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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Her Excellency Nyeleti Brooke Mondlane, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Action of the Republic of Mozambique. Nyeleti Mondlane previously served as Minister of Youth and Sports. Before that, she served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 2009 and 2015, she served as a member of Mozambique’s national legislative branch, the Assembly of the Republic.
Ms. Mondlane was born on…
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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…
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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-…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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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Victoria is a Senior Economist in the Human Capital Project (HCP) of the World Bank. Prior to joining HCP, she led operational and analytical work in Liberia and Ethiopia, focusing on labor markets and jobs, social safety nets and social protection system building, and forced displacement. Previously, she worked in the Jobs…
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Iffath Sharif is Manager of the Human Capital Project. She works on supporting the World Bank Group’s global agenda to protect, build and utilize human capital in partnership with countries and development agencies. She has previously held multiple positions in the Africa region as Practice Manager for the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, as well as in South Asia as Lead Economist…
Type: Expert