Great to see our @worldbankeca support governments modernize service delivery. Today AKUM.Albania shared how Albania 🇦🇱 Water Modernization Project supported the design of smart #water 🚰 #subsidies moving from supply side to demand side to leave no one behind. World Bank Water

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, UK, US – thank you!

We are grateful to them for supporting our new financial instruments.

This will help us go further, leverage resources, and have a greater impact on people's lives. #WBGmeetings

With compelling examples from Chad, Gaza and Afghanistan, Anna Bjerde makes the case for a shift in approach to fragility.

Treating crises as shocks is no longer possible – they are the new normal, she says.

Read this op-ed: wrld.bg/RY6Z50R6LXI #FragilityForum

Always a pleasure to visit Uzbekistan. World Bank Europe and Central Asia has supported numerous sustainable development reforms most notably eliminating child and forced labor in cotton, agricultural sector modernization and strengthening sustainable urban development and water resource management

Together w Tatiana Proskuryakova and Marco Mantovanelli we met with First Deputy Finance Minister Ilkhom Norkulov to discuss our sustainable development portfolio including irrigation and agriculture modernization, rural development, land reform & green urbanization.

I was pleased to join Sameh Wahba on his mission to #Uzbekistan . With First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Ilkhom Norkulov, we discussed the implementation of our Partnership Program for 2022-26, including ongoing & future Bank-funded projects.

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In Bishkek witnessed the signature of our World Bank Resiland project to support the restoration of resilient landscapes against climate and disaster risk across Kyrgyz Republic including strengthening government capacity for disaster risk forecasting, monitoring and preparedness

During Sameh Wahba’s visit to #Croatia we met with key stakeholders to discuss the country’s priorities for #SustainableDevelopment , such as water sector reform, transition to blue economy, waste management & land administration. We also visited #Medvednica Nature Park.

Safe #water access is key for prosperity, peace 🕊️ and security.

Thank you to the World Bank for being the largest multilateral source of financing for water in #DevelopingCountries , and for being truly committed to water for people and planet 🙏

#WorldWaterDay #WaterForPeace

Top 5 des comptes francophones de la Banque mondiale :

Banque mondiale
Banque mondiale AFR
IFC - Société financière internationale
World Bank MENA
World Bank Caribbean

Et voici une sélection de comptes parmi nos experts francophiles :
Axel van Trotsenburg
Makhtar Diop
Ousmane Diagana
Sameh Wahba

Journée de la #francophonie

Excellent meeting w Damir Habijan Croatia's Minister of economy and sustainable development. We discussed water and waste management, the blue economy, environmental protection, and overall sustainable development issues in 🇭🇷.

Excellent discussion on the challenges and opportunities related to the blue economy in Croatia based on a new World Bank Europe and Central Asia report. The aim is to create jobs and improve livelihoods while preserving the environment & pristine marine ecosystem

Thank you Dominique Favre and EDs visiting World Bank Europe and Central Asia water supply and sanitation projects in Kyrgyzstan. We will support the Government's ambitious program to meet SDG6 of universal access to safe water supply by 2030. This will require a major multi-donor effort led by IDA - World Bank

This is a really important and innovative toolkit which the World Bank has introduced to support our clients in time of crisis. Brings flexibility, rapid financing and responsiveness in a time of multiple and overlapping crisis including disasters, climate change and conflict

An important climate adaptation project in the Kyrgyz Republic focused on strengthening resilient landscapes and disaster risk management

Two years ago, the world woke up to the harsh news of Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine .

I want to pay tribute to the resilience of the Ukrainian people who – despite terrible hardships – are determined to hold their present and future.

Colossal estimate of the cost of Ukraine’s reconstruction & recovery over the next decade: $486 billion.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, this will continue to grow.

Supporting Ukrainians is a top priority & commitment of the World Bank Group. wrld.bg/Z3q950QBJci

Stay tuned for our third Ukraine rapid damage and needs assessment (RDNA3) report prepared jointly by World Bank Europe and Central Asia and the Government of Ukraine, which will be launched on Feb 15 with the participation of Antonella Bassani and Arup Banerji

Read my latest op-ed, first published in Turkish by Ekonomim.com, emphasizing the need for #Türkiye 's post-earthquake recovery to ensure protection against natural and climate-induced disasters as well as resilience against the resulting economic shocks: wrld.bg/u7eu50QuEoH

Proud of our World Bank Europe and Central Asia team that prepared in record time a rapid damage and needs assessment and $1bn emergency reconstruction and recovery operation for Turkiye to rebuild resilient infrastructure and rural housing and restore health services after the devastating earthquake