Valdis Dombrovskis is the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets ...

Mr. Gigaba is the current Minister of Finance in the Republic of South Africa as appointed on 31 March 2017. He was previously the Minister of Home Affairs, a portfolio he served in from 26 May 2014.

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 ...

His Majesty King Letsie III is the first son of the late King Moshoeshoe II and Queen ’M‘amohato Seeiso. He was born Prince Mohato Bereng Seeiso at Scott Hospital in Morija on 17 th July, 1963 and was ...

Sarah is the Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). She joined EDF in 2012 and leads a team of scientists, attorneys and policy experts to protect health by ...

July 1, 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Bretton Woods Conference which birthed the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This event explores the ambitious architecture ...

Charles E. Di Leva is Chief Counsel of the Environmental and International Law Practice Group in the World Bank Legal Vice-Presidency and is the Bank’s Legal Advisor to the Climate Change Solutions ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister ...

Wessemius-Chibrac has over 20 years of experience in banking and investment including at ABN AMRO Rothschild in Paris and London, and Banque Nationale de Paris in Equity Advisory. Since June 2013, she ...

What is small AI, and how can it help developing countries tackle real-world challenges? In this live Q&A, two World Bank Group experts explain how practical, affordable, and adaptable AI tools are ...

Born in Paris in 1956, Christine Lagarde completed high school in Le Havre and attended Holton Arms School in Bethesda (Maryland, USA). She then graduated from law school at University Paris X, and ...

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 ...