World Bank Group Senior Managing Director discusses multilateralism, technology, and the future of development aid in a ...

Gender gaps in labor force participation persist across all regions and have remained stagnant over the last three decades. The global average gap in workforce participation is 30 percent and, in some ...

Dr. Nadeem ul Haque is currently the Vice Chancellor of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University Campus, Islamabad. He also served as the deputy chairman of the Planning ...

Dr. Waqar Masood Khan is an eminent economist with wide-ranging experience of both public and private sectors. He has done Ph.D in Economics and M.A. in Political Economy from Boston University ...

The Law, Justice and Development Week – LJD Week – is an annual conference organized by the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank. This year's theme is "Partnering for Impact: Mobilizing the Private ...

Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), with broad experiences in Public Finance Management, Mergers and ...

Mobility that is smart and sustainable will be essential in addressing global issues such as climate change, poverty, women’s empowerment, and public health and safety. This January, transport leaders ...

Heeta Lakhani is a youth activist and climate educator from Mumbai, India. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies and Resource Management from TERI University, New Delhi. She has been ...

Kate became CEO of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) in March 2016, having run CIFF's Climate Change team since 2009. Kate became CIFF's first Executive Director for Climate change when ...

Febrio Nathan Kacaribu is Head of Fiscal Policy Agency, Ministry of Finance Republic of Indonesia. He has served as Head of Macroeconomic and Financial Research at Institute of Economic and Community ...

Shwetlena Sabarwal is a Lead Economist in World Bank’s Education Global Practice. She was a co-author of the World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise; World Development ...

Matia Kasaija is the current Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for Uganda. Before his appointment, he served as the State Minister for Finance (Planning) in the Cabinet of Uganda ...