Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, is widely lauded for his visionary leadership and passion for Africa’s transformation. With Dr Adesina at the helm, the African ...

Annalisa Prizzon is a Principal Research Fellow in the Development and Public Finance Programme at ODI. Annalisa Prizzon is an accomplished and recognized expert with more than 15 years of experience ...

Hana AlHashimi is a senior adviser in the Office of the President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. She leads on environment and climate action, sustainable energy, frontier ...

Dan Peters is a Senior Advisor in the foundation’s Development Policy and Finance team. Dan Peters manages the foundation’s relationships with the World Bank and other multilateral development banks ...

Professor Abhijit Banerjee was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation ...

Christiana Figueres is a world authority on global climate change and was the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC from 2010-2016. Ms. Figueres is currently Vice-Chair of the Global Covenant of Mayors ...

Watch a series of events on climate change, broadcast live from the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The World Bank Group is doubling down on its climate action, as part of its new ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan became the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania in March 2021, following the death of President John Magufuli. She served as Vice President of Tanzania from ...

Adriano Afonso Maleiane is Mozambique’s Minister of Economy and Finance. Previously, he served as Governor of the Bank of Mozambique (1991-2006) where he oversaw the removal of the commercial banking ...

Axel van Trotsenburg is the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director (SMD), responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships. Read more Read more ...

Mr Naresh Pal Gangwar is a senior Indian Administrative Service officer, who currently serves as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. He ...

Jean-Christophe Dumont has been the Head of the International Migration Division in the Direction for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD since 2010. He joined the OECD Secretariat in 2000 to ...