Caren Grown is an internationally recognized expert on gender issues in development. Prior to joining the Bank, she was Economist-In-Residence and co-director of the Program on Gender Analysis in Economics at American University in Washington, DC. In 2013-2014, she led the UNU-WIDER program on aid effectiveness and gender equality. During 2011-2013, she served as Senior Gender Advisor at the US...
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Following an extensive career focusing on environment and development in government and international organizations, Erik Solheim was elected to become Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on May 13, 2016. Prior to joining UNEP, Solheim was the chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As head of...
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Party Swedish Social Democratic Party Areas of responsibility • Central government budget • Fiscal policy • International economic cooperation • Taxes Personal Born 1967. Lives in Nacka. Married. Two children. Educational background 1992–1995 Postgraduate studies in economics, Stockholm School of Economics 1995 Harvard University, USA 1994 Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna 1992 B.Sc. in...
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As head of the Americas at Netafim, the world’s leading irrigation company, Yoav is responsible for overall management of the division, including business development, sales, marketing, finance, production, operations, HR and administration. In addition, he is involved with formulating the Region long-term strategic vision. Yoav is also responsible for Netafim's global Product Offering and...
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Nataliey Bitature is the Head of Operations at Musana Carts, street vending carts which provide clean energy, safe food and a path into the formal economy to micro businesses on the go. She has previously founded two service businesses in Kampala: Tateru Properties and Handymen Uganda. Nataliey has extensive field and boardroom experience across East Africa after working with The Simba Group for...
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Kees Aarts is the CEO and co-founder of Protix, a company that develops smart insect-based technologies to convert organic by-products into valuable nutrients like proteins for animals and humans. Based in the Netherlands, Protix is a leader in the new industry of sustainable and alternative proteins and has recently established a Joint Venture with Buhler, a global food solutions company. Prior...
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Annie is the founder, CEO, and President of The Jackfruit Company and Global Village Fruit, Inc (GVF). Annie founded GVF in the summer of 2011, while working in India to implement a maternal and child healthcare program (Remindavax) she and her brother had developed. Annie worked to build GVF during her junior and senior years at Harvard, winning Harvard’s Women in Business Competition, Harvard’s...
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Dana Reizniece-Ozola has been Minister of Finance since February 2016. She was Minister of Economics from 2014 to 2016. She has been elected as a Member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Parliament of the Republic of Latvia; worked as the Chairperson of the Commission on Education, Culture and Science; Member of the Legal Affairs Commission; and Member of the European Affairs Commission. During her...
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Gargee Ghosh leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s international policy team as Director of Development Policy & Finance. The team develops and funds innovative ideas to make finance more effective in solving the problems of extreme poverty around the world. The team also oversees Gates Foundation relationships with multilateral development banks, aid policy bodies, and economic...
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The Honorable Marie-Claude Bibeau was elected as the Member of Parliament for Compton–Stanstead in October 2015, and a few weeks later, she was appointed Minister of International Development and La Francophonie by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Before entering politics, Minister Bibeau began her career at the former Canadian International Development Agency. She went on postings to Morocco and...
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