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 ...

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 ...

Mohamed is the President of Queens’ College at Cambridge University, the Renee Kerns Professor of Practice at the Wharton Business School, and advisor to Allianz and Gramercy Funds Management. He ...

Zhou Xiaochuan is Governor of the People’s Bank of China. He is also Chairman of Asian Consultative Council of the BIS, Chairman of China Society for Finance and Banking, China Governor at IMF and ...

Dr. Benjamin E. Diokno is the current Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). He finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines (1968), and ...

Dr. Sandie Okoro is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group. As the first British national and the first black woman to hold this role, She is the principal advisor and ...

Anna Bjerde oversees the World Bank’s operations across developing and emerging markets with the goal of stepping up the World Bank Group’s impact by creating more and better jobs as a pathway out of ...

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 ...

During the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings that took place from October 9-15, we brought you live events focusing on what it takes to end poverty on a livable planet. Ajay ...

Dr. Hussein Mwinyi is the 8 th President of Zanzibar. He received his medical degree from Marmara University, Turkey and holds a master’s degree in International Medicine from Hammersmith Hospital ...

Watch the event replays to explore how the World Bank Group and its development partners can tackle global challenges head-on, including solutions to ramp up finance and knowledge, foster private ...

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