Shalini Roy is a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on households’ economic behavior related to social protection, nutrition, agriculture, gender, and early childhood development. Much of her work is based on impact evaluations of development programming in these areas, with a...
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Diariétou Gaye, a Senegalese national, is the World Bank Director of Strategy and Operations for the Africa region. In this position, Ms. Gaye supports the Vice President in setting strategy and work programs across all sectors for the World Bank’s Africa region. The Vice Presidency oversees a portfolio of more than 600 projects totaling more than $70 billion and comprises a workforce of over...
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Hartwig Schafer became the World Bank’s Vice President for the South Asia Region on July 1, 2018. In managing the World Bank’s engagement in South Asia to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity, Schafer leads relations with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. He manages a portfolio of financial support worth more than $50 billion. Before...
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Dr García-Moreno is the founder and a Coordinating Group member of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. She leads the World Health Organization's violence against women work, including research and evidence building, measurement and global monitoring, development of guidelines and tools on prevention and response and support to countries to strengthen the health sector response, including in...
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Mayor of Sobral, small, relatively poor municipality in the state of Ceará in Northeast Brazil since 2017. Prior to serving as mayor, he was the Secretary of Education and oversaw reforms that resulted in impressive improvements in learning outcomes in the area. Brazil is one of the few countries with detailed learning data. In less than 8 years, Sobral went up in the ranking of municipalities...
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Alka Upadhyay is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development, Director General of the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, CEO of the National Rural Livelihood Mission, and Director General of the Council for Advancement of Peoples’ Action and Rural Technology. Alka Upadhyaya is an Indian Administrative Service officer since 1990. She has a long association with...
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Prosper Mulindwa, Economist, holder of a Masters degree in Finance and Control, has been leading the economic development of Rulindo district (567 sq km, 337,820 people and 81,817 households) in Rwanda since February 2011, with responsibility over the departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Business Development and Employment; and Infrastructure Development, Land Management and...
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Henk Smith is a 39 year old farmer from the Netherlands. Henk and his wife farm on two locations, in the middle and in the north of the country. They produce a variety of arable crops, fodder crops, and fruit on these farms, using conventional and organic methods, and with the “On the way to planet proof” certification. The crops are sold to wholesalers, supermarkets and directly to consumers in...
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Emiliano Ezcurra has been a Vice President of the National Park Authority in Argentina since 2015. He started his career as an environmental activist in Greenpeace and worked for Greenpeace International in Argentina for over 20 years. He coordinated the 1997 Antarctic Expedition on Climate Change Impacts and managed many campaigns and direct actions both in Argentina and abroad. In 2008, Mr....
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Dr. Helen Crowley is the Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation at the French company Kering. In this role she advises and supports Kering’s portfolio of luxury brands to implement best practices in sustainability. Specifically, she focuses on developing innovative approaches for raw material sourcing, improved manufacturing processes and she leads on implementation of animal welfare standards...
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