Jocelyne Jabbour is a Procurement Specialist with the Governance Global Practice in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the World Bank. She has more than ten years’ experience in procurement operations and fiduciary work in Fragile Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries.

Dilek Fraisl is a research scholar in the Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program.

Christoph Lakner is the Program Manager for Global Poverty and Inequality Data in the Development Data Group (Indicators and Data team) at the World Bank. He holds a DPhil, MPhil, and BA in Economics from the University of Oxford.

Verónica Trujillo is a Financial Sector Specialist at the Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Global Practice, at the World Bank. She focuses on expanding financial inclusion, digital financial services (DFS), and MSME access to finance.

Shri. Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS is presently Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC), Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) & Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Horticulture & Food Processing and Co-ordination to Govt of Uttar Pradesh.  

Fiorella Risso Brandon is a Senior Financial Sector Consultant with cross-regional experience in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.  Her areas of work mainly focus on government-to-person payments, financial inclusion, digital financial services, and financial capabilities.

Chinmayee is the winner of the 5th Annual World Bank/Financial Times Youth Written Blog Competition.

Aizhan is the winner of the 5th Annual World Bank/Financial Times Youth Written Blog Competition.

Xara is the winner of the 5th Annual World Bank/Financial Times Youth Written Blog Competition.

Rémi Jedwab is an associate professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Elliott School and the Department of Economics of George Washington University and an Affiliated Scholar of the Marron Institute of Urban Management at New York Unive