Navigating fragility: The new multilateral agenda

Organisation document State and State Fragility initiative

To better understand how reforms in the multilateral banking system could benefit engagement in situations of fragility, conflict and violence, ODI and the International Growth Centre (IGC) convened the ‘Navigating fragility: The new multilateral agenda’ event. This learning brief consolidates key learnings from the event, highlighting the points that appeared to resonate most strongly with the participants.

  • Efforts to reform the multilateral development banking system have been gaining momentum in recent years, with a focus on better enabling borrowing countries to address global challenges like climate change, pandemic risk, and fragility, conflict and violence.
  • To better understand how the reforms could benefit engagement in situations of fragility, conflict and violence, ODI and the International Growth Centre (IGC) convened a side event at the 2023 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Marrakech, entitled ‘Navigating fragility: The new multilateral agenda’. 
  • This learning brief consolidates key learnings from the event, highlighting the points that appeared to resonate most strongly with the participants.