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Christopher Stephens

@leadingidea

Chris Stephens is Senior Vice President & General Counsel of the World Bank Group. Tweets are personal views. Retweets are not endorsements.

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Please read “MariSundays” – Musings on Life, People and Nature. Marietta Arce is a brilliant, dynamic mother, wife and community leader, who lays aside the angst of the week to share her reflections each Sunday, reminding us to step back, breath and appreciate life and loved

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Transforming food systems feeds communities and also drives economic growth and creates new jobs. #WBGMeetings Event | Agriculture and Food as an Engine of Sustainable Growth and Jobs | World Bank Live live.worldbank.org/en/event/2024/…

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Engage women in the economy as a matter of basic human rights, a moral imperative, common sense and sound economics. #WBGMeetings

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The G20 has estimated that already identified reforms have potential to create over $350 billion in additional lending over the next decade across the Multilateral Development Bank system by responsibly stretching their existing resources.

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IBA Report: The Legal Profession drives progress on healthcare, education, gender equality, biodiversity, Rule of Law, strong institutions and other mission-critical components of sustainable development globally. ibanet.org/Impact-Project… IBA Events #RuleofLaw

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Always a pleasure to catch-up with Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Attorney General of Uganda. Great discussions of the 272 km Malaba-Kampala SGR rail project + power, roads and digital other ambitions plans in East Africa. #WBGMeetings #Mission300

Always a pleasure to catch-up with Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Attorney General of Uganda. Great discussions of the 272 km Malaba-Kampala SGR rail project + power, roads and digital other ambitions plans in East Africa. #WBGMeetings #Mission300
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Chief Justice Antonio Benjamin of the National High Court of Brazil has been a thought-leader and one of the world's most dynamic forces for action on environmental justice and forest preservation: a one-man global public good! #BrazilSupremeCourt

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Carbon markets - trading systems for buying & selling carbon credits - are essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving climate action in developing countries. blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatechan… # via World Bank Climate

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Rates of reducing extreme poverty globally have slowed to near zero. 8.5% of the world lives on less than $2.15/day and 44% live on less than $6.85/day. Low growth, high debt & fragility are obstacles to job creation and poverty alleviation. Much to do! World Bank Bigger &

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By joining forces and pooling resources, MDBs can achieve results that are impossible separately. Collaboration leverages our strengths, fills knowledge gaps, and drives innovation, while enhancing the efficiency that delivers financing faster where needed most. #WBGMeetings

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The African Mining Legislation Atlas is a vital resource for policy, law and capacity building in a critical sector for the development of Africa. AMLA has also trained 280+ law students who are now among Africa's experts on the management of critical resources.

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Africa’s mining sector is enormously important to Africa and the world: a major source of revenue, exports, foreign investment & employment, esp. for gold, diamonds, platinum, cobalt, manganese + chromium. But challenges include access rights, regulation of mining, allocation of

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Huge advancement in the delivery of development finance faster + more efficiently + more effectively! Congratulations World Bank & ADB!

Huge advancement in the delivery of development finance faster + more efficiently + more effectively!
Congratulations World Bank & ADB!
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Thank you, Rangita. Fully and equally including and engaging women in society & the economy is a matter of basic human dignity and human rights, a moral imperative, common sense and sound economics.

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Always a great pleasure to catch-up with my friend and former boss, Asian Development Bank Takehiko Nakao, President of Asian Development Bank, 2013-2020. Pres. Nakao's scholarship and insights continue to shape the global development agenda. World Bank

Always a great pleasure to catch-up with my friend and former boss, <a href="/ADB_HQ/">Asian Development Bank</a> Takehiko Nakao, President of Asian Development Bank, 2013-2020. Pres. Nakao's scholarship and insights continue to shape the global development agenda. <a href="/WorldBank/">World Bank</a>
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I wish to congratulate Dr. Sidi Ould Tah (Sidi Ould Tah) on his successful election as the President-elect of the African Development Bank Group. I entered this race driven by love and deep concern for our continent, and offered a vision for Africa's future. Today, the

I wish to congratulate Dr. Sidi Ould Tah (<a href="/sidiouldtah/">Sidi Ould Tah</a>) on his successful election as the President-elect of the African Development Bank Group.

I entered this race driven by love and deep concern for our continent, and offered a vision for Africa's future. 

Today, the