Written by Bianca Santos, a SustainUS World Bank delegate and a graduate of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. The first couple thoughts that ran through my head when I stumbled upon the application call for the SustainUS 2018 World Bank Delegation were a mix of…
Written by Gloria Oladipo, a SustainUS World Bank delegate and Freshman at Cornell University. For the past 4 days, I have had the amazing opportunity to attend a variety of meetings centering on the activity and functioning of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other parties. Those…
This week, our first ever SustainUS World Bank Delegation took the goals we had developed at the start of the Annual Meetings and created a specific demands sheet for the World Bank. This two-sided page was hand-delivered by the Townhall moderator to Dr. Jim Yong Kim (World Bank Group President)…
Written by Brian Gómez, WB17 Delegation Vice Co-leader. Day two of our delegation was action-packed! We started off the day with a quick meeting about what this week was going to look like, what we were excited about, and all that we were hoping to accomplish. Then our delegation walked…
Written by Michael Berger, WB17 delegation co-leader. Check out the video version of this update HERE! Today was an OUTSTANDING kickoff to our delegation, with most of our delegates in town early for a day of planning before the meetings start tomorrow. We convened blocks away from the World Bank…