Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services, and Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures ...

President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ...

Mr. Romer is the World Bank’s Chief Economist. Before joining the World Bank group, he was Professor at New York University (NYU) and Director of the Marron Institute of Urban Management which deepens ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Meetings flagship event launched AgriConnect, a new initiative to transform small-scale farming into an engine of sustainable growth, jobs, and food security. President ...

At 14, Australian-born Hugh Evans spent the night in a Manila slum. The realities of his hosts’ lives motivated him to challenge the status quo of extreme poverty. After a trip to S. Africa in 2002, ...

Mohamed is the President of Queens’ College at Cambridge University, the Renee Kerns Professor of Practice at the Wharton Business School, and advisor to Allianz and Gramercy Funds Management. He ...

Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation explains how tourism has created direct jobs and boosted other sectors. Watch more How to Equip Young ...

Xavier Devictor is an Adviser to the Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Group at the World Bank Group. Previously, he served as Co-Director for the WDR 2023 and as a Manager in the Fragility, Conflict, ...

Faith Nwadishi is the Founder and Executive Director of Koyenum Immallah Foundation, a non-governmental organization based in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria that champions the cause of extractives ...

Betty Bigombe, a Ugandan national, has played a key role in conflict resolution in Africa. She led the peace and humanitarian efforts in northern Uganda, first in the 1990s as Minister of State for ...

Anna Bjerde oversees the World Bank’s operations across developing and emerging markets with the goal of stepping up the World Bank Group’s impact by creating more and better jobs as a pathway out of ...