24 hour ECONOTHON: Development Never Sleeps
We did it! 24 hours of non-stop discussions on development economics. Thanks for watching and engaging!
Want to learn more about the economics behind international development? How can we stimulate economic growth, reduce poverty and help people in developing countries? We went live for a 24-hour “Econothon” where experts from the World Bank Group and beyond engaged a global audience on the development challenges facing the world today.
Economic growth, jobs, inequality climate change -- these development issues never sleep.
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| 12:00-12:25 pm |
Interview with David Malpass, President, World Bank Group |
| 12:25- 12:35 pm | The Economics of a Clean Energy Future |
| 12:35-01:00 pm |
Looking to the Future with Young Economists |
| 1:00-1:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Adapting for an Uncertain World: Climate Change and Resilience |
| 1:30-1:40 pm |
Interview: The Digital Revolution: Providing Opportunity for All Boutheina Guermazi, Director for the Digital Development Global Practice, World Bank Group |
| 1:40-2:00 pm |
Fireside Chat: How Does Growth Happen? |
| 2:00-2:20 pm |
Intro Trailer and Interview with LAC World Bank Vice President and the Chief Economist |
| 2:20-2:30 pm |
Session I: Inclusion/ Poverty: Panama |
| 2:30-2:45 pm |
Session II: Migration: Colombia and Venzuela |
| 2:45-3:00 pm |
Session III: Infrastructure: Ecuador |
| 3:00-3:20 pm |
Session IV: Environment Argentina |
| 3:20- 3:30 pm | Session V: Resilience: Caribbean |
| 3:30- 3:40 pm | Session VI: Gender: Mexico |
| 3:40- 4:00 pm | Session VII: Sustainable Agriculture: Brazil |
| 4:00-4:15 pm |
Interview: Future of jobs |
| 4:15-4:30 pm |
Interview: Investing in People |
| 4:30-4:45 pm | Interview: Reforming the Civil Service |
| 4:45-5:00 pm | Interview: How to Help the World's Most Vulnerable States |
| 5:00-5:30 pm |
Interview: Data Dives |
| 5:30-5:40 pm |
Interview: Gains and Losses from Tariffs |
| 5:40-6:00 pm | Interview: Education |
| 6:00-6:20 pm |
Turning the Tables with David Theis |
| 6:20-6:40 pm |
Panel Discussion: Impact Investing Principles - The Private Sector in Development |
| 6:40-7:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Does Trade Aid Development |
| 7:00-7:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Women's Empowerment |
| 7:30-7:50 pm |
Interview: Is $1.90 enough? |
| 7:50-8:00 pm |
Interview: What is the Blue Economy? |
| 8:00-8:25 pm |
Fireside Chat: How to judge results |
| 8:25-8:50 pm |
Panel Discussion: Building the Perfect Taxation System |
| 8:50-9:00 pm |
Insuring Against Risk in Development(MIGA) |
| 9:00-9:10pm |
Welcome and Overview by Victoria Kwakwa, EAP Regional Vice President |
| 9:10-9:15 pm |
Climate-smart Infrastructure in the Pacific |
| 9:15-9:20 pm |
Climate-smart Agriculture in Vietnam |
| 9:20- 9:25 pm | Innovative Financing in East Asia Pacific |
| 9:25-9:30 pm | Malaysia and the World Bank Group |
| 9:30- 10:45 pm | Panel Disussion: What Will Drive East Asia’s Growth and Jobs Over the Next Decades? |
| 10:45- 11:50 pm | Urbanization in East Asia Pacific |
| 11:50- 11:55 pm | Building Human Capital in Indonesia |
| 11:55-12:00 pm | East Asia's Rapidly Aging Population - Eldercare in China |
| 11:00 pm-1:00 am |
The Late with Nate Show |
| 1:00-1:10 am |
Achieving South Asia’s Potential: World Bank’s Strategy |
| 1:10-1:30 am |
Unique challenges of opportunities of South Asia & importance of economic analysis for development |
| 1:30-1:45 am |
Urbanization Martin Rama, Chief Economist, Latin America and Carribean Yue LiI, Senior Economist, South Asia Region |
| 1:45- 2:00 am |
Informality and inward-looking approach |
| 2:00- 2:20 am |
Human Capital |
| 2:20- 2:35 am |
Female labor force participation Maria Beatriz Orlando, Lead Social Development Specialist, South Asia Region |
| 2:35- 2:50 am |
Climate Change |
| 2:50- 3:00 am |
Closing remarks |
| 03:00-4:00 am |
Africa's Digital Moonshot |
| 04:00-04:30 am |
Leveraging Trade to Reduce Poverty |
| 4:30-4:35 am |
Preview of what’s to come: Selena Batchily and Pierre Laporte |
| 4:35-4:45 am |
Four Questions with Africa Vice President Hafez Ghanem |
| 4:50-5:30 am |
Panel Debate/Discussion/Report launch: The Future of Work in Africa (LIVE) |
| 5:30- 5:33 am |
Quiz Show: Africa |
| 5:33-6:13 am |
Panel Debate/Discussion: Powering Africa’s Transformation (LIVE) |
| 6:13- 6:15 am |
Quiz Show: Africa |
| 6:15-6:30 am |
Fireside chat with Chief Economist Albert Zeufack |
| 6:30-6:40 am |
A New Economy for MENA |
| 6:40-6:45 am |
First Digital Mashreq Forum |
| 6:45-6:50am | Introduction Digital Maghreb |
| 6:50-7:00am | Transforming MENA Labor Market |
| 7:00-7:10 am | Economic Opportunities in Tunisia |
| 7:10- 7:20 am | Second generation of reforms in Egypt |
| 7:20- 7:30 am | Challenges and Opportunities in West Bank and Gaza |
| 7:30- 8:00 am | Development and Humanitarian Continuum in Yemen |
| 8:00-8:30 am |
Interview: Is Debt Good or Bad |
| 8:30-8:40 am |
Interview: The High Toll of Unsafe Roads |
| 8:30-9:00 am |
Interview: Behind the scenes: Doing Business
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| 9:00-10:00 am |
ECA Videos Interview with World Bank Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Cyril Muller Video Feature: On location in Tashkent exploring the dramatic reforms underway in Uzbekistan Video Feature: Around the Region with Europe and Central Asia’s Country Directors
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| 10:00-10:40 am |
ECA Region Macro Economic Discussion Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank |
| 10:40-11:00 am |
Fireside Chat on Financial Inclusion
Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank |
| 11:00-11:15 am |
IDA - The Fund for the Poorest |
| 11:15-11:30 am |
Interview: Artificial Intelligence in Development |
| 11:30-11:45 am |
Interview: The Rise of Behaviourial Economics |
| 11:45am-12:00 pm |
Final Remarks with President David Malpass |
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