World Bank’s Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war

WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took charge at the World Bank almost a year ago: inflation eating at nations drowning in debt, a once-in-a-generation pandemic, climate disasters and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Factor in the Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions between powerful nations, and today’s agenda is even fuller as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund hold their spring meetings in Washington this week. Advertisement "The world's intertwined challenges of poverty — which clearly we have seen great setbacks over the past few years — combined with…