World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press at the 2025 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference. “We're trying to change things here and look to deploy proven tools to unlock growth, to ...

Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), with broad experiences in Public Finance Management, Mergers and ...

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is the President of Mauritania and the Chairperson of the African Union. He previously served as the General Director of National Security and the Chief of Staff of the Armed ...

Simone Tebet is the Minister of Planning and Budgeting of Brazil. She was a Senator for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul between 2015 and 2022. In the Federal Senate, she led the first women's caucus ...

Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people across emerging and developing countries will come of working age. Yet only 400 million jobs are expected to be created. The World Bank Group has ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga and Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, addressed the press ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings.

Ms. Sangita Shrestha Einhaus is the Managing Director of The Dwarika’s Group of Hotels and Resorts. She is the daughter of Dwakira Das Shrestha who established the heritage hotel in Kathmandu. After ...

Abebe Aemro Selassie is the Director of the African Department, where he oversees the IMF’s operations and engagement with 45 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Before taking up his current position ...

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam is Minister of Finance of Ghana and the member of Parliament for Karaga Constituency. Prior to assuming his role as the Minister for Finance, he served as a Minister of State at ...

Marci Ien is Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, and the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre – a community she has proudly represented since 2020. She is a passionate ...

Join World Bank President Ajay Banga and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn for an insightful discussion about strategic and collaborative approaches in a world faced with ...

Marco is the Knowledge Management and Communications lead at the World Bank's Development Impact Department (DIME). His work focuses on translating data and researching findings into actionable ...