Oct 13, 10AM EDT, World Bank Annual Meetings: join our panel of experts who will lay out their vision for a jobs-rich future in which more people can achieve their potential. Strong human capital – investing in health, education, and skills & training – is key to job creation.
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Join us as we discuss the essential foundations for expanding digital economies and how to catalyze actions and investments for an inclusive digital future.
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How can Latin America and the Caribbean boost growth, productivity, and social inclusion through digitalization?
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Doron Avni is Google’s Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the Emerging Markets region (more than a 100 countries including Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Turkey and Russia). For more than 12 years, he has been developing Google’s policy strategies and campaigns on cutting edge technology issues, engaging with governments and advocating for the empowering, open and…
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Eleonora Rabinovich is Head of the Government Affairs and Public Policy for Spanish Speaking Latam in Google. She has worked at Google since 2015. Rabinovich holds a degree in law from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a masters in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University (NYU). Prior to her time at Google, Rabinovich developed a career in the media, civil society…
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Yolanda Martínez serves as the Program Lead for the GovStack Initiative at the International Telecommunications Union, assisting governments in expediting the digital transformation of their services. Within the public domain, Yolanda spearheaded Mexico's National Digital Strategy, oversaw the Digital Government Unit at the Federal Level, and directed the Zapopan Digital City Program at the…
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Ayesha Nasir is the founder of Scaryammi (Scary Moms), Pakistan’s largest and most engaged digital mothering community. As a graduate of Columbia University’s prestigious Pulitzer School of Journalism, Ayesha Nasir has vast experience in media and journalism. She has held leadership roles in various media companies such as Senior Executive Producer at Express News. Scaryammi has won numerous…
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Mahadhir Aziz was previously the co-founder and CEO of Futurise since its establishment in 2017, an agency under the Ministry of Finance mandated to drive the National Regulatory Sandbox (NRS)
A recognised industry leader, Mahadhir has a proven track record of over 20 years in various industries including Financial Services, Energy (Oil and Gas), Information Technology and Media,…
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Steve currently serves as the Program Manager of NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) and the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) which are working to infuse challenge and crowdsourcing innovation approaches at NASA and across the federal government. CoECI focuses on the study and use of curated, crowdsourcing communities that utilize prize and challenge-based methods to…
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Join us for the launch of a new World Bank report on “Working Without Borders: The promise and peril of online gig work” and learn how countries can leverage the promise of online gig platforms to provide income-earning opportunities for youth, women and other disadvantaged groups.
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