Hi there may I know how I can get the subtitles?

Select the "Closed Caption" at the bottom for subtitles. Taht should help.

Hello Michelle - do you see a button with a CC icon on the bottom right?

hello everyone! happy to be here and learning with you all!

Xochitl, your camera is not working

Please, I can not see your PPT

see it thank for now

Please tell about the changes & improved accountability of the Bank since the early part of this century.

I can see it. are you on a phone? if so you might just have to swipe through to the right screen

Can you please say what the acronyms IDA and IBRD stand for again? thank you

What is IDA? IBRD?

Are there mechanism to engage the Bank on classification? Some countries are classified or graduate to developing countries yet resource are with few people and majority still below poverty line

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) lends to governments of middle-income and creditworthy low-income countries.The International Development Association (IDA) provides interest-free loans – called credits – and grants to governments of the poorest countries.

IDA = International Development Association

IBRD = International Bank of Reconstruction and Development

Please don’t use acronyms without defining them!

IBRD was set up after WWII to rebuild a destroyed Europe but then just kept going.

Here is a link to WB units for details https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit

I thought that the US President has always "appointed" the World Bank President. Obama appointed Jim Kim. Trump appointed the current guy. China and others have objected to no avail so far.

Is the contribution of each country comes as share which generates return to investment or they are grants

These transitions are not helpful. Can you just go from one slide to the next without "entertainment"?

Historically the US has chosen the President of the World Bank and the Europe has chosen the President of the IMF

Can you speak to concerns that the World Bank funds projects that are detrimental to indigenous communities and the environment?

There are a lot of people (i.e. everyone who is not American or European i.e. pretty much everyone) that think the way the leadership is chosen for the IMF and World Bank is BAD.

how closely (or not) does WB coordinate with UN or WHO?

Lots of campaigns for reform, but money talks and the rich countries have held a stranglehold on that leadership ‘stitch-up’.

I find the language of “human capital” and “grey matter infrastructure” a bit dehumanizing... do others agree? Has use of language ever been a discussion point up for debate in our engagements with the Bank?

It's probably gray water

Will these slides be posted online? I would love to review the slides again later on and don't see them on the conference link yet. This is very informative. Thank you!

Yeah I agree Aaron and yeah townie Indigenious peopler around the world

Human capital = capacity-building in the field. Quite common actually. I worked for USAID in Zambia.

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Question- can you explain the decision making structure/practices in WB. How WB decided whether to allocate resources (loan/grants) to countries/ portfolios/ programs

Thanks everyone!

It is dehumanizing, but it is economic language, so it makes it legitimate Bank business, many Bank Executive Directors would have preferred that the Bank kept away from these "human" issues

Is the Covid 19 emergency response in the form of loans or grants.

@Cynthia: The World Bank, UN, and WHO all swim in the same pool but play different roles. It depends on the issue and the country as to whether they are well-coordinated or their work doesn’t connect much. The World Bank, for example, doesn’t historically do lots on health, and does quite different things in health than the WHO does.

Can you say more about types of World Bank projects linked to global health? Is it giving money to the Global Fund or launching other types of projects, etc?

How does a country get included in the World Bank? What are the qualifications or requirements?

@Christie A lot of the World Bank’s work on health is not done through multilateral agencies like the Global Fund but instead go directly to governments to work with them. This can mean that civil society and affected communities are excluded from decisionmaking and accountability processes.

Apologies to Xochitl for giving some answers to questions in the chat because she is the REAL expert - but there are so many questions I am not sure we have time to get to them all so I hope this is helpful.

keep it up @aaron very helpful 😀

Can you elaborate more about African Human capital investment , how does it work in more technical way ?

What are some other languages you suggest to use @robyn?

what are the requirements for the countries to borrow ?

I agree the language of ‘Human Capital’ is not our preferred language and can be dehumanising and cold, but it’s the technical language that is used that allows us to get the Bank to increase investments in things that get classified as ‘Human Capital’ investments. Lots of those are programmes we REALLY like, like health, nutrition, and education programmes.

I’d prefer “capacity building” or investing in education / skill building. to me the language of human capital and grey matter infrastructure commodifies the person,

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Do individuals ever put money in the world bank?

“Building a school” sounds pretty boring to some people. “Investing in Human Capital” sounds exciting to those same people. So we use the words that get people excited to make the spending we want.

it’s def a high level debate 😅😂 I agree; money for important programs is great!

They do look at the people as commodities and resources though. It's a really weird language in the field, but they have to relate it across sectors. I had to get used to it when I lived and worked in Zambia. If anyone wants to connect and talk about foreign aid work, my email is lindsayksaunders@gmail.com I worked for USAID in Zambia.

yeah I do not agree with only the bad credit history means that like like low income cannot have more access considering the ongoing structural inequities

@Lanak - No, individuals do not put money in the World Bank. Just governments.

Thanks! very informative

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Thank you very much!!

Thank you all - great information!!!

Amazing. I learned a lot about World Bank. Hope to se the slides online too.

Well done!

Thank you all and very interesting. All those acronyms!

Thank you, Xochitl!

Thank you so much!

I learned so much

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