Kyle Peters is the World Bank’s Interim Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Operations. He is responsible for the World Bank’s operations worldwide in support of the World Bank’s goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity. He represents the World Bank Group at the G20 and in other international fora, and is also responsible for the strategic…
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Mr. Nick Dyer is Director General for Policy and Global Programmes at the Department for International Development. He was appointed in November 2013. Before taking on the role, Mr. Dyer held a number of positions within DFID including Director of Policy Division (2009 – 2013), Head of DFID Malawi (2006 – 2009), Head European Union Department (2002 – 2006), and Senior Economic Adviser DFID East…
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Annie Lowrey is a reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times. She previously worked for Slate, Foreign Policy, and The New Yorker. Lowrey is a graduate of Harvard University
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Mr. Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than one hundred countries. He is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, which are…
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Born on May 8th, 1950, in Tampico, Mexico, Angel Gurría came to the OECD following a distinguished career in public service, including two ministerial posts. As Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1994 to January 1998, he made dialogue and consensus-building one of the hallmarks of his approach to global issues. From January 1998 to December 2000, he was Mexico’s Minister of…
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Ana Revenga is the Deputy Chief Economist for The World Bank Group. In her 24-year career at the World Bank, she has worked in both technical and management positions in the East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa regions, as well as in OECD countries. Until November 1, 2016, she was the Senior Director of the Poverty and Equity Global…
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Phillip is the Business Anchor for the launch of CCTV America based in Washington D.C., with a show dedicated to global business and politics. The live show helps viewers understand economic and political issues, and during his career, has conducted over 3500+ interviews. In 2012, he was part of the first comprehensive U.S. Presidential election coverage for Asia and China. He has moderated and…
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is a leader in the development of economic analysis of educational issues. He has authored numerous, highly cited studies on the effects of class size reduction, high stakes accountability, the assessment of teacher quality, and other education related topics. He introduced the idea of…
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Jason Furman was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 as the 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In this role, he serves as President Obama’s Chief Economist and a Member of the Cabinet. Furman has served the President since the beginning of the Administration, previously holding the position of Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the…
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Pierre Guislain, a Belgian national, is (since July 2014) the Senior Director for the Transport and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Global Practice at the World Bank, providing support to developing countries in improving their connectivity and competitiveness by linking people to markets, services and employment opportunities. Transport is the World Bank’s largest lending…
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