Tony Williams, the former Mayor of Washington, D.C. (1999 – 2007), is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Federal City Council, an organization focusing the creative and administrative talents of Washington’s business and professional leaders on major problems and opportunities facing the District. He is widely credited with leading the comeback of Washington D.C. during his two terms as…
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Avinash Dixit is John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics Emeritus at Princeton University. He is also a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. His research interests have included microeconomic theory, game theory, international trade, industrial organization, growth and development…
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Loïc Chiquier is the World Bank Group’s Chief Technical Specialist on Finance and Markets, in which capacity he holds the primary responsibility for global partnership engagement on a range of high-priority issues for growth such as housing finance, infrastructure finance, disaster risk management or financial inclusion. Previously, he served as the Director for the World Bank Group’s Global…
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Maura Misiti is co-author with Serena Dandini of Ferite a morte (Wounded to Death), a collection of monologues of women victims of gender based violence around the world. Ms. Misiti is Demographer and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the National Council of Research in Italy. She was a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University…
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Kaushik Basu is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University and former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank. Prior to this, he served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and is currently on leave from Cornell University where he is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. Basu…
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Mr. Jan Eliasson was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in March 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Eliasson had a distinguished career in the Swedish foreign service, including postings as Sweden's Ambassador to the UN and the United States, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Minister of Sweden. Mr. Eliasson has also held several key positions within the United Nations…
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Roby Senderowitsch is the Manager of Leadership, Learning & Innovation, Country Client Services at the World Bank Group. Previously he served as Manager of the Global Partnership for Social Accountability. His work in the Bank includes a strong focus on political economy analysis, building coalitions for change, anti-corruption, and performance based management of public institutions. Before…
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Emmanuel Skoufias is a Lead Economist at the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank. He specializes in impact evaluation, targeting, poverty measurement, urban and rural labor markets, land tenancy issues, and the role of risk mitigation and insurance in poverty alleviation. Other experience at the Bank includes a senior appointment at the Poverty and Gender Group in the Latin American and…
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William F. Maloney is Chief Economist for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions in the World Bank Group. Previously he was Chief Economist for Trade and Competitiveness and Global Lead on Innovation and Productivity. Prior to the Bank, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1990-1997) and then joined, working as Lead Economist in the Office of the…
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