Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. He brings to the role a broad combination of leadership, expertise, and practical ...

John B. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution. He is Director of the ...

Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u has been the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury & Economic Planning of Kenya, since September 2022. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the African Economic Research ...

Matthew A. Reynolds is the UNHCR Regional Representative of the UN Refugee Agency for the United States of America and the Caribbean. Mr. Reynolds’ distinguished career includes more than 30 years in ...

Senior Social Protection Economist in the South Asia Unit of Social Protection and Job Global Practice of the World Bank Group Philippe Leite is a Senior Social Protection Economist in the South Asia ...

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 ...

Ms. DJ Nordquist is the World Bank Group Executive Director representing United States since September 21, 2019, after being confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate. Ms. Nordquist has 25 ...

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 ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Meetings flagship event launched AgriConnect, a new initiative to transform small-scale farming into an engine of sustainable growth, jobs, and food security. President ...

Planning to apply to the Africa Sustainable Futures Awards? Watch the information session to learn how to submit a strong application ahead of the June 30 deadline. Hosted by the World Bank Group’s ...

The 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group brought together global leaders to explore one central challenge: creating jobs and accelerating growth through ...

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 ...