Banga, Ajay2024-04-022024-04-022023-10-17https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41353This report discusses the remarks delivered by Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank at the annual meetings plenary. The World Bank stepped forward to support the most vulnerable when compounding challenges: the war in Ukraine, the effects of the pandemic, and inflation-hit. But the need was so great that we allocated the majority of our three-year crisis response window in the first year. Our partnership focuses on three objectives: attack deforestation in the Amazon, strengthen the Caribbean’s resilience to natural disasters, and bridge the digital-access gap across Latin America and the Caribbean.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOUKRAINE WARCOVID-19 PANDEMICDIGITAL ACCESSNATURAL DISASTERSSpeechWorld Bank10.1596/41353