At a meeting in Washington Feb 18th, President Jim Kim, senior World Bank officials and Rev. Adam Taylor hosted a dialogue with leaders of international faith bodies and FBOs on the topic of ending extreme poverty by 2030. President Kim extended a strong invitation to the faith community to collaborate with the Bank, and challenged us to present evidence for where the faith community can make the most difference. Faith leaders gave feedback on a draft moral narrative for faith engagement in ending extreme poverty, which had been prepared by a diverse faith-based drafting team.
This meeting is important background for the July 2015 leadership conference on Effective Partnerships between Public Sector and Faith Groups, to be hosted at the World Bank in conjunction with German BMZ, USAID, DFID and others, in collaboration with JLI F&LC.