13th President of the World Bank Group Selected

The Executive Directors of the World Bank today unanimously agreed to select David R. Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term. [Having trouble seeing this email?](  [© World Bank Group](  [World Bank’s Executive Directors Select David Malpass 13th President of the World Bank Group]( The Executive Directors of the World Bank today unanimously selected David R. Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The Board expressed its deep gratitude to Interim President Kristalina Georgieva for her dedication and leadership in recent months. Mr. Malpass previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs for the United States. As Under Secretary, Mr. Malpass represented the United States in international settings, including the G-7 and G-20 Deputy Finance Ministerial, World Bank-IMF Spring and Annual Meetings, and meetings of the Financial Stability Board, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. [Read More](  [© Bassam Sebti/World Bank](  [Mark your calendar! Join us online for the 2019 Spring Meetings next week]( The IMF/World Bank Group Spring Meetings is an event you won't want to miss. Join us online the week of April 8 for seminars, regional briefings, press conferences, and many other events focused on the global economy, international development, and the world's financial system. Mainstage speakers this year include representatives from top-notch institutions and organizations such as the United Nations, National Geographic, World Trade Organization, Bloomberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among others.[Read More](  [© World Bank Group](  [The world leaders speaking at the Spring Meetings]( Kristalina Georgieva | Chief Executive Officer, World Bank Christine Lagarde | Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Amina Mohammed | Deputy Secretary General, United Nations Roberto Azevedo | Director-General, World Trade Organization Filippo Grandi | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees These are just a few of our 2019 Spring Meetings speakers. [Check out who else is coming.](  [© World Bank Group](  These are some of our featured events you shouldn't miss Investing in People: Power of the human capital [THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CASE FOR HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS]( [BUILDING HUMAN CAPITAL IN AFRICA: THE FUTURE OF A GENERATION]( [THE LEARNING REVOLUTION]( Fragility, Conflict and Violence [PREVENTING CONFLICT, PROMOTING PEACE]( [DRIVING PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO FRAGILE SETTINGS]( [BEYOND BORDERS: A LOOK AT THE VENEZUELAN EXODUS]( [STATE OF THE AFRICA REGION: THE ROLE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN TACKLING FRAGILITY]( Growth and Poverty [BEYOND UNCERTAINTY: LEVERAGING TRADE TO REDUCE POVERTY]( [ON THE MENU: CAN FOOD BE THE PLANET’S MEDICINE?]( [MAKING GROWTH WORK FOR THE POOR]( Don't worry if you can’t be at #WBGMeetings in person. We’ve got you covered with [World Bank Live.]( Block out time now to watch our events live, and in case you miss it, you can still catch up with our World Bank Group activities on our [Spring Meetings live blog](.  --------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media --------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the hashtags you need to keep an eye on during the Spring Meetings:  #WBGMeetings | #investinpeople | #WBLive | #dev4peace | #VenezuelanExodus | #FutureofFood | #WBG4SDGs  These are some of the hashtags that will be used during the Meetings! Make sure you follow [@WorldBank]( to get the full inside look at all the activities of the Spring Meetings! Join our 2.5 million followers on [facebook.com/worldbank]( where we will post highlights from the Meetings and Facebook Live interviews with world leaders attending our events.   [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [instagram]( [instagram]( 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]( | [Operational Summary]( | [Other Bank Newsletters]( | [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe from this list]( | [Update subscription preferences](