How do social forces, innovation, and technology shape the evolution of institutions over time? How do they contribute to either their persistence or transformation? M.I.T. Professor Daron Acemoglu, ...

The 2021 World Bank Group/IMF Spring Meetings brought together the world’s top policymakers, academics, civil society leaders, business and youth to discuss issues of global concern. This year's ...

Anthony Tan is Group CEO and Co-Founder of Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading mobile technology company. The Grab platform empowers over 9 million microentrepreneurs, including drivers, agents, merchants, ...

Nonkululeko Nyembezi is the Chairperson of Standard Bank Group—which operates in more than 20 countries and is the largest lender in Africa by assets—and Standard Bank South Africa. She also serves as ...

Douglas L. Peterson serves as special advisor to S&P Global and is a member of the company’s Board of Directors. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global from 2013 to 2024; during ...

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara is Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings and Executive Director and CEO of Temasek International. He has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of ...

Naledi Madala is a Senior Policy Advisor in Botswana’s Ministry of Finance responsible for advising the Minister and Senior officials with fact-based economic and financial policy analysis to support ...

In Africa, like elsewhere, citizens pay taxes and expect in return, a range of services that the market alone cannot provide, whether it is basic education and health, safety and justice, or water, ...

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Annpurna Devi is the Minister of Women and Child Development of India. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1998, 2000 and 2005. She held the positions of Minister of State for ...

David Moinina Sengeh is Sierra Leone’s first-ever chief innovation officer. He is also the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education. Previously he was a research scientist at IBM Research ...

Daron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of research include political economy, economic development, human ...