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InterviewsJanuary 4 2021

David Malpass on debt, China and climate

The World Bank president talks about his ambitions for more vigorous and effective development finance, from tackling climate change to the need for debt transparency, particularly from China.
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It may be an uncomfortable truth, but major crises can usually be good for the World Bank.

As developing countries around the world struggled to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank propped up governments’ healthcare efforts and alleviated the economic bite of Covid-19 by making available $160bn through a fast-tracked programme. 

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