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World Bank 108th Development Committee Meeting: UK Governor's statement

This document is the UK Governor’s statement to the World Bank’s 108th Development Committee meeting on 12 October 2023.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, HM Treasury, The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Published
13 October 2023

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World Bank's 108th Development Committee Meeting, UK Governor’s statement, 12 October 2023

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The Minister of State for Development and Africa, as UK Governor to the World Bank Group, alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer as Alternate Governor, made a statement to the World Bank’s Annual Meetings Development Committee in Marrakech on 12 October 2023.

It calls on the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and international community to commit to a concerted effort to deliver a bigger, better, and fairer international finance system.

The minister stressed the vital role of the World Bank in delivering reform priorities whilst working towards increasing financing and ambition.

Published 13 October 2023