In 2017, the international community continued to deliver on its development commitments against a backdrop of increasing global and political uncertainty. In this context, the World Bank deepened its engagements with partners and stakeholders, recognizing that the complexity of the world’s challenges requires even greater collaboration is the twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shard prosperity are to be realized. Signaling the importance of human capital investment, the World Bank established partnerships and leveraged platforms aimed at increasing global and domestic support for the early childhood development movement-known as the Early Years which is a key priority investment for country-level economic growth and competitiveness. Foundations have also played an important role in support of early childhood development, from parallel funding to advocacy actions. The Bank’s work to address the challenges of fragility, conflict, and violence to help build resilience and stability relies on strong collaboration with humanitarian-development-peace partners, including collaboration with civil society organizations that work in the most difficult environments. To encourage innovative financing approaches that work for a diverse group of countries affected by fragility, a high-level panel was organized emphasizing collaboration between the Bank, United Nation, and the European Commission.