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Investing in prevention: A new World Bank Group approach to crisis

Our CEO Kristalina Georgieva reflects on the World Bank’s response to recent events such as the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC and the #famine in #Yemen. Can we better forecast risks and prevent crises in more countries? The new Global Crisis Risk Platform aims to make prevention everyone’s business. What does this mean in action? Read the latest blog here:

Investing in prevention: A new World Bank Group approach to crisis

© Riyaad Minty/Creative Commons [[tweetable]]Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” [[/tweetable]] This was his message to Philadelphians on how to avoid house fires, at a time when they were causing widespread damage to the city and its people. His …