Coming soon: 2024 Spring Meetings

Sign up now for events, how climate change impacts health If you're having trouble reading this message, [click here]( 2024 Spring Meetings: Vision to Impact [2024 Spring Meetings: Vision to Impact] Mark your calendars for the 2024 Spring Meetings. We will come together April 15-20 to explore how to tackle global challenges head-on, including solutions to ramp up finance and knowledge, foster private sector investment, and prepare for future crises. Tune in as we livestream high-level events. [Energizing Africa: What Will It Take to Achieve Universal Energy Access?]( [Energizing Africa: What Will It Take to Achieve Universal Energy Access?]( [Join us for this April 17 event looking at what's needed to scale up the solutions and investments that will help connect millions more Africans to electricity and transform African economies.]( [SIGN UP]( [Transforming Challenge into Action: Expanding Health Coverage for All]( [Transforming Challenge into Action: Expanding Health Coverage for All]( [Tune in to this April 18 event to join the discussion on how we can help ensure more people across the world have greater access to high quality and affordable health care.]( [REGISTER NOW]( Week’s Highlights [Expert Answers: Why Climate Change and Health Is a Hot Issue]( [Expert Answers: Why Climate Change and Health Is a Hot Issue]( [In the lead up to World Health Day, this new Expert Answers episode looks at how climate change is adversely impacting human health and what needs to be done to tackle the issue.]( [WATCH NOW]( [New Report Assesses Damage to Gaza’s Infrastructure]( [New Report Assesses Damage to Gaza’s Infrastructure]( [The World Bank and United Nations report shows the cost of damages to critical infrastructure incurred in Gaza reached $18.5 billion, as of January 2024.]( [READ REPORT]( In Focus [International Development Association: A Catalyst for Development]( [International Development Association: A Catalyst for Development]( [The World Bank's IDA is not only our primary source of concessional financing for the world's poorest countries, but this funding often serves as a catalyst for rapid development.]( [SEE HOW]( [Tackling the World’s Hidden Debt Problem]( [Tackling the World’s Hidden Debt Problem]( [While some low-income countries have made progress on disclosing debts, many sovereign debts remain hidden, undisclosed, or opaque. This prevents policy makers and investors from making informed decisions.]( [LEARN MORE]( News [Despite Strong Growth, South Asia Remains Vulnerable to Shocks]( [East Asia and Pacific to Sustain Growth Amid Global Headwinds]( [The World Bank Demonstrates Depth of its Capital Markets Investor Base with Dual Tranche USD 6 Billion Sustainable Development Bond Transaction]( [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]( | [Update subscription preferences](