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 ...

A legal environment that supports women is more important than ever. The COVID-19 crisis has disproportionately affected women. Besides the health impacts, lockdowns also exacerbated instances of ...

We wrap up all the developments from the Meetings with Devex’s Raj Kumar. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed joins The Zone to talk about how to get the SDGs back on track and the partnerships ...

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 ...

Watch a fireside chat with World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on their respective institutional goals going into COP28 in ...

Dr. Younes Sekkouri is Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Morocco, a position he took up in October 2021. Prior to this, Dr. Sekkouri was the Dean and Director ...

Join us for the launch of a new Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) report recommending the most effective ways to keep children learning during and post-pandemic. A new report, ...

The Law, Justice and Development Week – LJD Week – is an annual conference organized by the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank. This year's theme is "Partnering for Impact: Mobilizing the Private ...

Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou is the current Director General of the National Agency for the information society (Ansi). He is also the former Minister - Special Advisor of the President of the Republic and ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed participants at the Ministerial Roundtable Discussion for Support to Ukraine on 21 April via video link from Ukraine. He spoke about the enormous ...

Dina Ocampo is Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Education where she served as the Dean of the College of Education from 2010-2013. Her research focuses on literacy development ...

Neha Juneja is the co-founder & CEO of Greenway Appliances, a start-up designing and marketing efficient cooking solutions to rural households. Previously, Neha organized community-led projects and ...