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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 ...

As the world faced a host of intertwined challenges – from climate change, pandemics, fragility, geo-political tensions, to debt distress – the World Bank Group changed to become a better and bigger ...

Watch Ajay Banga, Michelle Bachelet, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam discuss creating jobs for 1.2B young people in this insightful event video.

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Enterprise of Spain since December 2023, holds a degree in Economics (2003) from the University of Extremadura, a Master's in Economics from ...

Simone Tebet is Brazil's Minister of Planning and Budgeting, a trailblazing politician and advocate for women's rights, inspiring change in governance ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga and Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, addressed the press ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings.

Reine Essobmadje is the co-founder of Digital Coalition and CEO of Evolving Consulting, a firm specializing in digital transformation in Europe and Africa. She holds a Global Executive MBA from IE ...

Shwetlena Sabarwal is a Lead Economist in World Bank’s Education Global Practice. She was a co-author of the World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise; World Development ...

Veronica Waeni Nzioki is a diplomat and researcher from Kenya. She is presently deployed at the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva.

Jean-Christophe Carret is the World Bank Country Director for the Middle East Department (Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria). Before this appointment, Mr. Carret was Country Director for the ...

Abebe Aemro Selassie is the Director of the African Department, where he oversees the IMF’s operations and engagement with 45 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Before taking up his current position ...