Carmen M. Reinhart, is the Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. Assuming this role on June 15, 2020, Reinhart provided thought leadership for the institution at an unprecedented time of crisis. She also managed the Bank’s Development Economics Department. Reinhart’s areas of expertise are in international finance, and macroeconomics. Her work has helped to inform the…
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Nada Hamadeh is a Manager at the World Bank Development Data Group. She manages flagship data public goods, including the classification of countries by income, the International Debt Statistics series, and the World Development Indicators economic series. Nada also leads the International Comparison Program global partnership, which produces indicators to compare the size of economies and their…
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Sheila Redzepi is Vice President for External and Corporate Relations at the World Bank Group. Sheila oversees all aspects of communications and public affairs in support of the Bank’s mission to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. She also manages the Bank Group’s strategic presence in donor countries, and oversees its multilateral engagements. In this role, Sheila advises the…
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Maximo Torero Cullen is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He joined the Organization in January 2019 as Assistant Director-General for the Economic and Social Development Department. Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay since November 2016 and before the Bank Mr. Torero led…
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Annette Dixon was the World Bank Group Human Resources Vice President. As the WBG supports its clients to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and pursue green, resilient and inclusive development, Annette leads the Human Resources function of the WBG to attract, develop, engage and deploy top talent, building the WBGs brand as the employer of choice in development, with a diverse and inclusive…
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Jacob Jusu Saffa is Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone as of April 12, 2018. He was a member of a Transition Team set up by President Bio to conduct a stock taking exercise of the state of affairs of Government Ministries, Department and Agencies. He was the Team Lead for the Finance and Economic Development Pillar under the Transition Team. Mr. Saffa started his career as a Development Planning…
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Banlieuz'art is a Guinean music group made up of two members, Konko Malela and King Salaman. They modernize the local traditional sound making it accessible to new listeners by infusing it with hip hop, reggae, dancehall, and RNB flavors. They have been influenced by classics such as the Bembeya Jazz, Bob Marley, Morgan Heritage, and Fugees, and their music aims to depict the daily realities in…
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Ulla Tørnæs has a degree in Business Administration in English and French from Copenhagen Business School. University-level studies in Chambéry, France, and at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. Minister for Development Cooperation since November 2016. Minister for Higher Education and Science from February to November 2016. Minister for Development Cooperation from 2005 to 2010.…
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Roula Khalaf is Deputy Editor of the Financial Times. She has worked for the FT since 1995, first as North Africa correspondent, then Middle East correspondent and most recently as Middle East editor. Before joining the FT, she was a staff writer for Forbes magazine in New York. Roula oversees the FT’s network of foreign correspondents and bureaus. She writes regularly on global politics and…
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The passionate and motivated, Erica Armah-Bra Bulu Tandoh or DJ Switch Ghana, as she is more popularly known, has caught the attention of so many including DJ Khaled and Wyclef Jean, at just 13 years of age. At the age of nine, with no previous experience with a turntable, she suddenly found herself learning to use one. Her motivation and dedication to her work is unmatched, then and now.…
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