Ana Revenga is the Deputy Chief Economist for The World Bank Group. In her 24-year career at the World Bank, she has worked in both technical and management positions in the East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa regions, as well as in OECD countries. Until November 1, 2016, she was the Senior Director of the Poverty and Equity Global…
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Phillip is the Business Anchor for the launch of CCTV America based in Washington D.C., with a show dedicated to global business and politics. The live show helps viewers understand economic and political issues, and during his career, has conducted over 3500+ interviews. In 2012, he was part of the first comprehensive U.S. Presidential election coverage for Asia and China. He has moderated and…
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is a leader in the development of economic analysis of educational issues. He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education related topics. He introduced the idea of…
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Jason Furman was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 as the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In this role, he serves as President Obama’s Chief Economist and a Member of the Cabinet. Furman has served the President since the beginning of the Administration, previously holding the position of Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the…
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Pierre Guislain, a Belgian national, is (since July 2014) the Senior Director for the Transport and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Global Practice at the World Bank, providing support to developing countries in improving their connectivity and competitiveness by linking people to markets, services and employment opportunities. Transport is the World Bank’s largest lending…
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Hiroko Samejima is founder, CEO and Chief Designer of andu amet Ltd.. andu amet is a leather brand whose products are made from exquisite Ethiopian sheepskin, known as the world’s best leather for its silky smoothness and stout quality. She has won a number of awards for her entrepreneurial endeavors including Women of the Year 2013 of the Nikkei Woman magazine and Young Women Innovator of APEC.…
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Ken Endo is an associate researcher of Sony Computer Science laboratories Inc., and CEO of Xiborg Co.,Ltd.. Endo received Ph.D at Biomechatronics group, MIT Media Lab in 2012. At the same time, He taught a course to develop orthopedic devices for developing countries as an instructor of MIT D-lab. He became an associate researcher at SonyCSL, and works on technology that rehabilitates and…
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Tomohiro Hamakawa serves as a Project Manager at Kopernik, managing consulting projects within the advisory service arm. Tomo has spent most of his career working for international development organizations across Asia, Africa and Europe, including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. He has a Bachelors in Social Anthropology from Harvard College and a Master in Public Policy from the…
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In the third grade of elementary school, he encountered the world of programming and all the creative options it offered. While learning new computing languages, such as BASIC, he devoted himself to software development. He joined a programming club at his school, the Fukui National College of Technology, and worked part time, discovering the pleasure of making things and performing services for…
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Inspired by the Grameen Bank’s work, Atsuyoshi established an e-education system among the poor in Bangladesh. At the age of 19, he became the first Japanese coordinator of the research laboratory of Grameen Bank. In 2010, he started up the e-Education Project and was inaugurated president. He won both Grand Prix and Watami Special Awards of Everyone’s Dream Award 2010. In 2011, he published “DO…
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