Protecting the natural environment for future generations is one of Prince William’s key priorities. His Royal Highness has publicly supported initiatives to fund conservation, community development and environmental education programmes across Africa, and has led key programmes such as the United for Wildlife Financial and Transportation Taskforces to end illegal wildlife trafficking on a global…
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Joel Turkewitz is currently the Program Coordinator for the Regional Governance Hub, based in Bangkok, Thailand. Joel joined the Bank in 2000 as Senior Public Sector Specialist in the Governance, Regulation and Finance Department of the World Bank Institute. He has since held various positions, his most recent assignment being a Senior Procurement Specialist and the South Asia Regional…
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Alexandra is Program Coordinator for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT). Since joining INT in 2011 she has coordinated the activities of the World Bank Group’s International Corruption Hunters Alliance (ICHA), has designed and delivered anti-corruption training programs and workshops, and coordinated special research projects. Her most recent policy and technical research has…
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Anders Hjorth Agerskov heads the World Bank’s Preventive Services Unit. The unit was established in response to recommendations made by the Independent Review Panel chaired by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The unit is charged with assessing integrity risks to the World Bank’s portfolio, providing consulting services to the Bank’s global practice areas on how to protect against…
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As Global Director, Finance in the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation (FCI) Global Practice , Jean leads the World Bank’s work to promote the development of sound, stable, sustainable, and inclusive financial systems. His global team of experts works with governments and partners to make financial systems more resilient, to open access to finance for poor and vulnerable people, to support…
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Varun Gauri is Senior Economist with the Development Research Group of the World Bank and Co-director of the World Development Report 2015 on Mind and Culture. His current research examines how legal institutions and conceptions of justice and human rights affect human welfare. His publications include the books Courting Social Justice: The Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economics Rights in…
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Ali Ayadi is a Tunisian-American who currently works as a Program Officer at the Center for International Private Enterprise, overseeing Yemen and MENA knowledge management programs. Ali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University, as well as an Associate degree in Law from his native country of Tunisia.
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Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three and a half decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East (Simon & Schuster, July 2014). He also authored Engaging the Muslim…
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Sahar Hussain joined the World Bank in February 2013 as an Economist in MENA’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management unit. Prior to that, she worked for the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies in Cairo as an Economist on issues related to competition policy and economies in transition. She was also an Economic consultant for the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
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Ashraf Al-Saeed is a Palestinian-Jordanian Journalist currently leading the digital media team at the World Bank Middle East & North Africa region. Mr. Al-Saeed joined the World Bank in 2010 after working for 5 years with the Voice of America Arabic service (Radio Sawa) as a Web Editor.
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