and the world bank. a report came out in 2017 called "pathways for peace" and looked at the nature of fragility and conflict and violence and how to start addressing it. they recognized that it is a political problem, and a political problem that is going to be double traditional attempt s at peacekeeping or development unless you recognize that it is a political problem and try to develop political solutions to undergird attempts to keep the peace or build prosperity. you have seen large commitment in its most recent replenishment of the development fund, the world bank doubled the amount of money it is going to give to fragile states from $7 billion to $14 billion. the bank is in the process of developing a new strategy for investing in fragile and conflict and violence states. i think we are also going to see the limitations of that approach, which i think are emblematic of the limitations that we have when we are talking about multilateral institutions and some of the challenges that have been laid o

so i'm concerned that the world bank is now blocking affordable energy development, energy that's needed to make a positive difference for so many people in the developing world. traditional fuels are a vital tool for escaping energy poverty, yet, with the policy change at the world bank only energy renewable projects qualify for funding. it seems they are putting their liberal agenda ahead of our antipoverty mission. so the question is, does the world bank still want to help the people living in poor nations today? that's the question. and, if so, they should be helping with the use of abundant and affordable energy resources. if not, then the united states, i think, must reevaluate our support for the world bank. here's a case in point. the bank restricts the financing of high power efficiency fuel stations with coal. they failed to honor its commitment to kosovo. they pulled their funding from the state of the art facility there. they don't have enough energy to grow the way they are prepared to do. kosovo has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world and kosovo desperately needs t

world bank new liberal consensus which has forced privatization and the power of finance capital on these countries the i.m.f. the world bank your quarterback 1st snowman and the whole we are instruments of did nearly rule the relation into what cease. the eighty's what made. in my view is that now liberalism is in crisis is in crisis in the warped indie in the in the developed world in the ritual. i now understand that the election of the term united states and the brics it in britain and many cistercians of this the analyst is normal saying that what stepping is tracked is a populist threat to liberal democracy i don't think so i think that what does this do these movements are happening as also italy broke or instance some of the loss and at that all know only liberalism all depend on to globalization project but we can think also globalisation as a project a project of the united states of the rich countries specifically don't make states . opening old the old the frontiers. and a meeting can tell is moving nearly broke up there is everywhere and this failed bailout because they suppo

what is the world bank view?e are stable point , related tor issues financial inclusion, gross payments. it is a big topic. we know with different objectives to reduce the cost of -- 3%, today close to 7% and stable point can play a role. i think we are still learning and we are still -- there are many risks associated with the stable coins which need to be thought very carefully before thinking we are ready to use this type of new stable coins. haslinda: what is your take on if libra should be pinned down before letting innovation take off? is -- wei think it need to think how we can do it better. how can we really ensure we have the opportunities it brings without increasing the risk of? not even the promoters of libra knowledge. haslinda: the questions are real toause libra is designed promote financial inclusion. to what extent do you see the digital world and development we see now being able to address financial inclusion? alfonso: this is an important question. if you think what is the main beneficiary of

the world bank what about 1st that m.f. and. all our instruments of did nellie ruled a nation into what sees. the 80s but may be may do is that now liberalism is in crisis is in crisis in the warped in the in the in the developed world in the rich will. i now understand that the election of the term united states and the brics it in britain and many cistercians of this the analysis normal say that what stepping is tracked is a populist threat to liberal democracy i don't think so i think that what does this these movements are happening as also italy progressed and some of the loss and at that all now liberalization as a project a project of the united states of the rich countries specifically don't make states . opening old the old the previous. enemy king can't tell his moves no he broke up is everywhere and this failed bailout because they supposed that with this they would we. don't vantage it would be for the rich countries and it was not and eventually. and more recently is also for india says this very clearly. change i t

book the world bank. got to make the transition talk the talk they didn't walk the walk. very quickly if parts of europe. and parts of china. and california and their place in the u.s. and everyone can do this but it has to be tomorrow morning we need a new deal in every community and we need to quickly. oh predictions aside the world still runs largely on oil at the moment as a major impact on all aspects of the global economy price of crude determines inflation and other key indicators in economies both rich and poor we burned 90 percent of all the rest is used for the production of plastics and chemicals oil is everywhere. blessing or curse. it's greasy poisonous and it stinks crude oil is actually made of algae and small organisms that have been decaying on the sea floor for millions of years. and that's exactly why it's so valuable this black gold is packed full of energy an excellent fuel source rushing through the economy like. it's been used for thousands of years to see the wooden boats mama fire

commissioned a report in 2007 there on the left and the world bank commissioned a flagship world development report focusing for the first time on climate change in 2010 and both concluded then that we knew enough to say as we did in 1992 and as esi did in '88 that past is not prologue. climate change is altering the baselines, the planning and management that we have done for the past 50 to a hundred years will no longer work. that most of the impacts will be negative. that all systems, coastal, infrastructure, water, health, agriculture and ecosystems will be challenged in every region of the globe in developed and developing countries and that enhanced preparedness should be a global priority. we argued then and these reports argued that both mitigation and adaptation are needed because climate change is under way. adaptation becomes less effective. the faster the pace of climate change. i think it was fitting that two of the three commissioners of the global commission on adaptation asked for -- that asked for these reports are now serving on the global commission on adaptation. the worl

the world bank which just sank countries into debt were being kicked out the oil companies were losing control and our government had heated it how do they are people be brought out of poverty listen if half of the population isn't destitute do you have any idea how hard it will be to get reservations at a nice restaurants. not to mention there won't be any tickets to the good broadway shows i mean the reason most people enjoyed learning about the origins of america in the musical hamilton is because it's only for rich people. let's take a look at some of the other leaders of the pink tide and doris mann well as elia in 2009 july was removed by a military coup and then then secretary of state hillary clinton with the obama administration helped to make sure he could regain power then as well as former president hugo chavez he was the victim of a u.s. backed military coup in 2002 and even our beloved u.s. military propaganda outlet the new york times alternately admitted who was us in baghdad but they said it was 100 wise but we weren't done with venezuela if at 1st you don't succeed ke

the world bank is warning that the stalemate could lead to an even sharper economic downturn lebanon is facing difficult days ahead. beirut hundreds of palestinians have gathered along the gaza israel border fence for the weekly friday protests the so-called great march return rallies began last march matheson has more from the border. gaza's ministry of health says at least 10 people have been injured in protests that 5 different points up and down the separation friends which splits gaza from israel in the protests that are being held today the latest protests as part of the great march of return but the crowds here much smaller than we've seen in the past and perhaps not surprising because just a week ago gaza and israel were firing rockets at each other to the south of where i'm standing now a 27 year old palestinian man was killed in that exchange of fire but it's interesting to note that very shortly after the 2 rocket attack the israeli government put out a statement saying that it held the leader of a single islamic jihad group in gaza responsible for that attack it didn't bl

and being applied perhaps by the world bank thank you mike hanna in washington. 5 weeks of intense political campaigning is underway in the u.k. ahead of december's general election it's the nation's 2nd election says the 2016 referendum vote to leave the european union paul brennan has our report the election campaign is officially on and the prime minister left downing street with the air of a man with no time to waste even using social media to post an election update while on route to get the queen's approval for the palace with the royal formalities complete johnson returned to downing street to address the media and lay out his battle plan a stark choice he said between his vision of a u.k. quickly out of the e.u. with a dynamic free market economy and his opponent's plans for high taxation and more bracket uncertainty come with us get done and take this country forward. this is the alternative next year spend the whole of 2020 in a horror show. in a newspaper column on wednesday the prime minister attacked jeremy corbyn the opposition labor party leader for targeting the rich with a v

world bank and the french the american to come with the lebanese who are open helping lebannon those lives overseas we have to give them something in return that we have to give them a real reform government who will really they can trust that they have a president that's all we want is a problem with the international community or national donors and said that for example that you that you mentioned isn't the problem there that it's going to give the international lenders a significant amount of power over political as well as economic life in lebanon and that in fact is something that some of the protesters are saying they don't want. well what the protests are wanted a real reform they want to fight corruption there is a true protest on the streets and i have to say their revolution and some part been hijacked by the political parties some of the political party who are corrupt in this country trying to sway the revolution from its mandate to theirs through people who want to change and they're the political party who tried to carry on that change in the end this country if it nee

the world bank is warning that this stalemate could lead to an even sharper economic downturn lebanon is facing difficult days ahead. beirut. where you can find much more. and let's take you through some of the stories and al-jazeera now india's top court is expected to rule on the ownership of a contentious religious site hindus and muslims claim the land where a centuries old mosque was raised in 1902 security has been tightened across the country with thousands of troops deployed in the northern town. of your dia security forces are fired tear gas and the government protesters in chile's capital santiago the city's main universities also on fire believed to have been lit by vandals protesters are demanding education and economic reforms brazil's former left this president is out of jail after serving 19 months of a 12 year sentence for corruption money laundering lure of the servers release follows a supreme court ruling overturning the process of criminal appeals now. you have no idea of the significance for me to be here with you i my whole life to talk with the brazilian people

the world bank is warning that the stalemate could lead to an even sharper economic downturn lebanon facing difficult days ahead. beirut a former twitter employee accused of spying for saudi arabia in the united states is being granted by i'll. add another employee allegedly access the personal account information of more than $6000.00 twitter users include prominent critics of the saudi royal family i've been charged with acting as agents of riyadh without registering with the u.s. government. the international court of justice says it will hear a case filed by ukraine against russia it concerns moscow's alleged support of pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine this decision comes as ukrainian army and russian backed separatists are set to withdraw troops from the front line on saturday. you know strike here emergency crews warn they're in uncharted territory as they begin another day of fighting bushfires hundreds of houses have already been destroyed in the state of new south wales there are reports of people trapped in their homes and rural firefighters say at least one perso

beirut's we have come and was named he's a political analyst and economist common is the former world bank advisor to the lebanese government finance committee joining us via skype from zadok does i mean why was these a political lecturer at the american university of beirut and jamil specializes in divided societies within a state and back again in beirut is happy because he's an independent journalist and founder of news website beirut's report that showcases investigative journalism in beirut thanks very much for joining us on inside story have a over to you 1st saw the reports out of lebanon on seemed to suggest that the consensus on mohamed to suffer the the former finance minister emerged in a meeting that took place after 80 met with representatives of hezbollah as well as . if the news of his appointment is confirmed why is the scene as provocative as we're seeing out on the streets. well this is exactly what protesters have said they don't want they've been very clear that they want to government that is independent of the current ruling parties of lebannon the parties have ruled

or the world bank and they're also the richest countries of the g. 7 countries like russia and germany and so we've seen many of these developed countries as well chipping in to help africa meet some. pressing demands for infrastructure development as well so we can actually counted at least the africa can of poor. care of last of its development to the needs at the moment so what kind of interest do those donors be it countries including countries probably like china or also private investors what sort of interest do they actually have in africa's energy sector. most of the donor countries or in this case international bodies are leaning towards renewable energy solutions when the are trying to help african countries we have seen countries like italy as well that are trying to make inroads on the african continent in different african countries and most of them are actually putting out some we've just lost connection to joy during beera and. yeah well that's a great pity because what she was telling us was highly interesting but obviously a problem with the connection maybe we can cat

what it that i have seen most often is the world bank as well as that can who are also right in some support to to risk. private capital in order to crowded into public investment so i think clearly there is an infrastructure challenge in this infrastructure and then has been addressed to try to credit and buy the capital because government resources a lot yeah not even going to the market will simply did it. so i think opportunities for the company of this interesting solutions which is to be that ever came from thank you very much for this input. one company that is actually expanding in africa is german maker of building materials but sometimes just expanding is not enough to top the full potential of the new market onyx report looks at how novice investing in training its custom us how to use its products in ghana. acra more than 2300000 people live in ghana scapel and more are arriving every day most of the arrivals are young people in search of work the city is in desperate need of more apartments the construction sector is stretched to the limit the lack of apartments was one

family planning a priority they hope to decrease maternal and new a natural death according to the world bank the 1st cd to rate dropped below 5 children per woman in 2016 it was the 1st time in senegal's history the birth rate is no at 4.7 lower than other countries in the region such as or nigeria. i think it's because of all the awareness campaigns the media the funding's also women now realize the benefits of spacing out pregnancies for their babies their husbands and for themselves. do give said. this mother of 3 comes here very clearly to get the pill she doesn't want any more children as she wants to make sure her kids get the best education possible. with family planning i have peace of mind now i can do it if i want without thinking of getting pregnant. in senegal around 95 percent of the population is muslim society here is conservative fell is part of a growing young generation of religious leaders who promote family planning file has trained more than 2500 him arms across the country he insists that the koran advocates breastfeeding and spacing out pregnancies but he knows when yo

the world bank is warning that the stalemate could lead to an even sharper economic downturn lebanon is facing difficult days ahead. beirut if you want officials working on syria's political future say the opening round of talks in geneva have ended better than expected government opposition and civil society representatives are trying to find ways to reconcile after nearly 9 years of war the u.n. special envoy to syria pedersen said the talks will reconvene later this one these are some very painful discussions. courage to sit and listen to the other side presenting its use on these issues but i think to address. both difficult and painful issues and i think it's fair to say that the discussions have been very professional. and in jest we hope that these talks will be successful and we hope as we said in the past that will be prepared for the political process in general in the constitutional process in particular we're trying to bring hope to the syrians and this is our hope. un human rights experts say poor conditions in egyptian prisons may have directly led to the death of forme

that's what has made the round and now the 2nd easiest country in africa to do business by the world bank rankings and investors agree folks wagon has opened the plant for electric vehicles siemens is building the charging network and a local startup has seized the chance to create a car sharing app it's win win and sustainable you bring and build we're bringing education investment and infrastructure and actually we're not extracting too much raw material. with success comes self confident and the prospect of a brighter future rwanda's economy is growing at 8 percent per year and now that we have the continental free trade area women which has created the largest trading block in the world by stablish in yourself in rundle you have access to the whole continent africa is on the door but german firms are still barely on the road there the change is coming investment have increased in the last year by 10 percent. well the need for foreign investment is driving many african states to make it easier and cheaper for overseas companies to keep their oil and gas flowing from ghana to go beyond

family planning a priority they hope to decrease maternal a new unit of death according to the world bank the 1st city rate dropped below 5 children per woman in 2016 it was a 1st time in senegal's history the birth rate is no at 4.7 lower than other countries in the region such as new share or nigeria in the queue outside sophie's practice is always growing. in 2009 when i started working here we had around 400 women a month who want to contraceptives but now we have up to 2500 women a month. through the growth has been exponential oh. oh. oh. i think it's because of all the awareness campaigns the media the funding's also women now realize the benefits of spacing out pregnancies for their babies their husbands and for themselves. this mother of 3 comes here very clearly to get the pill she doesn't want any more children as she wants to make sure her kids get the best education possible. family planning i have peace of mind you know i can do whatever i want without thinking of anything pregnant. in senegal around 95 percent of the population is muslim society here is conservative file is

she is a former senior economist at the world bank. welcome to the briefing.a weekly basis by all sorts of organisations whether by the united nations, yesterday we had a —— thousands of scientists across the globe saying when you change your diet. to help with this problem of climate change was of the question is, how will this is a division shift this area. now perspective, sustainable agriculture, to what extent is are becoming a movement across the world 7 becoming a movement across the world? well because they are in a situational crisis, the system we have, the agricultural we have now, is filling the planet, filling the people, they don't have access to proper nutrition because they're malnourished of because they are obvious. serenity change. we do have options for change, we can stop supporting this culture and sever example whenever governments today are spending something like $700 billion in supporting this culture, can they do if they changed this to salea ble can they do if they changed this to saleable culture model, to employment opportunities.

the un commission on sustainable development issued a report 2007 and the world bank commission the world development report focusing for the first time on climate change and both concluded then we knew enough to say in 1992 that passed does not prologue and it alters the baselines that planning that we have done over the last 100 years will not work in most impacts will be negative and coastal ecosystems will be challenged in every region of the globe to develop in developed countries prickle that enhance preparedness response strategy should be a global priority. the mitigation and adaptation that becomes less effective the faster the pace and total change of climate change. so it's fitting two of the three commissioners of the global commission on adaptation asked for these reports are now serving on the global commission and adaptation. from the world bank doing the world development report and then also being at the un joining forces with bill gates this year so depending on how you count this it took 27 years to get a real call on adaptation adaptation. and as you know the paris agr

i was at davos and the international monetary fund, the world bank, many were saying brace yourselvesd we might see recession for the us and the global economy in 2020. so it began very gloomy. we might see a us recession in 2020. the stock market performance does seem to counter that. we have a demographic in the world, we have so much savings, older people, asian savings. a lot of influences pushing this. let us talk about the fun run, which apparently is really good for your health. i was not surprised to hear this. it reduces the risk significantly of things like heart failure, cancer, diabetes, other serious health issues that many of us are serious health issues that many of us are facing. it reduces the risk ofan us are facing. it reduces the risk of an early death by 27%. it is a reduced risk of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, et cetera, may be people who do go running to think more about their health and maybe are eating a healthier diet as well, so there are interlinked issues. and also research shows that what is good for your heart is good for your brain as

this is the gdp per capita according to the world bank and you can see the legal force in cuba. what about the private sector, the property that is right now recognizing the new constitution approved in the referendum. life expectancy from 78-years-old and the mortality rate is a wii at 8.2 and for that reason in more than 60 countries around the world not only venezuela but now since the 60s we have more than 400 doctors in haiti. before the earthquake happened. we don't produce enough food and i will talk about the. they have access to improve the services into this is how much we have spent on education you can see we spent 12.8 of the gdp. it was the highest worldwide. we've spent 2.9% and we have enough resources. that's good to know but don't give me too much time. not to a lawyer, diplomat or a cuban. but in any case this is very important. remember the gdp, people say why, because we don't have all the resources we want on healthcare and education and we have many things we are proud as i show. let me say something here very important. i don't come here to say we are per

what he had was something that you never see as a germ of this swiss bank records of international cover payments going all over the world he showed me how be a set of a whole system with lloyds bank under which they channeled secret payments into the british virgin islands offshore company called red diamond from red diamond the money went into this guy's swiss bank account and he then used it to distribute to the local politicians taking a big check himself of course we don't like until he is sure we don't we and i believe those companies all to the business of. policy as you suggest laws of supply they do employees of government it is just part of the way business is done . we were actually able to publish what was the most dangerous story the prince bandar had been given not just the claim but over the years the total of 1000000000 pounds we did not invent. corruption i mean i mean he would have been and they had hanky panky and they had to go down to edit so i mean this is this is human nature i show you to prince of state run and a friend. what is great. of course none of us are greedy it's only the other fellow's

what he had was something that you never see is a gem of this swiss bank records all international call the payments going all over the world he showed me how. be it set up the whole system with lloyds bank under which they channeled secret payments into the british virgin islands offshore companies called red diamond from red diamond the money went into this guy swiss bank account and he then used it to distribute to the local politicians taking a picture yourself of course i can assure you we do we believe most companies all go to the business of. policy as you suggest laws of supply they do employees of government it is just the way the business is done. we were actually able to publish what was the most dangerous story the brits had been given not just the play but over the years that 1000000000 pounds we did not invent. corruption i mean adam and eve would have been and they had hanky panky and they had to go down to ed so i mean this is this is human nature i assure you to pinch a state on. to find. what is greed. of course none of us are greedy it's only the other fellow's greed. this the world runs on individuals pu