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      Spring Meetings 2025: Jobs – The Path to Prosperity

      SPRING MEETINGS 2025

      Jobs – The Path to Prosperity

      Tuesday, April 22, 2025
      2:00-3:30 PM EDT/GMT-4 (local time)

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      With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated—the urgency of finding scalable and sustainable solutions has never been greater.

      This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world's fast-growing youth population.

      Through powerful stories of young entrepreneurs, dialogue with private sector executives, and insights from World Bank Group leadership, the session will explore how to energize the creation of more and better jobs. From innovation to investment, skills to sectors, this event will be a moment to catalyze collective action for a future where every young person has a pathway to decent work.

      The event will take place on April 22 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. and will be broadcast on World Bank Live with interpretation in Arabic, French and Spanish.

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      (All times are listed in U.S. Eastern Time / GMT-4.)

      2:00-2:20 PM / Vignettes
      Join us for personal stories and perspectives from inspiring changemakers: Nonkululeko Nyembezi , Anthony Tan, and Christina Williams.

      2:20-2:55 PM / “From a Moment to a Movement”
      Discover how international leaders are turning aspirations into action in this panel discussion moderated by Nicola Galombik, featuring Rania Al-Mashat, Dilhan Pillay, and Doug Peterson, who will explore integrated approaches to job creation.

      2:55-3:30 PM / “Our Future is Now” 
      To close the event, take part in our Audience Q&A session guided by moderator Julia Chatterley. Hear youth voices and responses from global leaders — Ajay Banga, Michelle Bachelet, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam — on the future of job creation worldwide.

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