Shameran Abed is Senior Director of BRAC's Microfinance and Ultra-Poor Graduation programs. BRAC’s microfinance program serves more than 8 million clients in seven countries in Asia and Africa, with total assets exceeding $3.5 billion. BRAC’s ground-breaking Ultra-Poor Graduation program has helped more than 2 million households pull themselves out of the direst forms of poverty and social…
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Abigail Adams-Prassl is the co-founder of the Covid Inequality Project , which provides real-time survey information on the labor-market impacts of the pandemic to give decision-makers timely information on economic security and the effectiveness of policy initiatives. The project’s work is regularly featured in news outlets around the world and has been drawn upon by multiple U.K. government…
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Oscar Santiago Uribe Rocha is the first Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Medellín and only the second CRO appointed anywhere in the world. Before becoming CRO, he worked for three years as executive director of social innovation at Pigmalion, where he coordinated a number of research programs on issues such as disaster risk management, reproductive health and mental health of local youth. From…
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Anuela Ristani holds a degree in Business Administration and European Studies from American University in Bulgaria and holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Strategic Communication from the University of Missouri in Columbia. In 2002, together with other Albanian students studying abroad, she established the Albanian Students' Network in the World, a network targeting Albanian youth who…
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Judy Baker has worked extensively across the World Bank on projects and analytical work, particularly in East Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. This work has covered topics related to urbanization and its impacts, urban poverty, slum upgrading, service delivery, affordable housing, climate change, and impact evaluation. She has published six books, as well as produced numerous country and…
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Dean Cira has worked extensively across the World Bank on projects and analytical work, particularly in East Asia, Latin America, Europe and Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Fragile and Conflict States. Dean’s work has focused on urban poverty, slum upgrading, service delivery, affordable housing, urban infrastructure and disaster risk management. Dean has held leadership…
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As head of the Mayor's Office for International Affairs , Penny Abeywardena leads the City's global platform for promoting its goals for a more just and accessible society, showcasing the diversity of New Yorkers and sharing policies and best practices with cities and states around the world. Since her appointment in September 2014, the International Affairs team has launched a series of…, joining Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, , Penny was the Director of Girls and Women Integration at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a non-partisan organization that convened global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to the world's most pressing problems. Penny joined CGI in 2009 and led the program's evolution into one of CGI's most successful efforts. While at CGI, Penny was responsible for the portfolio of CGI…, Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and is a Core Member of the United Nation’s SDG Strategy and Action Hub. In 2017, Penny was named by the French American Foundation as a Young Leader. She is a World Economic Forum 2016 Young Global Leader, and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was a Founding Member of Lincoln Center’s Global Exchange and has previously served on the Hillary for America Policy Working Group…
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Dr. Natalia Kanem is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. She has more than 30 years of strategic leadership experience in the fields of preventive medicine, public and reproductive health, social justice and philanthropy. Dr. Kanem joined the United Nations in 2014 as…
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Dr. Anita Asiimwe is currently the Director-General of the National Child Development Agency appointed by the Government of Rwanda. She has previously served as the National Coordinator for the National Early Childhood Development program, which played a key role at enhancing multi-sectrol collaboration across various sectors to promote human capital development. Previously, she was Minister of…
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Nayé Anna Bathily, a Senegalese and United Kingdom national, is the External Affairs Manager for Western & Central Africa at the World Bank. She leads the development of coordinated communications and partner engagement strategies across West & Central Africa. She is also in charge of providing strategic advice, stakeholder outreach and reputation risk management to the leadership of the…
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