Matia Kasaija is the current Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for Uganda. Before his appointment, he served as the State Minister for Finance (Planning) in the Cabinet of Uganda ...

At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, a dedicated session focused on Mission 300—a platform to provide electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030. The session brought together African ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics—ABCDE—is a 36-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global ...

Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation explains how tourism has created direct jobs and boosted other sectors. Watch more How to Equip Young ...

Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as India’s Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in 2019. She was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament of India in 2014, and subsequently ...

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 ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz received his Ph.D from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the prestigious John Bates Clark Award. He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, ...

Caroline Heider was the second Director General of Evaluation (2011-2018) and Vice President of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). Before joining IEG, Ms. Heider headed the Office of Evaluation ...

Luis Caputo has a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and is a professor of Economics and Finance for the graduate program of the Universidad Católica Argentina. He was Secretary ...

Mr. Ahluwalia is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Stern School of Management, NYU. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Government of India from 2004 ...

Chido Govera is a farmer, campaigner and educator. Chido is teaching mushroom cultivation to hundreds of people in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, the Congo and also women from India, orphans from ...

With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and rapid changes in technology reshaping workplaces—the urgency of finding scalable, sustainable ...