World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press at the 2025 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference.

This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world's fast-growing youth population. Through powerful ...

Christina Williams is an attorney-at-law and activist with a 10-year track record of developing landmark interventions that engender decent jobs and improve livelihoods. She contributed to the ...

Nicola Galombik is Executive Director with Yellowwoods, where she leads efforts to drive economic inclusion and sustainability through its portfolio of businesses and through partnerships in Africa on ...

Annpurna Devi is the Minister of Women and Child Development of India. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1998, 2000 and 2005. She held the positions of Minister of State for ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as ...

Douglas L. Peterson serves as special advisor to S&P Global and is a member of the company’s Board of Directors. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global from 2013 to 2024; during ...

Nonkululeko Nyembezi is the Chairperson of Standard Bank Group—which operates in more than 20 countries and is the largest lender in Africa by assets—and Standard Bank South Africa. She also serves as ...

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara is Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings and Executive Director and CEO of Temasek International. He has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of ...

Agnes Dasewicz, serves as Acting Director of the Office of Private Capital and Microenterprise (PCM) within the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3) of the U.S. Agency of ...

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