Bank Governors: Bank and Minister

bank governors: Netherlands' Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra, left, speaks with the President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi, during a group photo of the G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2019, according to The Toronto Star. Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso, left, accompanied by Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, leave after speaking at G20 news conference, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2019. The Trump administration was encouraged that the bank's private sector lending operation wanted to step up support for nations affected by fragility, conflict and violence, Mnuchin said as the spring meetings of the bank and the International Monetary Fund wrapped up in Washington. Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo The World Bank, he said, needed to make sure that such support was aimed at boosting private investments that are growth-enhancing and poverty-reducing. The lending institution is a major source of development assistance for projects such as building damns for energy transmission. The U.S. wants to see additional progress in shifting more World Bank loans to poorer countries, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.