In this lecture, Nobel Laureate and University of Chicago Professor James A. Robinson will explore how politics can act as a ...

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

Fadia Saadah is the Regional Practice Director for People in Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region. Throughout a more than 30-year career at the World Bank, she has held ...

Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people across emerging and developing countries will come of working age. Yet only 400 million jobs are expected to be created. The World Bank Group has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou is the current Director General of the National Agency for the information society (Ansi). He is also the former Minister - Special Advisor of the President of the Republic and ...

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 ...

Anne Kabagambe serves as the Alternate Executive Director for Africa Group 1 at the World Bank Group, Washington DC. She is an international development and finance professional who prior to this ...

Ms. Sangita Shrestha Einhaus is the Managing Director of The Dwarika’s Group of Hotels and Resorts. She is the daughter of Dwakira Das Shrestha who established the heritage hotel in Kathmandu. After ...

Dr. Benjamin E. Diokno is the current Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). He finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines (1968), and ...

H.E. Mr. Stanislas Ouaro became the Minister of National Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso in February 2018 after a long academic career. Between 2012 and 2018, Mr. Ouaro was the President of the ...