World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law
What makes some policies work while others fail? The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law aims to answer this fundamental question.
Frequently, policies that fail to generate development outcomes endure across countries and over time. Putting governance front and center
of the development debate is essential for promoting sustained economic growth and encouraging more equitable and peaceful societies.
OCTOBER 9-15, 2023
- Watch the 2023 Annual Meetings
OCTOBER, 2023
- Inclusive Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Balancing Act: Jobs and Wages in the Middle East and North Africa
- Delivering Growth to People through Better Jobs in Africa
- Services for Development in East Asia and Pacific
- Toward Faster, Cleaner Growth in South Asia
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Speakers
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Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer, AFD
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Friederike Röder
France Director, ONE and Global Lead, G7 and G20
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Gaël Giraud
Chief Economist, Agence Française de Développement, and associated researcher at Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Yongmei Zhou
Co-Director, World Development Report 2017, World Bank
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Deborah Wetzel
Senior Director, Governance Global Practice, World Bank Group
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Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary General, SEGIB
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Avinash K. Dixit
Professor of Economics Emeritus, Princeton University
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Luis Felipe López-Calva
Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank Group
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Shanta Devarajan
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Georgetown University
@Shanta_WB
