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The speech addresses the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global inequality, extreme poverty, chronic hunger, and unequal access to vaccines, the internet, and education. It calls for effective multilateralism through EU–Bretton Woods cooperation, outlines Team Europe support for vaccination, and highlights longer-term investment in human development and sustainable recovery, including climate and debt relief priorities.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  \n(Joint Ministerial Committee  \nof the  \nBoards of Governors ofthe Bank and the Fund  \non the  \nTransfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries)  \nONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH MEETING WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 15, 2021  \nDC/S/2021-0047 October 15, 2021  \nStatement by  \nJutta Urpilainen  \nEuropean Commissioner for International Partnerships  \nEuropean Commission  \nStatement by  \nJutta Urpilainen  \nEuropean Commissioner for International Partnerships  \nEuropean Commission  \n104th Meeting of the Development Committee  \nOctober 15, 2021  \nWashington, DC  \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out a decade of global progress in reducing inequality. Over 100 million people have been pushed into extreme poverty. Around 118 million more people face chronic hunger, requiring urgent sustainable food systems transformations.  \nThe crisis has exacerbated many of the world’s structural imbalances, widening inequalities and hitting hardest the weakest. Inequalities of access to vaccines. Inequalities of access to the internet. And, thereby inequality in access to education.  \nYet the past 18 months pandemic have also taught us, that no country or group of countries can tackle such a crisis alone. That is why we need an effective multilateralism. From the outset, the EU has welcomed the Bretton Woods Institutions’ leadership in crisis prevention, preparedness and response.  \nTogether, the EU and its Member States are the largest partners ofthe Bretton Woods institutions. We have provided over EUR 29 billion to the World Bank alone over the past 5 years. The European Union also consistently argued for IMF’s lending capacity being commensurate to the scale of global challenges, including when it comes to Special Drawing Rights.  \nRight now, the most immediate priority is to end the pandemic. To date, the EU and its Member States asa Team Europe have committed more than EUR 46 billion to help partner countries. Team Europe has contributed over EUR 3 billion to support COVAX’s global vaccination efforts. By August 2021, 700 million doses of vaccines had been exported from the EU to more than 130 different countries in the world. Team Europe has committed to share at least 500 million doses by mid-2022, including at least 250 million by the end of the year.  \nIn the longer-term development, the EU and its financing institutions are investing at least EUR 1 billion to ramp up vaccine production capacity in Africa. On all those strands – mitigation of immediate impact, vaccination, longer-term health preparedness – we see scope for greater cooperation with the Bretton Woods Institutions.  \nThe pandemic has also shown that we need to invest more significantly in human development, not only in health but also in youth, through quality education that empowers. Education is the most powerful equaliser. Investing in education is investing in the future. The EU will increase its spending on education in the period up to 2027.  \nAs the great existential challenge of our generation, the global environmental crisis demands collective action from us. The biodiversity COP15 and the climate COP26 will be moments of truth for the global community. We must work together to ensure that the recovery is sustainable.  \nWe contribute. Under the EU’s new main external financing tool – the Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument – 30% of the funding will be spent on climate related activities. The  \nCommission President recently announced additional EUR 4 billion, as well as a doubling of our external funding for biodiversity.  \nWe need multilaterals to show the way. Thus, we welcome the World Bank’s recent Climate Action Plan 2021-25 and look forward to its robust implementation. That means Multilateral Development Banks fully aligning their operations with the Paris Agreement goals.  \nThe Bank’s Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID) approach is a positive s","cbCaipVG7X3l8iQA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipVG7X3l8iQA","pdf",144007,1,3,"English","en",105,"# Statement by Jutta Urpilainen\n## Pandemic impact and inequality\n## EU–Bretton Woods cooperation\n## Team Europe vaccination support and health preparedness\n## Education, youth, and future investment\n## Climate action and sustainable recovery\n## Debt relief, transparency, and financing frameworks","[{\"question\":\"What does Jutta Urpilainen say about the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on inequality?\",\"answer\":\"She states the pandemic has reversed progress on reducing inequality, pushing over 100 million people into extreme poverty and worsening structural imbalances and unequal access to vaccines, the internet, and education.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the EU plan to respond immediately and in the longer term?\",\"answer\":\"The immediate priority is ending the pandemic through Team Europe commitments exceeding EUR 46 billion and support for global vaccination via COVAX. 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