Ambition is needed to rebuild trust in multilateralism

The writer is a former president of Colombia, a Nobel Peace Laureate and a member of The Elders, an NGO

World Bank/IMF governors meeting in Washington this week have a historic opportunity to address the triple crises of climate, debt and poverty. They should restore trust in multilateralism by setting a high level of ambition for the international financial institutions (IFIs) to turbocharge their work addressing some of the world’s biggest challenges.