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 Mr. Abayomi Alawode joined the World Bank in 1997 and is currently Practice Manager for the Bank’s Financial Systems Global Practice. Previously,... Read more » |  Ahmed Rostom is a Financial Sector Specialist at The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific: Finance and Private Sector Development Department (EASFP).... Read more » |
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| Alexander Shakaryan founded his first company in 2005 when he was 22, providing entertainment SMS services, which soon become very popular among... Read more » |
Alexandra Habershon is a consultant with the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative and the World Bank's Public Sector & Governance group, and was... Read more » |  Alexandra M. Cech is a Consultant with the World Bank’s Competitive Industries Practice, Finance and Private Sector Development. She works on the... Read more » |
 Alexandre Laure is a private sector development specialist in the Trade & Competitiveness global practice of the World Bank Group. He joined the... Read more » | Alice Newton graduated from Cambridge University with a double first, before becoming the Henry Fellow at Harvard University. Her development experience... Read more » |
| Amolo is the Managing Director of Digital Divide Data Kenya, DDD's inaugural African venture. Amolo came to DDD from the Bill and Melinda Gates... Read more » |
Anand Venkatesan recently completed the joint-degree program at Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. He has worked on global health... Read more » |  Anca Bogdana Rusu is an Analyst in the Competitive Industries Global Practice of the World Bank Read more » |
 Andre Corterier is a senior Financial Sector Specialist in Financial Market Integrity (FMI) Read more » | |
 Andrej Popovic is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure Practice, within the World Bank Group's Financial... Read more » |  Andrew W. Wyckoff is the Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI) at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and... Read more » |
Angela Bekkers is infoDev's Senior Communications Officer and focuses on infoDev's communications, branding, outreach, media, and overall external... Read more » |  Anthony is the Technical Lead for infoDev's Climate Technology Program, which is establishing a network of Climate Innovation Centers (CIC) in... Read more » |
 Anushka works at infoDev, a global partnership program at the World Bank focusing on technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. She task manages... Read more » | Aquiles Almansi is a Lead Financial Sector Specialist in the Financial Architecture and Banking Systems Unit (FFSAB), Financial Systems Global Practice,... Read more » |
 Austin Kilroy is a Private Sector Development Specialist in the Trade & Competitiveness practice of the World Bank. He currently works with several... Read more » |
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Ben Hyman is currently working for J-PAL as a Research Associate on an industrial regulation project that aims to evaluate the impact of emissions... Read more » | |
Bettina Brunner is a consultant with the Health in Africa Initiative of CICHE. She led the WBG team in the development of the Private Health Policy... Read more » | |
bio Read more » | Brice Richard led the Doing Business in Juba 2011 project, and has been with the Subnational Doing Business team since 2008. Brice holds an MA in... Read more » |
 Byoung Hwa Hwang is a Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist in the Business Climate Department of the Trade and Competitiveness Global... Read more » |
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Cari Votava is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist working in Financial Market Integrity. She has spent considerable periods working throughout... Read more » | Carlos Griffin has been a foreign trade and investment consultant to the World Bank Group (WBG), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ... Read more » |
|  Cecile Fruman is a Director in the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group. She was appointed to that position on July 1, 2014... Read more » |
CGAP Team Read more » | Charlene Coyukiat is the Research Analyst for infoDev's Climate Technology Program (CTP). which is establishing a network of Climate Innovation Centers ... Read more » |
|  Christopher Colford is a Communications Officer at The World Bank, in its Financial and Private Sector Development Network. Previously a consultant at... Read more » |
 Claire McGuire joined the World Bank in November 2009. Before joining the Bank she worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) for 20... Read more » | |
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David Francis has been a member of the World Bank Enterprise Analysis Unit since 2010, working on the unit’s data collection projects and analytical... Read more » | |
 David Lawrence has worked on private sector development programs in East Asia and the former Soviet Union for over 20 years. In recent years he has... Read more » | David Robinett is a senior private sector development specialist in the World Bank's Capital Markets and Corporate Governance Service Line. He began his... Read more » |
 Dorsati Madani is a Senior Country Economist at the World Bank Office in Astana, Kazakhstan. Her current analytical in... Read more » |  Douglas Pearce is currently Manager in the Financial Inclusion Practice at the World Bank. Previously he was previously Senior Private Sector... Read more » |
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 Edward Mungai is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (CIC). The CIC supports a holistic, country-driven approach to... Read more » |  Elaine Panter is a consultant at the World Bank in the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) Special Initiatives Unit. She is currently working on... Read more » |
 Ellie joined infoDev in October 2011 to work primarily in the Climate Technology Program (CTP) and the Entrepreneurship Program for... Read more » | Elisabeth Rhyne is the managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. She is a co-creator of the Smart Campaign for client... Read more » |
Ellen leads the Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy program (CSBKE) funded by Finland. The program promotes the growth of early... Read more » |  Emile van der Does de Willebois started his career working for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former... Read more » |
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Fabio Hirschhorn is a consultant for the Infrastructure team at Investment Climate (CICIF). Prior to joining the World Bank Group, he worked as a... Read more » | |
 François Bergere is the Program Manager of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF). PPIAF is a multi-donor... Read more » | |
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Gaiv Tata is currently the Director for Finance and Private Sector Development in the Africa Region and for the Global Practice on Financial Inclusion... Read more » |  Gerardo Corrochano is the Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Practice, and Director for Financial and Private Sector Development ... Read more » |
Giulio is the Practice Leader, Knowledge and Innovation at UNDP Europe and the CIS, Bratislava Regional Centre. you can follow him on Twitter Read more » | Giuseppe Iarossi has over a decade of experience in Investment Climate analytical and operational work, as well as extensive experience in developing... Read more » |
Goran Amidzic joined the Subnational Doing Business team in 2010. He holds master degrees in economics, public administration and international... Read more » |  Gunhild Berg is a Financial Sector Specialist working in the Africa Region's Financial and Private Sector Development Department, where she is... Read more » |
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 Habib Ahmed is the Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law & Finance at Durham University, United Kingdom. Before joining Durham University in August 2008, he... Read more » |  Hannah Yi is a Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Analyst working for the World Bank-GFDRR DRFI Program. Read more » |
Heidi Humala is a Task Manager working with infoDev’s Global Network of Business Incubators, focusing in particular on regional network development in... Read more » | Mr. Hemant Baijal is a Senior Business Leader, Global Public Policy at MasterCard. In this role he provides support to MasterCard regions and business... Read more » |
 Herbert Samuel is a consultant with infoDev's Climate Technology Program, which is establishing a network of Climate Innovation Centers (CICs) in... Read more » |  Hermione Nevill is an Operations Officer with the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group. Read more » |
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Ian Dalton is a Consultant with the Debt Resolution & Business Exit team, Investment Climate. On completion of his placement in May 2012, Ian will join... Read more » | Ian Radcliffe is Director of Training & Consultancy at WSBI-ESBG, leading technical assistance and training activities vis-à-vis regulatory... Read more » |
Ifelayo Peter Ojo is a Consultant, currently in the Investment Climate Unit of the Financial and Private Sector Development Presidency. Ojo is a medical... Read more » | Ilka Funke is a Specialist for Financial Inclusion at the World Bank Group, with focus on the Latin America Region. Her experience includes analyzing... Read more » |
 Isabelle Huynh is a Senior Operations Officer who works in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Unit at the World Bank. Changing the... Read more » | |
 Mr. Ivan Rossignol is the Chief Technical Specialist, Competitive Industries Practice in the Finance and Private Sector Development (FPD) network of the... Read more » |  Ivana Rossi is a Private Sector Development Specialist at the World Bank. In the Financial Market Integrity Unit, she leads a team that analyses... Read more » |
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Dr. Jaana Remes is a senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey’s business and economics research arm, based in San Francisco. Since... Read more » |  Jamal Ibrahim Haidar is a PhD candidate at the Paris School of Economics, University of Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne, and ENSAE-CREST. Previously, he... Read more » |
 James Rawlins is an Associate Director at The Carbon Trust, which was set up by the UK Government in 2001 to help the UK business... Read more » |  Jamie Lee is a Junior Professional Associate in the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. Prior to the World Bank Group, she received... Read more » |
As leader of the network, Dev engages with government policymakers who shape the business environment for the private and financial sectors. To help... Read more » | |
 Jean Pesme is the manager of the Financial Market Integrity (FMI) service line, within the World Bank Group's Financial and Private Sector Development... Read more » |  Jean-Louis Racine is a senior innovation specialist working in the Europe and Central Asia region and the Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship... Read more » |
Jeanette Thomas is the former head of Knowledge, Web and Communications for the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), were she oversaw ... Read more » | Jeanne M. Hauch is a Senior Investigator with the East Asia Pacific Team of the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Bank. Before joining the Wor... Read more » |
Jennider Chien is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank Group. Read more » |  Jennifer Chien is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the Financial Inclusion team in the Finance & Markets Global Practice. She focuses on... Read more » |
|  Jim leads the World Bank's global corporate online & social media efforts including content strategy, innovation, rapid response, and campaigns in... Read more » |
|  Jodi Nelson, director of Impact Planning & Improvement (IPI), leads a central team that creates the guidelines and standards for strategy and... Read more » |
 John Anderson is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the World Bank Group. Since 2011, he has managed the Converting and Transferring Currency... Read more » | |
 John is a consultant for infoDev, a global partnership program within the World Bank Group which works at the intersection of innovation, technology,... Read more » | John Speakman is a Lead Private Sector Development Specialist in the Africa Region in the World Bank, and a co-author of the Growth Pole chapter in the... Read more » |
 Jonathan Coony is the Program Coordinator of infoDev’s Climate Technology Program to establish a global network of Climate Innovation Centers in... Read more » |  Jorge Coarasa is a Senior Economist with the World Bank Group Investment Climate Department where he focuses on private participation in health and... Read more » |
José Antonio Meade was born in Mexico, where he received a degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; a Law degree from the... Read more » |  Joshua Wimpey joined the Enterprise Analysis team in 2007 after working as a consultant for the World Bank for two years. His prior experience includes... Read more » |
Juan Buchenau is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist working in the Latin America and the Caribbean region of the World Bank. Has an MSc from the... Read more » |  Julia Brethenoux assists in the implementation of infoDev’s Creating Sustainable Businesses program in collaboration with the government of Finland and... Read more » |
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Kaaze Mutoni Karasanyi is a communications consultant with infoDev, a global entrepreneurship and innovation program in the World Bank Group. Formerly... Read more » |  Kalyah Ford is a consultant with infoDev, a global partnership within the World Bank Group that focuses on information technology and entrepreneurship... Read more » |
 Since joining the World Bank Group Katerina Leris has worked in the Economic Policy and Debt Department and is currently in the Global Indicators and... Read more » |  Katrin Schulz joined the Women, Business and the Law project in 2013 where she primarily researches and analyzes legal restrictions on women’s work... Read more » |
Kevin Donovan is a research associate in the World Bank’s infoDev. He graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a degree in... Read more » |  Khrystyna Kushnir joined the Doing Business team in November 2013 and currently works on the Trading Across Borders indicator. Prior, she worked on... Read more » |
 Kiran Afzal is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the World Bank’s South Asia Finance and Private Sector Development Unit, based in Pakistan... Read more » | Kusi Hornberger is an Investment Policy Officer with the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. Prior to joining the Bank, he... Read more » |
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|  Larissa Gray is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank. In the Financial Market Integrity Unit, she helps Bank client countries with... Read more » |
Larke Riemer is Director of Women's Markets for Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia. She is the immediate past Chair of the Global Banking Alliance... Read more » | |
| Lissa Johnson is a Data Systems Architect for YouthSave, and is the Director of Administration for the Center for Social Development at Washington... Read more » |
|  Luke Jordan is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the Competitive Industries Practice, based in New Delhi. He works on manufacturing in India... Read more » |
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Mahesh Uttamchandani is the Global Product Specialist for the Debt Resolution and Business Exit product in the Investment Climate Department, which is a... Read more » |  Maja is interested in the potential of entrepreneurship and human ingenuity to contribute to economic, environmental and social development. She has... Read more » |
 Marco Nicolì has been working on payment systems and remittances at the World Bank for the past five years. He has worked in several countries and ... Read more » |  Margaret Miller is a Senior Economist in the Finance and Markets Global Practice, where she has promoted the use of entertainment education (EE) to... Read more » |
 Markus Kitzmuller, Economist, PhD, is currently working in the Office of the Chief Economist for South Asia Region of the World Bank Group. Read more » | bio Read more » |
 Martin Norman is a Senior Private Sector Development Specialist in the Competitive Industries practice of the World Bank Group. Read more » |  Mr. Cirasino joined the World Bank in July 1998 and is Manager of the Financial Infrastructure Service Line and Head of the Payment Systems Development... Read more » |
 Mee Jung Kim is a Junior Professional Associate with the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific, Financial and Private Sector Development Department (EASFP)... Read more » |  Mike is a Business Incubation Specialist with infoDev and joined the team after working with infoDev's Climate Technology Program, focusing on launching... Read more » |
 Michael Jarvis is a Senior Private Sector Development Specialist with the World Bank Institute, with an interest in private sector roles in development... Read more » | Michael Joseph is the World Bank Group's first Fellow and was previously the CEO of Safaricom. Read more » |
 Michael Klein is Professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Germany and a Senior Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced I... Read more » |  Mikiko Imai Ollison is a Private Sector Development Specialist at the World Bank Group. After experiences in the private sector and civil society,... Read more » |
 Milan Brahmbhatt is a Lead Economist in the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region and editor of the twice yearly Read more » | |
 Mohammad Amin is a Senior Economist with the Enterprise Analysis Unit at the World Bank Group. His current research interest includes work on gende... Read more » |  Morten Seja is a Consultant in the Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Global Practice of the Finance and Private Sector Development Network.... Read more » |
 Murat Seker is an Economist in the Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Practice of the Finance and Private Sector Development Network in ... Read more » |
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| Nayda L. Almodóvar-Reteguis joined the Women, Business and the Law project in 2010. Her work involves historical legal research focused on the evolution... Read more » |
bio Read more » |  Nicolas is a consultant for infoDev's Mobile Innovation for Development and ICT Policy & Regulation programs. He helps to coordinate and analyze... Read more » |
 Creating new ways of experiencing content online is a way of life for Nicole. For more than a decade she has led teams on developing web projects i... Read more » |  Nina Paustian works as a private sector development specialist in the Doing Business Team of the Global Indicators and Analysis unit. Prior to joining... Read more » |
 Nisha Arekapudi joined the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law team in 2014. She primarily researches and analyzes women's economic... Read more » |
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 Olivier Mahul is the Program Manager of the World Bank's Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program, which is co-sponsored by the World Bank,... Read more » |  Oltac Unsal advises governments and various groups at the World Bank on innovation, technology and entrepeneurship. An expert on and a ... Read more » |
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|  Parth Tewari is the Lead Private Sector Development Specialist and Head of Operations for the Competitive Industries Practice of the World Ban... Read more » |
 Paula Tavares joined the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law team in 2010 after working on the Investment Climate Department’s Health in... Read more » | |
Pilar Sánchez-Bella, a Spanish national, joined the Subnational Doing Business team in January 2010. She holds a Law degree with a Business diploma from... Read more » |  Priyam Saraf is a Trade and Competitiveness Consultant focused on Competitive Sectors at the World Bank, based in New Delhi. She works on manu... Read more » |
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 Qursum Qasim is a Financial and Private Sector Development Analyst, in the Africa Region (West and Central) of the World Bank's Financial and Private... Read more » |
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Rani Deshpande is YouthSave Project Director, Save the Children. Rani provides overall strategic leadership and management to the YouthSave project... Read more » | Richard Miron is the senior communications officer responsible for StAR. He recently joined the World Bank but has worked in communications and... Read more » |
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Robert leads McKinsey & Company's Infrastructure practice in the Americas. He also holds leadership positions in the Private Equity and Electri... Read more » | Robert Whyte is the World Bank Group’s senior specialist in the area of investment promotion. With some 30 years experience in foreign investment... Read more » |
Rodger Voorhies is the Director of the Financial Services for the Poor program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For nearly 20 years prior to... Read more » |  Ros Grady is a Senior Financial Sector Expert with the Financial inclusion Team, within the Finance and Markets Global... Read more » |
Rosanna Chan is an economist in the South Asia Finance and Private Sector Development, based in New Delhi, India. She is affiliated with the Investment... Read more » |  Knowledge Management Officer Read more » |
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S. Akhtar Mahmood is Lead Investment Policy Officer in the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. He was part of the management team in... Read more » | |
Sahar Nasr is the Lead Economist in the World Bank’s Finance and Private Sector Development Department of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ms.... Read more » |  Salah-Eddine Kandri is currently the Manager for Consumer Services at the International Finance Corporation (IFC – World Bank Group) covering Europe,... Read more » |
 Sam Raymond is a Consultant with infoDev’s Access to Finance Program. His work with the World Bank Group centers on the development of projects that... Read more » |  Samantha Cook is a consultant on the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) program of the World Bank – GFDRR DRFI program. Her role focuses ... Read more » |
 Sarah Fathallah is a Financial Sector analyst (JPA) within the World Bank's Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure Global Practice. Prior to joining the... Read more » |  Sarah Iqbal coordinates the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law project. She joined the World Bank Group in 2008, where she worked... Read more » |
 Dr. Sebastian James, Economist, The World Bank Group Dr. Sebastian James works for the World Bank group as a Tax Specialist. Apart from the Taxation, he... Read more » | |
 Siegfried Zottel is an Economist currently working in the World Bank’s Financial Inclusion Global Practice, where he is responsible for the practice’s... Read more » | |
 Simon Walley joined the World Bank in 2006 – his role has been varied covering a range of countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Central Asia... Read more » |  Stefano Negri is the Practice Manager of the Competitive Industries Global Practice at the World Bank. Read more » |
 Stephanie Liu is a Junior Professional Associate in the Investment Climate Practice of the World Bank Group. Read more » |  Steve Utterwulghe is a Senior Private Sector Development Specialist with the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group... Read more » |
Mr. Suhail Kassim is a Fellow with the Competitive Industries Practice of the World Bank Group. He is also a Private Sector Development Specialist with... Read more » | Susann Tischendorf is a Junior Professional Associate in the Investment Climate Practice of the Finance and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency. Read more » |
bio Read more » |  Svava Bjarnason is the Senior Education Specialist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the private sector arm of the World Bank Group which... Read more » |
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Tanya Blackburn is a consultant with the World Bank Financial Market Integrity unit. She analyses financial disclosure systems and contributes to... Read more » | Ted Greenberg helped design and implement the StAR Initiative and is an author of A Good Practices Guide For Non-Conviction Based Asset Forfeiture and... Read more » |
| Thibault Meilland is a gender analyst for Enterprise Surveys. He previously worked for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and... Read more » |
 Tim Kelly is a Lead ICT Policy Specialist with the World Bank’s ICT sector department and infoDev. He led programs on Creating Sustainable Businesses... Read more » | |
 Toni Eliasz is working as a Task Manager and deals with activities that accelerate the commercialization of mobile innovations in developing countr... Read more » |  Tracy Hart is a Senior Environmental Specialist in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Prior to this position, Tracy worked in the... Read more » |
Trimor Mici joined the World Bank in 2008. He holds a MBA in finance and investments from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a BA... Read more » |
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Uloaku Oyewole is the Knowledge Management Officer in the Capital Markets Practice at the World Bank, where she manages the Practice's knowledge,... Read more » | |
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Ms. D'Costa is infoDev's Program Manager. She most recently served as Director of the International Division at the Info-Communication Development... Read more » | Dr Vili Lehdonvirta is a consultant / researcher with infoDev, a trust fund program within the Financial and Private Sector Development Network. He is... Read more » |
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 Xavi Cirera is an economist in the Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Global Practice of the World Bank Group. He has more than 10 years of... Read more » |  ... Read more » |
Xiaofeng Hua is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the Finance and Private Sector Development Unit, Africa Region, the World Bank. Over the past... Read more » |
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 Yannick Saleman is a Private Sector Development Consultant with the Competitive Industries Practice, based in New Delhi. He works on manufacturing in... Read more » |  Yasmin Bin-Humam joined the Women, Business and the Law team in 2010. She is currently working on the expansion of indicator coverage, data... Read more » |
Yung Soo Lee is a Research Analyst for YouthSave, and is an Assistant Professor at University of Incheon. Along with Lissa Johnson, she led the research... Read more » |
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 Z. Joe Kulenovic is a Senior Private Sector Development Consultant with the World Bank’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice. Working on a study... Read more » |  Zamir Iqbal is Lead Investment Officer with the Quantitative Strategies, Risk and Analytics department in the Treasury of the World Bank in Washington,... Read more » |