Lant Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007, living in Indonesia 1998-2000 and India 2004-2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2019, where he was, at times, the Faculty Chair of the MPA/ID Degree program. Having twice retired, he is currently…
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Master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, having received the “Outstanding Student” award for 2014/2015; graduate degree in public administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP); law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). Chair of the board, Articule Institute; board member, Judicial Research Department; National Council of Justice (…
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Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance LeAnna Marr oversees the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation’s Center for Education. As Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance, she is responsible for the oversight and coordination of all resources and activities…
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Alicia Herbert, OBE, is Director of the Education, Gender and Equality Directorate (EdGE), and Special Envoy for Gender Equality at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Alicia has over 20 years of experience working internationally. Prior to joining the Department for International Development (DFID) now the FCDO, in 1999, she worked with a range of organisations including…
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Melissa Kelly is part of the Early Childhood Development team at the World Bank, where she leads the Early Years Fellowship. She brings fifteen years of experience in design and delivery of ECD and education programming across diverse contexts. Melissa has led operational work on early childhood in Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Pakistan and Indonesia in…
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Gary Barker, PhD, is a leading global voice in engaging men and boys in advancing gender equality and positive masculinities. He is the CEO and co-founder of Promundo-US, which has worked more than 10 years in nearly 40 countries. He is also co-founder of Instituto Promundo in Brazil, which began work on healthy masculinities and male allyship more than 20 years ago. Gary is co-founder of…
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Ms. Mbodji has served as the Secretary General of the Ministry of National Education since January 2018. She reports to the Minister of Education, whom she assists in the execution of government policy and in the administration of the department. She has over 30 years of experience in the education sector. She serves as Program Coordinator for the implementation of the WAEMU public financial…
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Norbert Schady, a German national, is Chief Economist for Human Development in the World Bank Group. Previously, he was Principal Economic Advisor, Social Sector, at the Inter-American Bank (2010-2021), Senior Economist in the Development Research Group (2003-2010), Economist in the Poverty Group of the Latin America region of the World Bank (2000-2003), and a Young Professional at the World Bank…
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Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, Co-Director of the Global TIES for Children center Remarks Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU. He is a community…
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