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Leonard Frank McCarthy
In June 2008, Leonard McCarthy was appointed by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, to serve as Vice President of the World Bank. He heads the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), whose mandate it is to anticipate, detect, deter and prevent fraud and corruption in Bank Group-supported activities. INT impacts the work of the World Bank by ensuring that funds are used for their intended…
Type: Expert
Rachel Kyte
Rachel Kyte is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All. A leading advocate for sustainable development, Ms. Kyte is focused on affordable, reliable and sustainable energy as the key to combating both poverty and climate change. Ms. Kyte drives SE4All’s work to mobilize action…
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Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz received his Ph.D from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the prestigious John Bates Clark Award. He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, and MIT and was the Drummond Professor and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is now University Professor at Columbia University and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought.…
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Luis Alberto Moreno
Luis Alberto Moreno assumed the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in October 2005. As President of the IDB, Moreno also chairs the Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) and the Donors’ Committee of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), both institutions of the IDB Group. Before joining the Bank, Moreno served as Colombia’s…
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Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University and was until 2004 the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is also Senior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Earlier on he was Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University Calcutta, the Delhi School of Economics, and the London School of Economics, and Drummond…
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Tim Evans
Timothy G. Evans is the Director, Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank. Dr. Evans has been active in the international health arena for more than 20 years. Before joining the World Bank, he was the Dean of the James P. Grant School of Public Health of BRAC University in Bangladesh. Previously, he served as Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization, heading the…
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Suprotik Basu
  , Suprotik (Protik) Basu, is a Founder, Partner and Head of Sustainability and Impact at Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital, which was launched in 2017 to mobilize and invest private – largely institutional - capital to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  The first fund is focused on supporting entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean with a private credit product targeting social…
Type: Expert
Pablo Fajnzylber
Pablo Fajnzylber is Acting Vice President and Director of Strategy and Operations for the Infrastructure Practice Group, covering Energy and Extractives, Transport, Digital Development and Infrastructure Finance, Public Private Partnerships and Guarantees. The World Bank’s active portfolio in these areas consists of more than 400 operations for a total value of USD 75 billion, focused on…
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Huguette Labelle
Huguette Labelle CC OOnt (born April 15, 1939) is a retired Canadian civil servant and former Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, serving from 1994 until 2012. Born in Rockland, Ontario, she received a Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in education from the University of Ottawa. From 1973 to 1980, she held senior management posts in the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and…
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Femi Oke
Femi Oke is an international journalist, writer and moderator. Since the 1980s, she has worked for BBC television and radio, Sky TV, all U.K. terrestrial television networks, CNN and U.S. public radio. Oke’s reporting has been recognized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Communications Agency and InterAction. You can connect with her anytime via Twitter @…
Type: Expert

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