Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance and National Economy, stressed the importance of continuing to work to enhance international cooperation and unify all the efforts made to advance the wheel of economic development towards more development and prosperity, pointing to His Excellency the need to adopt a comprehensive and sustainable approach that supports economic growth, and contributes to promoting promising opportunities as well as developing innovative solutions and flexible strategic plans to face various economic and geopolitical challenges. This is when the Minister of Finance and National Economy delivered a statement before the Development Committee in the name of the Arab Group and Maldives represented by the Kingdom of Bahrain, within the framework of His Excellency the participation of the 2025 Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, held in the American capital, Washington, with the participation of member ministers of the committee, and senior officials of international institutions and organizations to discuss economic issues in place of global attention. The promotion of capabilities and investment in human capital as an effective tool to convert various challenges into promising opportunities for development and development, as he pointed to the programs and initiatives launched by the World Bank Group from a concrete impact in supporting the needs of countries and enhancing development paths at various levels. In a related context, he pointed to the importance of investing in clean energy technologies and enhancing the efficiency of their use, with the necessity of their compatibility with the requirements of sustainable development, stressing the role of the bank group The international in developing these strategies and expanding the horizons of innovation in them. He praised the efforts made by the World Bank and its active role in supporting development stability, calling for the necessity of concerted international efforts to work to achieve security and stability for a more prosperous future for the region and the world.
