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Such a pleasure to feel the palpable energy and passion among world leaders in their support for proven social protection solutions to fight poverty and hunger. Achieving our collective ambition to reach 500 million people with social protection by 2030 feels within our reach.

Social protection for 500 million poor and hungry by 2030 - let's get it done @WBG_SPLabor !

A new doctrine of three zeros - "a world of three zeros: zero net carbon  emissions, zero wealth concentration and zero unemployment", says Muhammad Yunus. Couldn't agree more! https://t.co/I8Ekjk4uUo from @TheEconomist

Exciting announcement today on our expanded ambition to tackle poverty & global hunger. As Ajay said: “Put simply: hunger and poverty are intertwined. We need to take them on and work hard to rid our world of both.” Together with countries and partners, we can achieve this.

Sobering thoughts on why we need to take demography seriously: "how to sustain economic vibrancy if and when the number of people working — thinking, experimenting, inventing and investing — stops increasing, or declines. Wise societies would prepare"

Today, Minister @JCMusabyimana met with the World Bank team who briefed him on the progress of the "South-South Learning Forum" to be held in Kigali(6-13.12.2024) to discuss Economic Inclusion, mainly focusing on scaling up pathways to better jobs for the poor,towards graduation.

⁦@WBG_SPLabor⁩ CLASS on building digital adaptive social protection systems. Grateful to colleagues who travelled far to join us from across the globe, and those who helped organise and deliver the course. Grazie!

Going forward the SPJ CLASS will focus on strategic priorities in social protection and employment for poor and vulnerable groups, emphasise more practitioner-led learning, explore solutions that are digital yet practical given the development problem we are trying to solve

It was a privilege to learn with policymakers from 35 countries from all regions at the inaugural @WBG_SPLabor knowledge academy aka SPJ CLASS on scaling up digital social protection programs to adapt to crises while addressing the challenge of increasing poverty.

Part of the stellar team pulling together ⁦@WBG_SPLabor⁩ 's inaugural SPJ Core Learning Academy and Solutions Services (CLASS). We have 35 countries across all regions in Rome joining us to discuss how to build digital social protection systems. Stay tuned for more

A shout out to our fabulous ⁦@WBG_SPLabor⁩ team in Riyadh working on cutting edge labor market reforms, supporting inclusive social policy that aims to support female labor force participation and persons with disabilities.

IDA Helps to Weave the Fabric of Global Social Protection https://t.co/PIROsHkxob via @WorldBank

Thrilled to have an important, timely discussion on health worker shortages in an era of greater international labor mobility. Tough, complex problems call for thoughtful leadership & collaboration, thank you @JimC_HRH @Juan Pablo Uribe for this important journey together!

Great discussion on the role of #SocialProtection in harnessing the demographic dividend. Invest in #youth employment, #aging preparedness, and global labor market intermediation for managed cross country labor mobility, aka #globalskillspartnerships

Fruitful conversation with the Italian Ministry of Labor and #Socialinclusion @MinLavoro #MarinaCalderone on minimum income & jobs program case management, #GePI. We are excited to share this knowledge on digital social inclusion in Rome in May ⁦@WBG_SPLabor⁩ learning event

What an uplifting chat w/ @peiglobal_org partners @DianneCalvi from @village_ent & Greg Chen from @BRAC_UPGI during #WBGMeetings on unlocking the #job creation potential of the poor through #EconomicInclusion programs. Stay tuned for a recording!

More evidence on gender impact of cash transfers: secondary school attendance up by 12.4 percentage points; increases in girls’ academic aspirations; delays in early marriage; regular monitoring of weekly attendance boosts attendance sustainably! Congrats @Abu_Shonchoy

Thoughtful addition to our understanding of the complexities around informality, and practical ideas for our work in @WBG_SPLabor to support better labor market outcomes for millions of poor and vulnerable people!