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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

On June 23, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Diane Jacovella as deputy minister of international development, effective July 31, 2017. Prior to this, Ms. Jacovella was Associate Deputy ...

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 ...

His Majesty King Letsie III is the first son of the late King Moshoeshoe II and Queen ’M‘amohato Seeiso. He was born Prince Mohato Bereng Seeiso at Scott Hospital in Morija on 17 th July, 1963 and was ...

With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and rapid changes in technology reshaping workplaces—the urgency of finding scalable, sustainable ...

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 ...

Mr. Nasser served 10 years of his career with the family owned Target Engineering Construction, executing on Oil & Gas related projects values in excess of one billion US Dollars. These projects ...