Masood Ahmed is president of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid ...

The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, in Dar es Salaam on January 27-28, 2025, will bring together leaders to accelerate energy access for 300 million people in Africa by 2030. Hosted by the United ...

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 ...

Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), with broad experiences in Public Finance Management, Mergers and ...

A global industrialist and business strategist, Hussain Al Nowais has over 35 years of experience in investing, developing and managing businesses in the Middle East, Africa and Asia across multiple ...

H.E. Mukhtar Babayev was appointed as the COP29 President in January 2024. He also serves as Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources where he has led national efforts to address ...

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 ...

Dr. Doto Mashaka Biteko is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, United Republic of Tanzania. Prior to that, Mr. Biteko served as the Deputy Minister for Minerals, Minister of Minerals, ...

Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University & former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Kaushik Basu is Professor of Economics and ...

Watch a series of events on climate change, broadcast live from the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The World Bank Group is doubling down on its climate action, as part of its new ...

World Bank Live is the World Bank's event streaming platform designed to engage global audiences in conversations about international development. The platform features high-level debates and events ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan became the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania in March 2021, following the death of President John Magufuli. She served as Vice President of Tanzania from ...