Did you know that land systems play an important role in securing land tenure, including for local landholders, and land access for infrastructure? Join the World Bank Land Conference from May 5–8, ...

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 ...

Caroline Heider was the second Director General of Evaluation (2011-2018) and Vice President of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). Before joining IEG, Ms. Heider headed the Office of Evaluation ...

Ian Bannon is the Sector Manager of the Fragile States, Conflict and Social Development Unit in the Africa Region of the World Bank. He was the Acting Country Director for Sudan from July 1, 2010 to ...

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu is Director of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) of the IMF. In this capacity, she leads the work on the IMF’s strategic direction and the design, implementation, ...

Watch a series of events on climate change, broadcast live from the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The World Bank Group is doubling down on its climate action, as part of its new ...

David Moinina Sengeh is Sierra Leone’s first-ever chief innovation officer. He is also the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education. Previously he was a research scientist at IBM Research ...

Adriano Afonso Maleiane is Mozambique’s Minister of Economy and Finance. Previously, he served as Governor of the Bank of Mozambique (1991-2006) where he oversaw the removal of the commercial banking ...

Dr. James Mwangi is Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, credited with democratizing financial access, leading Equity to become an integrated financial services Group operating in 6 African countries ...

Anna Bjerde spearheads the World Bank’s work on the most pressing development challenges, overseeing an active portfolio worth $340 billion in programs across client countries. With 30 years of ...

Mark Carney is the Co-Chair for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, Chair of Brookfield Asset Management, and Head of Transition Investing at ...

William Francis Morneau is an accomplished business leader who has been an active volunteer in Toronto Centre for more than 20 years. When consulting and outsourcing company Morneau Shepell was ...