Satsuki Katayama is the Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services, and Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures Concerning Taxation and Subsidies, serving as the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

Born in Tanjung Karang, Lampung, Indonesia on August 26, 1962, Sri Mulyani Indrawati earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Indonesia (1986). She then continued her studies in ...

Mr. Lin Yifu (Justin), Director of New Structural Economics, Dean of Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and honorary dean, National School of Development at Peking University. He is ...

Matthew Samuda is a Cabinet Minister of the Government of Jamaica and an international advocate for climate action, environmental protection, and sustainable development. He serves as Minister without ...

Lew Chuen Hong, as Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection (PDPC), represents Singapore on data protection and data innovation on the global stage. He leads the development of our personal data ...

Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha is the Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Water Global Practice (GP). In his current assignment, Mr Jha is a core member of the GP’s senior management team, which drives ...

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 ...

Rapid advances in financial technology – fintech – are transforming the global economic and financial landscape. Fintech can support growth and poverty reduction by strengthening financial development ...

Nozipho Mbanjwa-Tshabalala is the CEO of the Conversation Strategists, where she moderates global conversations that are designed to have measurable outcomes. She is known as the go-to moderator for ...

Bella Bird, a British and Australian national, joined the Bank on September 1, 2011 as the Country Director, Sudan & South Sudan, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Bella has served in various leadership ...