How can increasing women’s economic participation help create more and better jobs? Expanding women’s access to jobs, finance, and digital tools can increase labor force participation, support ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group brought together global leaders to focus on one central challenge: creating jobs and driving growth through better ...

Spring Meetings 2025 concluded with a call to action from Chairwoman Elisabeth Svantesson, urging countries to unlock private sector potential to create more and better jobs. The Meetings emphasized ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister ...

World Bank Live is the World Bank’s global livestreaming platform for anyone who wants to better understand today’s most important development challenges — and what can be done about them. Through ...

Mrs. Ruth Kagia is currently Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy & Strategy) in the Executive Office of the President. She rejoined Government in 2014 as Senior Advisor, to the President. Prior to this Mrs.

Stephen Sackur, the presenter of HARDtalk, BBC World News' flagship current affairs interview programme, has been a journalist with BBC News since 1986. He has interviewed presidents, prime ministers ...

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 ...