Catch all the 2024 Annual Meetings highlights

New IDA, agribusiness, and gender equality commitments If you're having trouble reading this message, [click here]( [2024 Annual Meetings Highlights]( [2024 Annual Meetings Highlights]( [From new financial commitments to joint solutions to tackle critical global concerns, catch the latest from the 2024 Annual Meetings as we work to build a better, bigger, and more effective bank.]( [EXPLORE KEY EVENTS]( Annual Meetings This Week [Spain Announces Nearly 40 Percent Increase in Pledge to IDA]( [Spain Announces Nearly 40 Percent Increase in Pledge to IDA]( [The country has made an early financial commitment of €400 million to the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for low-income countries.]( [LEARN MORE]( [World Bank Group Doubles Agriculture Finance and Business Commitments]( [World Bank Group Doubles Agriculture Finance and Business Commitments]( [The World Bank Group is combining a new way of working with a new level of investment—doubling our agri-finance and agribusiness commitments to $9 billion annually by 2030.]( [READ NEWS]( [New World Bank Group Goals on Women's Economic Opportunities]( [New World Bank Group Goals on Women's Economic Opportunities]( [The new targets announced this week aim to accelerate the use of broadband internet, social protection programs, and capital by women by 2030.]( [FIND OUT MORE]( [Annual Meetings Plenary]( [Annual Meetings Plenary]( [See Ajay Banga, Kristalina Georgieva, and Ahmed Munawar in this plenary discussion looking at our progress on becoming a better bank and the path forward.]( [WATCH NOW]( [How Do We Create Jobs for Young People?]( [How Do We Create Jobs for Young People?]( [Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people in emerging and developing countries will come of working age. In this event, we explore how to pursue innovative ideas to create much-needed jobs.]( [SEE REPLAY]( News [Suriname Becomes 175th Member of the World Bank’s International Development Association]( [Pandemic Fund Allocates Second Round of Grants to Boost Pandemic Preparedness in 50 Countries]( [World Bank to Support Hurricane Beryl-affected Communities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines]( [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](