Join us as we explore how governments, the private sector, and partners can build shock-resilient systems that improve people’s ability to adapt and prepare people to work in green jobs that will help mitigate climate change.
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Join our high-level speakers to discuss how to advance the business case for gender inclusion and equality.
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Join a prestigious panel of speakers to explore central questions around what it will take to address some of the most critical issues of our time including climate change, food insecurity, pandemics, and increasing fragility and poverty reduction.
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Richa is the CEO and co-founder of Labhya, an India-based education nonprofit impacting 2.4 million vulnerable children. Her passion for education stems from her lived experience as a child and her extensive work with vulnerable children from the age of 16. During her journey, she has worked with education non-profits like Teach For India and Teach For All. Additionally, she was the 2019…
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Headlined by the Honorable Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Laureate and former President of Liberia, this hour-long panel discussion will feature women leaders from across the globe and across generations to reflect on the importance of accelerating gender equality and empowerment; explore the power of collective action to accelerate change; and discuss how the private sector, philanthropic, and community leaders can play the role of changemakers and, together, accelerate equality.
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Alaka Holla is a Senior Economist in the Human Development Chief Economist Office of the World Bank and program manager of the Bank’s Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund, a multi-donor trust fund that promotes the use of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental methods to inform policies in education, health, water and sanitation, and early childhood development in low- and middle-income…
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Joana Silva is a Senior Economist in the Human Development Chief Economist Office of the World Bank and an associate professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics. She has expertise in applied economics, labor economics, international economics, development economics, and public economics. Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including the American…
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Emily Weedon Chapman is a Senior Human Development Economist in the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank. Her focus includes research and policy guidance on the intersection between human capital and climate change. In her pervious assignment, Emily managed nearly US$1.5 billion in lending through the cross-sectoral Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services and the…
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Mark Duggan is The Trione Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics at Stanford. His research focuses on the health care sector and the effects of government expenditure programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. His research has been published in leading academic outlets including the American…
Type: Expert
This event explores the specific impacts of COVID on individuals in each life stage, the related risks to their futures, and policy options countries can consider to help address the challenges.
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