Text of the Speech of Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, representing the Constituency of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, at the 94th Meeting of the Development Committee, in Washington, D.C.

Text of the Speech of Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, representing the Constituency of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, at the 94th Meeting of the Development Committee, in Washington, D.C. https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=16710 Endorses the Forward Look Paper and urges expanding IDA, IBRD and IFC capacities to increase lending to lower middle income countries and IDA graduates, coupling financing with innovation, knowledge sharing and private sector mobilisation. Calls for Bank reforms to improve agility, use of country systems, pragmatic Environmental and Social Standards, and promotion of South South cooperation. Stresses that shareholding realignment must increase the voice and voting power of developing country constituencies by at least two percent, supports IDA replenishment, and proposes suspension and removal of the Acceleration Clause and concessional financing for fragile contexts. en-us Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:01:26 +0530 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:01:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator Text of the Speech of Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, representing the Constituency of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, at the 94th Meeting of the Development Committee, in Washington, D.C. https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=16710 Endorses the Forward Look Paper and urges expanding IDA, IBRD and IFC capacities to increase lending to lower middle income countries and IDA graduates, coupling financing with innovation, knowledge sharing and private sector mobilisation. Calls for Bank reforms to improve agility, use of country systems, pragmatic Environmental and Social Standards, and promotion of South South cooperation. Stresses that shareholding realignment must increase the voice and voting power of developing country constituencies by at least two percent, supports IDA replenishment, and proposes suspension and removal of the Acceleration Clause and concessional financing for fragile contexts. News - Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:01:26 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=16710