As Director of the Office of the UNSGSA, Pia leads the team that supports Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands’s work as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). She joined the Office after spending 18 years at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Most recently, she worked as the Managing Director of the Center for Learning and Inclusion…
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James Sampi, a Peruvian national, joined the World Bank’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2016. He has worked on lending and analytical activities at the regional and country levels in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. His work is focused on growth and macro-structural policies. Prior to joining the…
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Dana Vorisek is a senior economist in the Prospects Group of the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Global Practice. She is one of the lead authors of the corporate flagship Global Economic Prospects, which presents the World Bank’s views on the global economy. Her research and policy work is on a range of topics, including productivity, investment, inflation, and oil price shocks. She…
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Ahead of the World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings, World Bank Group President David Malpass will speak at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan, about some of the major challenges and opportunities to building a resilient and inclusive recovery for all.
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Felix Mlusu is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Malawi, having been appointed to the position in June 2020. Previously, he spent 41 years at NICO Holdings Limited. He first joined National Insurance Company Limited as a Management Trainee in 1975 and rose through the ranks to become its first Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. He went on to become the Managing…
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and Chief Economist, effective 2 April 2018. Mr. Harris brings over 25 years of international experience in the fields of international economics and development policy analysis,…
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Dr. Husna Ahmad OBE is the CEO of Global One 2015, a faith-based international NGO focused on women. She is the former Group CEO of Faith Regen Foundation, a multi-faith UK charity. Dr. Ahmad is a board member of Faith for the Climate, Faith in Water, and Palmers Green Mosque. She is also a member of the Women’s Faith Forum UK and executive committee member of Barnet Faith Forum. She is a co-…
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Ben Akabueze is currently the Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation. Prior to this, he served briefly as Special Adviser to the President on National Planning. He had served for over eight years as the Honourable Commissioner for Economic Planning & Budget, Lagos State, Nigeria. Before joining the public sector, Ben had a career in auditing, accounting, consulting and…
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Ms. Farid is responsible for developing a strategic framework for the Social Protection and Subsidy reform programs that ensure the social and financial impact of implementing these policies, working on conducting Actuarial valuations with extensive experience in Health Insurance strategies. She was also assigned as Subject Matter Expert for Social Protection, and for Universal Health Insurance.…
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Dr. Phuong is the leading health economist with more than 20 years of experience in health financing, health economic and health system reform in Vietnam. She also has strong background in policy evaluation and monitoring, research proposal design and development, provider payment methods, hospital services cost, health technology assessment and project evaluation. Dr. Nguyen Khanh Phuong has…
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