How can increasing women’s economic participation help create more and better jobs? Expanding women’s access to jobs, finance, and digital tools can increase labor force participation, support ...

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 ...

Explore the program of upcoming live events hosted by the World Bank, and delve into the World Bank Live event library to view replays of previous sessions dedicated to the latest in international ...

The 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group brought together global leaders to focus on one central challenge: creating jobs and driving growth through better ...

Zeina Toukan is the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. She has served as Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation since Oct 2022 ...

How can digital health and AI in primary health care help reach 1.5 billion people with quality, affordable services by 2030? What does it look like when it works at scale? This session examined how ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as ...

The conference on 'Laying the Groundwork for Jobs in Africa: Core Infrastructure & Business Environments' was held in Rome at Palazzo Koch, Italy. Creating jobs where young people live is now an ...

Today’s global challenges are putting serious pressure on transport systems. From climate change and COVID-19 to conflict and macroeconomic instability, what are the implications of the current ...

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 ...

Matia Kasaija is the current Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for Uganda. Before his appointment, he served as the State Minister for Finance (Planning) in the Cabinet of Uganda ...

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 ...