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Felix Moloua on behalf of the Africa Group Constituency II to the 101st Development Committee meeting (virtual), dated April 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. The statement evaluates the World Bank Group’s COVID-19 response and highlights support measures for low-income countries, including IDA replenishment, fragile states strategy, and decentralized presence. It also calls for expanded aid, large-scale safety nets, strengthened regional public health institutions, and coordinated debt relief to address both immediate liquidity needs and longer-term economic fallout for African countries.","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 ONE MEETING WASHINGTON, DC – April 17, 2020  \n(VIRTUAL)  \nDC/S/2020-0017(E) April 17, 2020  \nStatement by  \nH.E. Felix Moloua  \nMinister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation Central African Republic On behalf of the Group II African Countries  \nStatement by  \nH.E. Felix Moloua  \nMinister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation  \nCentral African Republic  \nOn behalf of the Group II African Countries  \n101st Meeting of the Development Committee  \nApril 17, 2020  \nWashington, DC  \n(VIRTUAL)  \nThis written statement on behalf of the Africa Group Constituency II focuses on the two topics appearing on the Development Committee’s agenda, namely: (1) the World Bank Group Response to the COVID-19 Emergency and (2) The COVID-19 Debt Initiative: International Call for Action in Support of IDA Countries.  \nFirst, we would like to commend the World Bank Group (WBG) for the significant progress made under the leadership and personal commitment of President David Malpass. Specifically, we would like to highlight the following: (i) the record $82 billion IDA-19 replenishment, which will help boost support for low-income countries; (ii) the launch of the Strategy for Fragile States, which will enhance the effectiveness of support for countries experiencing fragility, conflict, and violence by strengthening the resilience of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations; and (iii) the decentralization initiative, which will enhance the institution’s presence and effectiveness in the field through the deployment of staff. In this regard, we also wish to encourage decentralized decision making to facilitate greater agility.  \nThese achievements show us that the WBG is now better equipped to tackle a crisis of the scale that we are currently facing because it is now a health and economic crisis characterized by the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic that serves as the backdrop for our Development Committee meeting today. This new pandemic that threatens the well-being of populations and the economic development of our countries has once again demonstrated—if further proof were necessary—the importance of cooperation among countries and coordination of their multilateral actions, in a world that is more interconnected than ever before.  \nWe commend the WBG for the swift, globally coordinated action taken to provide a fast, flexible, and effective response to the effects of the pandemic. We therefore wholeheartedly welcome the provision of a $14 billion emergency package to help countries and businesses in their efforts to combat COVID-19. Weare pleased that this initiative is drawing on all the expertise within the Group—IBRD, IDA, and IFC—ina bid to halt the spread of the disease as quickly as possible and support the private sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. We thank staff in the field for their active engagement, their devotion, and the efforts made to help our countries cope with this terrible situation.  \nWe believe that this pandemic is exacerbating an already extremely precarious health, social, and economic situation in Africa, at a time when our efforts to stay on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are proving to be challenging and rest on shaky ground. We are therefore of the view that support for our national economies should, as a priority, entail assistance for our most vulnerable populations for  \nwhom the health shock represented by COVID-19 could very quickly evolve into a real economic shock and plunge thousands of people into absolute poverty. 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