Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
World Development Report 2019: Discussion
2:00 pm
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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Where can the World Bank invest or can it invest in companies that it feels might make a change in the world, for example, in regard to food, how electricity is brought into a country or how broadband is distributed? Can the World Bank decide it will make the decision to invest in a particular project or to give aid to a country to improve the situation for the citizens of the country?