The Financial Times and the World Bank Group have launched the second edition of the Africa Sustainable Futures Awards, a major annual programme that promotes innovative, long-term solutions to ...

The Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) is a landmark collaboration between the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, designed to deepen the two institutions’ collaboration on cofinanced public ...

At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, a dedicated session focused on Mission 300—a platform to provide electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030. The session brought together African ...

Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the FT where she writes on corporate life and climate change. Formerly the FT’s environment correspondent, her writing has won awards in ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics—ABCDE—is a 36-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global ...

Mrs. Ruth Kagia is currently Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy & Strategy) in the Executive Office of the President. She rejoined Government in 2014 as Senior Advisor, to the President. Prior to this Mrs.

Luis Caputo has a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and is a professor of Economics and Finance for the graduate program of the Universidad Católica Argentina. He was Secretary ...

The 2025 Global Digital Summit: 'Digital Pathways for All' has concluded. Recordings of all sessions are available on this page and on the World Bank Group's social media channels. This year’s summit ...

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, ...

This year, the WBG Youth Summit focused on "Powering Progress: Youth Leading the Digital Transformation." Young innovators from around the world joined forces to explore digital solutions for global ...

Prosper Mulindwa, Economist, holder of a Masters degree in Finance and Control, has been leading the economic development of Rulindo district (567 sq km, 337,820 people and 81,817 households) in ...

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press and took questions from media representatives registered to attend the 2024 Spring Meetings.