Navigating fragility: the new multilateral agenda - November 2023 Abdilahi Ali, Annelise Andersen, Siddhartha Basu, Hans

To bridge this gap, 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’. [...] More generally, it was agreed that the challenge of fragility cannot be considered independently of the other pillars of the MDB reform agenda – namely, climate change and pandemic risk – with one intervention focusing on the intersection of climate change and security in particular. [...] At the same time, it was pointed out that fragile contexts can be home to pockets of resilience that the international community, as well as the MDB system, should look to replicate, strengthen, and sustain, to gradually build momentum behind a broader transition out of fragility. [...] These included the absence of clear frameworks around engagement and disengagement (for example, in Afghanistan); the need to facilitate and incentivise effective partnerships and partnership-building in fragile contexts; higher administrative costs associated with working in fragile countries; and a lack of staff incentives to work on and in fragile contexts. [...] Abdullahi (Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia) Fragility and The goal of this session would Moderator: Hans Peter Lankes the new be to map out how the MDB (IGC/ODI) multilateral reform agenda could effectively agenda address issues of fragility, with a Panellists: focus on concessional financing Alexia Latortue (Assistant Secretary for and changes in operating models International Trade and D.