Resources on social finance

  1. Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

    Government economic and social policy interventions vital to tackle workplace closures and labour income losses

    16 October 2020

    As financial constraints increase, large-scale fiscal packages need to be maintained to counter the danger of growing poverty, inequality, joblessness and exclusion, the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told the Development Committee of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank at their annual meeting.

  2. Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

    Restore progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals

    15 October 2020

    Measures to reduce poverty and widen access to social protection are among a list of COVID-19 recovery priorities outlined by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the virtual annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. His statement was presented to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.