group will be headed by the Chairman of Global Bank Group Ron Nechemia. He will be accompanied by Bruce A. Harbin the Acting Senior Vice President and Interim General Counsel of Global Bank, and William R. Thomson the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Global Bank Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (GB-IPPF). The GB-IPPF was launched by Global Bank Group in the context of the G-20. It targets an ambitious and concrete set of initiatives aimed at (i) unlocking the infrastructure project pipeline, notably to allow for the increase of both the private sector participation and financing, and (ii) improving infrastructure spending efficiency.

 

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