2024 Annual Meetings: Everything you need to know

Spotlight on agriculture, gender equality, and jobs If you're having trouble reading this message, [click here]( [Get Ready for the 2024 Annual Meetings]( [Get Ready for the 2024 Annual Meetings]( [Join us for the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual Meetings, where we’ll bring together development leaders and partners to explore solutions to the most pressing global development concerns.]( [FIND OUT MORE]( Annual Meetings Events [Agriculture and Food as an Engine of Sustainable Growth and Jobs]( [Agriculture and Food as an Engine of Sustainable Growth and Jobs]( [Agriculture and food systems employ 1.2 billion people globally. Tune in to this October 23 event to learn how this sector can be a driver of economic growth and job creation.]( [SIGN UP]( [Women Transforming the World]( [Women Transforming the World]( [We can’t defeat poverty with half the world’s population on the sidelines. This October 24 event will look at how to accelerate equality and increase women’s access to jobs and economic opportunities.]( [SIGN UP]( In Focus [World Bank Group Announces New Financing, Adjusts Pricing]( [World Bank Group Announces New Financing, Adjusts Pricing]( [Find out how the new Equity-to-Loans ratio and other measures could enable $150 billion in additional financing over 10 years.]( [READ NEWS]( [New Scorecard Drives Action for Development Impact]( New Scorecard Drives Action for Development Impact [The World Bank Group’s new Scorecard measures the progress of our work across the most critical development areas with greater selectivity, rigor, and transparency.]( [EXPLORE SCORECARD]( [What Will It Take to Reduce Global Poverty?]( [What Will It Take to Reduce Global Poverty?]( [At today’s pace of progress, it could take more than a century to eradicate poverty as it’s defined for nearly half the world—those living on less than $6.85 per day—a new World Bank report shows.]( [READ REPORT]( News [Poorest Economies Face Toughest Conditions in Two Decades]( [Urgent Education Reform Key to Unlocking Faster, More Inclusive Growth in Africa]( [Europe and Central Asia: Economic Stability Amidst Sluggish Growth]( [READ LATEST NEWS RELEASES]( Connect with us on social media! Accredited journalists may obtain advance access to reports and information by registering with the Bank's [Online Media Briefing Center]( a password-protected site for working journalists. Material in this newsletter is copyrighted. Requests to reproduce it, in whole or in part, should be addressed to pubrights@worldbank.org For more information visit our website: [worldbank.org](. [Access to Information]( [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe from this list]( | [Tell us more about yourself](