1.2 billion young people will need a job in the next 10 years. The World Bank is trying to help them find one

World Bank president Ajay Banga is in Canberra this week. It’s the first time a World Bank president has visited Australia in seven years.

Why is he here? It goes to the heart of the World Bank’s purpose.

Set up after second world war to fund reconstruction, the World Bank’s modern mission is to create a world free of poverty on a liveable planet. It has 189 member countries .