Keynote
Retselisitsoe Matlanyane, Minister of Finance of Lesotho
in conversation with Maggie Mutesi, Africatalyst; and Managing Editor, Mansa Media Africa
Panel 1: Is IDA Equipped for Our Time of Crisis?
Ishac Diwan, Research Director, Finance for Development Lab
Gargee Ghosh, President, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Margaret Kuhlow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance and Policy, U.S. Department of The Treasury
Dirk Reinermann, Director of the IDA Resource Mobilization and IBRD Corporate Finance, Development Finance, World Bank
Clemence Landers, Senior Fellow, CGD (moderator)
Panel 2: Is IDA’s New Results Measurement System Fit for Purpose?
Paloma Anos Casero, Director of Strategy, Results, Risks and Learning, Operations and Country Services Vice Presidency, World Bank
Kate Donald, Head of Office, Washington DC, Oxfam International
Julie Trepanier, Director General, International Finance and Development, Finance Ministry of Canada
Karen Mathiasen, Project Director, CGD (moderator)
Donor countries are finalizing pledges toward the latest replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional lending arm. As the largest source of official finance for the world’s poorest countries, IDA is a critical part of the global financial safety net, especially during crises—as evidenced by the exceptional IDA fundraising effort during the COVID pandemic.
Join CGD and Africatalyst for a discussion on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings on IDA’s performance in the current polycrisis and its new approach to results management.
The discussions, featuring officials from both donor countries and IDA recipients, will touch on several main questions:
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How well has IDA met the financing needs of African countries as they struggle with overlapping crises, including the aftermath of COVID, the war in Ukraine, and global financial tightening?
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Is IDA equipped for the next crisis? How should it engage on debt and climate, and does the current replenishment model still work?
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What effect will IDA’s overhauled approach to measuring results have on accountability and impact, especially on gender issues?
This event is being co-hosted with Africatalyst.
