Tim Williamson is the Global Lead for public financial management, public investment management, and subnational governance at the World Bank based in Washington, DC. He also is one of the team leaders of the Future of Government initiative. Through his work, Tim aims to strengthen the role of governance reforms in enabling the achievement of development results. Tim joined the World Bank in…
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As the Chief HR Officer and Advisor (Workforce Development) for the Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore, Peck Kem is responsible for professionalising HR in the public sector of 16 Ministries and more than 50 Statutory Boards. She is also the twice-elected President of the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI). Prior to her current appointment at the PSD, she…
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda was elected the first female president of the Republic of Costa Rica on February 7, 2010, for a constitutional term of four years. Her election as President of the Republic of Costa Rica was preceded by a successful political career which began with her appointment as Minister of Public Security between 1996 and 1998, thus making her the first woman to hold that position…
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George Kronnisanyon Werner is an experienced public-sector leader and innovator who has spearheaded successful national and government-wide reform programs across a range of areas including health and education workforce reforms. He served in the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf administration as Director General of the Civil Service and Minister of Education. Werner served as co-chair of Liberia's Health…
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Donna Andrews is the Global Lead for public institutions reform in the Governance Global Practice at the World Bank, based in Washington DC. She is also one of the team leaders of the Future of Government initiative. She provides global intellectual and technical leadership in civil service reform, public administration reform, institutional capacity strengthening, and public sector employment…
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Samantha Power was sworn into office as the 19th Administrator of USAID on May 3, 2021. In leading the world’s premier international development agency and its global staff of over 10,000 people, Power will focus on helping the United States respond to four interconnected challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic and the development gains it has imperiled; climate change; conflict and humanitarian crises…
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Watch a conversation about the Young Professionals Program (WBG YPP), which seeks to recruit the future leaders of the World Bank Group.
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Lant Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007, living in Indonesia 1998-2000 and India 2004-2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2019, where he was, at times, the Faculty Chair of the MPA/ID Degree program. Having twice retired, he is currently…
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Vilma Aguilar is the current Program Manager for the World Bank Group’s Young Professionals Program (WBG YPP), now recruiting on behalf of the World Bank, IFC and MIGA. She is a Human Resources Management professional with over 20 years of experience in international development organizations.
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Jacob joined IFC’s Young Professional Program in September 2020 upon graduation from the Wharton School with an MBA and the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania with a MA in International Studies. Prior to IFC, Jacob worked at a major global investment bank in New York, a California-based fixed-income hedge fund, and an impact investment fund in Latin America. As a YP, Jacob has…
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