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 ...

This final livestream session in the 2026 Spring Meetings series brought the week’s discussions on targets, results, and impact into focus. It stepped back from individual sessions to address a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henriette leads the Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory (SIA) Group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, which is focused on co-creating sustainability ...

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is a Filipino development consultant and an international indigenous activist of Kankana-ey Igorot ethnicity. From 2014 to 2020, she served as the third United Nations Special ...

A British national with Nigerian heritage, Femi Oke is an international journalist, writer and moderator. Since the 1980s, she has worked for BBC television and radio, Sky TV, all U.K. terrestrial ...

Magdi Amin is the Managing Director with Omidyar Network (ON), focusing on global strategy, early-stage investment in beneficial technology, and leads ON’s digital identity program in Africa. ON’s ...

This year, the WBG Youth Summit focused on "Powering Progress: Youth Leading the Digital Transformation." Young innovators from around the world joined forces to explore digital solutions for global ...

Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation explains how tourism has created direct jobs and boosted other sectors. Watch more How to Equip Young ...

Daniel Kaufmann is the president of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. An economist, he is a pioneer in the field of governance and anti-corruption worldwide. He has deep practical experience ...