Roberta Piermartini is Chief of Trade Costs Analysis at the WTO. She has coordinated the WTO-WB joint publications on Trade and Women as well as previous joint publications on Trade and Poverty. She is one of the lead authors and coordinators of World Trade Report -the flagship publication of the WTO. She is expert on trade and trade policy analysis. Her papers have been published in The…
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Georgia is the co-Founder and Executive Director for MTV Staying Alive, and is responsible for leading the entire team and driving all elements of the Foundation's operations, including content production, grant giving, fundraising and partnerships. She is also Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility for Viacom International Media Networks, where she develops and implements social…
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Jeremy Hillman is Director of Corporate Communications at the World Bank Group, the largest funder of development work in the world, with a dual mission to alleviating poverty and increase shared prosperity. In this role, Jeremy is responsible for external communications and internal employee engagement. That includes digital channels and platforms in six corporate languages, governance, media…
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Victor Orozco, is an Economist with the Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) unit at the World Bank. His research focuses on mechanisms to promote behavior change and includes several impact evaluations in the areas of health, education, gender and environment. He recently launched the DIME research program on Mass Media and Entertainment-Education. Before joining DIME, Victor worked at the World Bank's…
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Arianna Legovini built and leads the Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group of the World Bank, The purpose of this unit is to use research to improve development practice and policy outcomes. Since joining the Bank in 2004, she has worked to understand and develop the institutions (incentives and processes) required to engage researchers, operational staff and policymakers in improving the…
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Mr. Ahmad Ashkar is the Founder and CEO of the Hult Prize Foundation – named in a TIME Magazine cover story featuring the top five ideas changing the world. Recently ranked as one of the world’s, “Top 100 Most Powerful Arabs” by Gulf Business 2019 Edition, Ahmad and the Hult Prize have received numerous awards and recognition for their work in impact. In 2018, the Hult Prize was named by Fast…
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Javier Morales Sarriera is an Economist in the World Bank’s Transport Global Practice interested in urban transport in the topics of policy analysis, impact evaluation, and pricing. Javier works on research in the Sustainable Mobility for All initiative and on the implementation and coordination of a transport impact evaluation program in the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank, Javier…
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Dr. Nancy Vandycke is Program Manager in the Transport Global Practice in the World Bank. She helped found and leads Sustainable Mobility for All—an umbrella platform that brings together 55 public and private organizations worldwide to transform the future of mobility. She is also responsible for the World Bank’s partnership strategy in transport. In recognition of her thought leadership on…
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Dr. Cadena-Gaitán is a researcher at PEAK Urban – a multinational project led by Oxford University in alliance with EAFIT University, Cape Town University, Peking University, and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Maastricht in 2014 and is an affiliated researcher at the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute…
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Jaqueline M. Klopp is Co-Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University where she also teaches Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on the intersection of sustainable mobility, land use, air pollution, climate and accountability. Klopp is the author of numerous academic and popular articles on land, transport and the politics of…
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