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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist, UN Messenger of Peace and the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As co-founder of MalalaFund she is building a world where every girl can ...
Matia Kasaija is Uganda's Minister of Finance and Economic Development, MP for Buyanja County, and Previous Minister for Finance and Internal Affairs.
Watch Ajay Banga, Michelle Bachelet, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam discuss creating jobs for 1.2B young people in this insightful event video.
Fatou Jeng has five years’ experience in the climate activism space. She is the founder of Clean Earth Gambia, a youth-led NGO focused on gender, climate change, conservation, and environmental ...
Current mayor of Santiago, Chile. A lawyer with a master in Corporate Law, Alessandri has a long trajectory in the public and private sectors. His first role in politics was in 2004, when he was ...
Drawing on the findings from the latest Women, Business and the Law report, this event will contribute to the public conversation on women’s economic empowerment and a more equitable, prosperous world ...
Tara co-leads the World Bank’s Teachers Thematic Group. She was part of the core team of the World Development Report 2018, Learning to Realize Education’s Promise, and is currently leading South Asia ...
Mr. Lin Yifu (Justin), Director of New Structural Economics, Dean of Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and honorary dean, National School of Development at Peking University. He is ...
Nicolas co-founded The Future Society in 2014 and incubated it at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In 2015, he also co-founded the “AI Initiative” under The Future Society. A recognized ...
Mr. Ahluwalia is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Stern School of Management, NYU. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Government of India from 2004 ...
GO TO: SPEAKERS Join World Bank President Ajay Banga and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn for an insightful discussion about strategic and collaborative approaches in a ...
This event tackles challenges and opportunities for low- and middle-income countries to reduce digital sector emissions and harness technologies for adaptation and mitigation. Highlights from the ...