The World Bank Group Youth Summit's 12th edition, brings together young people (ages 18-35) to tackle urgent global challenges. This year’s focus is on digital transformation, creative industries, and ...

Johann Saathoff, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He has been a ...

Arantxa is a health economist currently working as an associate professor at the National Institute of Public Health, Mexico. She is national researcher II by the National System of Researchers ...

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 ...

international development. He has held various public sector positions in Paraguay, including Senator, Minister of Planning for Economic and Social Development, Ambassador of Paraguay to the United ...

Appointed in August 2021, Harifidy Janset Ramilison is the Government of Madagascar’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MINAE). He is a rural engineer by training and has over 34 years of ...

Abdourahmane Cissé is Minister of Budget since November 2013. Since January 2013, he had held the position of Cabinet Director for Mrs Nialé Kaba, minister attached to the Prime Minister for Economy ...

Dr. Poonam Gupta is the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, and a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. She specialises in ...

The World Bank’s focus on foundational skills requires that issues of language and Language of Instruction be brought to the forefront of education policy discussions. Poor Language of Instruction ...

Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb assumed the role of Minister responsible for Finance and Revenue in the Federal cabinet of the Government of Pakistan in March 2024. Prior to this responsibility, Mr. Aurangzeb ...