The session will feature a presentation of UNCTAD’s 2024 World Investment Report, focusing on global investment trends, policies, and treaties, followed by a discussion on the implications for the World Bank Group. FDI flows to low and middle-income countries are falling. What are the implications for the World Bank Group? Should MDBs try to help reverse the trend? Can they?

Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Time: 10-11 am 

Interventions from the floor and Q&A

Watch online, link here.

Chair

		Junaid Kamal Ahmad Vice President of Operations, MIGA

Presenter

		Richard Bolwijn Director of Investment Research, UNCTAD

Panelists

		Paolo Mauro Director, Economics and Market Research Director, IFC
		Asya Akhlaque Practice Manager, Global Investment Climate, Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank
		Dilip Ratha Economic Adviser, MIGA/Lead Economist, World Bank