John Authers was appointed Senior Investment Columnist in November 2011. He is based in New York. Authers is also the writer and presenter of The Long View column and online broadcasts, which examines the effect of long-term market trends on investors. Previously, he was the global editor of Lex, the flagship daily opinion column of the Financial Times. Authers was previously the Financial Times…
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Barro is considered one of the most influential economists in the world. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a B.S. in physics from Caltech. Barro is co-editor of Harvard’s Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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John Roome is Regional Director, South Asia Sustainable Development at the World Bank. Before that he was Senior Director for Climate Change. He joined the World Bank in 1989, working initially in Africa, and has since held various positions including Operations and Strategy Director for Global Practices and Cross Cutting Solutions, Director for Sustainable Development in the Bank’s East Asia and…
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The Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Milton von Hesse, is an economist from the Universidad del Pacífico (Pacific University), and has a master degree in Economics from Georgetown University (ILADES Program / Georgetown). He has been Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation from July 2012 to February 2014. Prior to that he was Executive Director of ProInversion, and from 2009 to…
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Mr. Sall has an engineering background in telecommunications and civil aviation. He worked for 22 years for ASECNA (Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa). He was the representative of ASECNA in Senegal and Comoros. He was also auditor of civil aviation on behalf of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Africa, Europe, and Asia. At that time he headed the security…
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Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is a renowned economist, diplomat, freedom fighter and language veteran. Muhith served as the general secretary of the central committee of the Pakistan Civil Service Association and as Economic Councilor of the Pakistan Embassy in the US. He was also appointed as the Secretary of Planning and Secretary of the External Resource Department of Finance and Planning Ministry.…
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Pio is an Andean farmer and entrepreneur from the rural community Huerta Huaraya, in the region of Puno, Peru. Together with his family, Pio created Fortigrano, a company specialized in the production and commercialization of organic quinoa at 3,850 meters above sea level in Puno.
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Amb. Claver Gatete was appointed as the Minister of Infrastructure on 6 April 2018. Prior to this appointment, he served as Minister of Finance and Economic Planning since February 2013. He had previously served as the Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda (2011 to 2013), having previously served as its Deputy Governor. Amb. Gatete also served as Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom,…
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Born in 1960 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Mr Jonas is a born activist that got involved in in anti-apartheid politics from the age of 14. He led a number of political activities in the Port Elizabeth area and launched underground structures aligned to the African National Congress in the Eastern Cape and beyond. He was later sent to exile in Angola and Uganda. While in exile he…
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Mr. Fredy Efren Marrufo was born in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, where he studied until attending Riverside Military Academy near Atlanta, Georgia. He then earned a Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Mayab in Mérida, Yucatán. Since entering public service in 1997, Mr.Marrufo has served the state of Quintana Roo in a variety of capacities, including Director of Revenue; City…
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