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World Bank President Ajay Banga and Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, addressed the press ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings.

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Shwetlena Sabarwal is a Lead Economist in World Bank’s Education Global Practice. She was a co-author of the World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise; World Development ...

Veronica Waeni Nzioki is a diplomat and researcher from Kenya. She is presently deployed at the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva.

Jean-Christophe Carret is the World Bank Country Director for the Middle East Department (Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria). Before this appointment, Mr. Carret was Country Director for the ...

Ms. Sangita Shrestha Einhaus is the Managing Director of The Dwarika’s Group of Hotels and Resorts. She is the daughter of Dwakira Das Shrestha who established the heritage hotel in Kathmandu. After ...

Mr. Mete was appointed Minister of Finance and Economy as of September 2023. After the structural changes that the Ministry underwent in January 2024, Mr. Mete now serves as Minister of Finance. Since ...

Abebe Aemro Selassie is the Director of the African Department, where he oversees the IMF’s operations and engagement with 45 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Before taking up his current position ...

Carla Alexandra Oreste do Rosário Fernandes Louveira is the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique. She is responsible for overseeing the fiscal policy, public debt management, financial ...

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 ...