How can reliable and affordable energy drive jobs, productivity, and economic growth at scale? Reliable and affordable energy is a proven driver of economic development. It powers businesses, improves ...

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 ...

Today’s crises for security, affordability, and resilience make the energy transition more urgent than ever. But developing countries pay higher costs for the energy transition, which risks ...

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 ...

Abir Lemseffer, Director General of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change. Abir leads the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change.

Zou Jiayi is the President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Before joining AIIB, she was Deputy Secretary-General of the National Committee of ...

Julie Monaco is Managing Director and Global Head of Citi’s Public Sector Group in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. She leads the banking coverage ...

Prior to joining the World Bank in July 2014 as Senior Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, Paula Caballero was the Director for Economic, Social and Environmental ...

Since beginning her career with the Ministry in 1986, Ms. Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn has mainly focused on development policy strategy and development in Africa. As head of the Directorate for Civil ...

The World Bank Group’s Annual Meetings flagship event launched AgriConnect, a new initiative to transform small-scale farming into an engine of sustainable growth, jobs, and food security. President ...

Appointed in January 2016, Kanny Diallo served as the manager in chief of the capacities development of the African Institute for Development (IAD) within the African Development Bank (AfDB), from ...

Panel discussion: Investors share their vision for what will stimulate private sector investment in Africa’s energy sector, government initiatives that would increase investor confidence, and consider ...