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EXPLORING 21st CENTURY SKILLS and ISSUES
4. Who is the current IMF Managing Director? (Go to Overview ; Senior Officials ) _____________________________________ Christine Lagarde
5. Where is the IMF headquartered? (Go to Overview ; IMF At-a-glance ) _________________________ 6. What two main goals does the World Bank hope to reach by 2030? (On the menu bar go to About ; select What we do .) _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does the World Bank do to accomplish these goals? (On the menu bar go to About ; select What we do; see Financial Products and Services .) _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ 8. Who is the current president of the World Bank? (See Leadership) ___________________________ 9. Where is the World Bank headquartered? ______________________________________ 10. Go to Topics on the menu bar. Scroll down and peruse the index. Select one of the topics, such as biodiversity . Read and summarize any article listed under that topic. _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ _ __________________________________________________________________________ BONUS: (On the menu bar, go to About ; select What we do .) On the right is information about World Bank apps . Explore the many awesome apps offered by the World Bank. Download one app and describe it here. Share your knowledge with the class. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Reduce extreme poverty by decreasing the percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3%. Promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40% for every country. The WB provides low-interest loans, credit, and grants to developing countries to support a wide array of investments in such areas as education , health , public administration , infrastructure , financial and private sector development, agriculture , environmental , and natural resource management. Washington , D.C. Washington , D.C. student's discretion Jim Yong Kim PRODUCT PREVIEW
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311 THE 21st CENTURY STUDENT’S GUIDE TO FINANCIAL LITERACY
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