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George A. Akerlof
George Akerlof is University Professor at the McCourt School of Policy of Georgetown University. In 2001 he was co-recipient of the Prize in Economic Sciences in honor of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Committee cited Akerlof’s 1970 paper, “The Market for ‘Lemons,’” which for the first time described the role of asymmetric information in causing market perversity. A vicious circle in used car markets…
Type: Expert
Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein is founder and editor-in-chief of Vox.com—a site dedicated to explaining the news. Launched in April 2014, Vox now receives more than 20 million unique visitors monthly and leads Comscore's politics category. Prior to starting Vox.com, Klein oversaw The Washington Post’s “Wonkblog” and was a columnist for Bloomberg News. In 2012, GQ named him to their “50 Most Powerful People in…
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Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman
Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang is the Minister for Education of Ghana, appointed in 2013 by President John Mahama after the 2012 Ghanaian general election. Naana has served as former Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Ghana, the first female Vice-Chancellor of a state University in Ghana. Naana has served in various academic positions, including Head of the Department of English, Dean of the…
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Augustin Matata
Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon is the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April 2012. He has in the past served the DRC as the Manager of National Accounts, Minister of Finance, and Advisor to the Government on economic and monetary matters. On October 3, 2003, he was appointed as Managing Director of BCECO (National Coordination Unit, created in 2011 to implement large…
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Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu
Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu has been the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa, Transcorp, and Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Elumelu holds the Nigerian national honors, the Commander of the Order of Nigeria (CON) and Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR). In 2011, New African magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa and a year…
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Jan Walliser
Jan Walliser was the Vice President for the World Bank's Global Practices covering Finance, Competitiveness, & Innovation; Governance; Macroeconomics, Trade, & Investment; and Poverty and Equity from July 2015 to June 2018. In this role, Jan was charged with was responsible for ensuring high-quality lending, analytical and advisory services aligned with country demand and in collaboration…
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Kordjé Bedoumra
Mr. Kordjé Bedoumra currently holds the title of Chief of Staff of the President. He is a former Minister of Finance and Budget of the Republic of Chad, having also served as Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, and Minister of Planning, Economy and International Cooperation. Before these high-level positions in the Government, he had a lengthy International working experience of…
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Jemi Laclé
Jemi Laclé, born on the Dutch Caribbean island, Aruba works at the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington D.C. and is the co-Secretary of the WBG Youth2Youth Steering Committee. She works closely with global game changers, go-getters, entrepreneurs, innovators and tomorrow’s world leaders. Jemi is focused on driving transformative social and economic change in the international development field by…
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Carolina Sánchez-Páramo
Carolina Sánchez-Páramo is the Global Director of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice (GP) at the World Bank. During her tenure at the Bank, she has also worked on operations, policy advice and analytical activities in Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Asia, and was part of the core team working on the WDR2012, “Gender Equality and Development”. Her main areas of interest and expertise…
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Andrew Rabens
Andy Rabens is the Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues at the State Department in the Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, where he focuses on youth initiatives, policy, and outreach to young leaders from across the globe. Andy previously served in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, the Bureau of African Affairs and in the Office of the Under Secretary for…
Type: Expert

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