A Rwandan economist and former Finance Minister, Dr. Kaberuka was the 7th President of the African Development Bank (2005-2015). He is credited for expanding the reach and impact of AfDB, Africa’s premier financial institution during his two terms as President. Kaberuka is currently the African Union High Representative for Financing, the Peace Fund and COVID19 response. He is a member of the…
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Soukeyna Kane is Director of the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank. Previously, she was the Country Director for Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. Kane, a Senegalese national, joined the Bank in March 2003 as a Senior Financial Management Specialist and has held several positions in the Africa Region, Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS), Middle East and North…
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Paul Kagame is the President of the Republic of Rwanda. He served as Chair of the AU from 2018 to 2019 and chaired the East African Community from 2018-2021. President Kagame continues to lead the AU Institutional reforms and serves as the AU Champion for Domestic Health Financing. He is also currently the Chairperson of the AUDA-NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee.…
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Born in Tanjung Karang, Lampung, Indonesia on August 26, 1962, Sri Mulyani Indrawati earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Indonesia (1986). She then continued her studies in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States and earned her Ph.D. in Economics (1992). As a specialist in public finance, fiscal policy and labor economics, she was chosen as the Executive…
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Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar (SI, FRCP, Ph.D, D.Sc) is a member of the Senate (Upper house) of Pakistan. From November 2018 to April 2022 she served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety with the rank of Federal Minister, where she spearheaded Pakistan’s flagship “Ehsaas” (compassion) program. She currently chairs the Benazir Income Support…
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Shawn Donnan is an award-winning senior writer for Bloomberg News where he reports on the US and global economies. He joined Bloomberg in 2018 from the Financial Times where he served as World Trade Editor and prior to that, World News Editor, coordinating the paper's global coverage of economics and politics. He also worked as a correspondent and editor for the FT in Indonesia and Hong Kong,…
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Clifton Cortez joined the World Bank Group in November 2016 as the first Global Advisor on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI). Clif leads on supporting client governments with incorporating SOGI inclusion and non-discrimination in all Bank-financed development projects. He also leads the Bank’s SOGI-specific data generation efforts. Prior to joining the Bank, Clif served as the United…
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Louise Cord is the Global Director for Social Development in the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Practice Group. Prior to this, Ms. Cord was the Country Director for Senegal, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, and Mauritania, based in Dakar, Senegal. Prior to her appointment as Country Director, she was Practice Manager in the Poverty Global Practice responsible for Latin America and the…
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Masood Ahmed is president of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade, and global economic prospects at major international institutions including the IMF, World Bank, and DFID. Ahmed joined CGD from the IMF, where he served for eight years as…
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Haishan Fu is the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group and Co-Chair of the Bank’s Development Data Council. In this capacity Haishan leads and coordinates the development and implementation of the Bank’s development data agenda. She has been an active leader in the global statistical community, having served or currently serving as a member of the UN Secretary General’s Independent…
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