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

Panel discussion: Investors share their vision for what will stimulate private sector investment in Africa’s energy sector, government initiatives that would increase investor confidence, and consider ...

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 ...

Leaders from government, the private sector and civil society are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), to accelerate action on the climate crisis. See below ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ms. Nathan leads a team which works with governments and international organizations in developing new technical and commercial solutions to tackle pressing development issues such as humanitarian ...

Priya Basu is the Executive Head of the Secretariat for the newly established the Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank. Priya has also been serving as head of the Secretariat for the COVID-19 task ...

Corinne Woods is the Director of Corporate Communications at the World Bank. In her previous role, she served as Senior Adviser to the United Nations and United Nations Foundation focusing on the post ...