Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, a Medical Doctor by profession, is the current Ghana’s Minister of Education and the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency. He became a medical officer at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from 1995 to 1997 after KNUST but left in 1998 to pursue his Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology in the Netherlands Institute of Health Sciences. He joined the…
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Maria Victoria Angulo is a Colombian Social Economist graduated from Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota), she holds a Master´s Degree in Development Economics from the same university, and also a Master´s Degree in Specialized Economic Analysis from Pompeau Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain). She counts with more than 20 years of work experience on educational policy making and managing. She has…
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Srimathi Sridhar is an External Affairs Associate at the World Bank, where she supports the corporate web and social media team in writing, editing, and producing content for the Bank’s external websites and channels. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked as a reporter for an online media and events company that covered local businesses, entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the DC Metro…
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Tara Vishwanath, is a Lead Economist and a Global Lead of the Global Solutions Group for Welfare Implications of Climate, Fragility, and Conflict Risks in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the World Bank. Prior to joining the Africa Region, she led the poverty program in Middle East and North Africa and South Asia regions. Before joining the World Bank, she was a professor of economics at Northwestern…
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Abby Maxman, joined Oxfam America as President and CEO in 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in international humanitarian relief and development, she brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty. Prior to joining Oxfam, Maxman served as Deputy Secretary General of CARE International in Geneva, providing leadership across the CARE confederation. She…
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Tarek Ghani, is the Chief Economist and Future of Conflict Program Director at the International Crisis Group. Tarek is an Assistant Professor of Strategy (on leave) at Washington University’s Olin Business School and a Nonresident Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. From 2006-2009, he oversaw conflict prevention grants at the private foundation Humanity United.…
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Asad Alam, is the Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa for the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Vice Presidency of the World Bank. In this position, he is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of EFI’s country-focused programs in about 25 countries in Africa. Prior to this, Asad served as Chief of Staff to the President of the World Bank Group. He earlier served…
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Ms. Maria Angelica Sotomayor is a Practice Manager for Africa Region with the World Bank Water Global Practice. Ms. Sotomayor joined the Bank in 1996 and since then she has had a number of managerial and leadership positions including Practice Manager for the Water Global Programs Unit overseeing the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP); Lead Economist in the Social, Urban,…
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Michele Gragnolati currently serves as the Practice Manager for the Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank. Economist graduated from Luigi Bocconi Commercial University (Italy), Michele also has a Diploma in International Management from HEC (France), a Master’s Degree in Population and Development from the London School of Economics…
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