World Bank [to 11 July 2015]
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[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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International Financial Institutions Announce $400 Billion to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2015 The multilateral development banks (MDBs) and IMF today signaled plans to extend more than $400 billion in financing over the next three years and vowed to work more closely with private and public sector partners to help mobilize the resources needed to meet the historic challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The institutions the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank Group (referred to as the MDBs), and the International Monetary Fund announced their plans in the lead-up to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, July 13-16.The SDGs are ambitious and demand equal ambition in using the billions of dollars in current flows of official development assistance (ODA) and all available resources to attract, leverage and mobilize trillions in investments of all kinds…
Date: July 10, 2015
Type: Press Release

World Bank and the IMF Launch Joint Initiative to Support Developing Countries in Strengthening Tax Systems
Will bring developing countries interests into international dialogue
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2015 ? The World Bank and IMF are launching a new initiative to help developing countries strengthen their tax systems. Analysis suggests that many lower-income countries have the potential to increase their tax ratios by at least 24 percent of GDP, without compromising fairness or growth. Raising additional revenues will allow developing countries to fill financing gaps and to promote development. The announcement comes ahead of the Financing for Development conference in Addis, Ethiopia next week, at which heads of state, CSOs, multilateral institutions and private sector representatives will discuss how to scale up finances to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A strong revenue base is imperative if developing countries are to be able to finance the spending they need on public services, social support and infrastructure, said IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Date: July 10, 2015
Type: Press Release

Disproportionate deaths among health care workers from Ebola could lead to sharp rise in maternal mortality last seen 20 years ago – World Bank report
WASHINGTON DC, July 8, 2015—The loss of health workers due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa may result in an additional 4,022 deaths of women each year across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth. According to the new World Bank report Healthcare Worker Mortality and the Legacy of the Ebola Epidemic published in The Lancet Global Health today, the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa could leave a legacy significantly beyond the deaths and disability caused directly by the disease itself.“ The loss of health workers to Ebola could increase maternal deaths up to rates last seen in these countries 15-20 years ago,” says Markus Goldstein, Lead Economist at the World Bank Group and a co-author of the report who heads the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab.The paper estimates how the loss of health workers to Ebola will likely affect non-Ebola mortality even after the countries are declared Ebola-free.
Date: July 8, 2015
Type: Press Release