Filippo Grandi is the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Before being elected High Commissioner, Grandi had been engaged in international cooperation for over 30 years, focusing on ...

Join us live as Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), sign new partnership agreement to ...

Global challenges put immense pressure on transportation systems, especially in developing economies. To ensure future growth, stability, and poverty reduction, these economies must deliver effective ...

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 ...

A global industrialist and business strategist, Hussain Al Nowais has over 35 years of experience in investing, developing and managing businesses in the Middle East, Africa and Asia across multiple ...

The World Bank Group’s Spring and Annual Meetings, held each April and October, bring together global leaders, country representatives, and civil society to discuss the global economy, progress on ...

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 ...

Sustainable innovation can transform Africa’s future. The Financial Times and the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) hosted the inaugural Africa Sustainable Futures ...

World Bank Live is the World Bank's event streaming platform designed to engage global audiences in conversations about international development. The platform features high-level debates and events ...

The global development community gathers in Washington, DC. Join us online October 13–18, 2025 for live updates from the World Bank Group–IMF Annual Meetings.

Mr. Adebayo Olawale Edun has over four decades of experience at national and international levels in merchant banking, corporate finance, economics, and international finance. Post the Nigerian 2023 ...

Development economist and expert in private sector development, Dr Sandra Ablamba Johnson, born on April 22, 1980 in Lomé, holds a Doctorate in Economic Sciences, a Diploma of Advanced Specialized ...