Progress in nutrition, learning, and skills development has stalled – or reversed – in many low- and middle-income countries, threatening growth and wellbeing. This event launches a new World Bank Group report, Building Human Capital Where it Matters: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces, which links evidence to policy by focusing on real-world settings where human capital is built.

The event will also introduce the expanded Human Capital Index (HCI+) offering deeper regional and country-specific data and insights into where countries are falling behind in health, education, and the labor market. 

Join us for a forward-looking discussion on how governments and partners can translate research into policies, investments, and action to reverse stagnation and accelerate progress in human capital.

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9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening

  • Lana Wong, Event Moderator
  • Paschal Donohoe, Managing Director & Chief Knowledge Officer, World Bank Group

 

9:10 AM | Living the flagship: an experience working with the youth in Kenyan slums

  • Kennedy Odede, CEO & Founder, SHOFCO

 

9:15 AM | Presentation of the Report Building Human Capital Where It Matters: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces

  • Norbert Schady,  Chief Economist, People Vice Presidency, World Bank Group 
  • Joanna Silva, Deputy Chief Economist, People Vice Presidency, World Bank Group
  • Alaka Holla, Lead Economist, People Vice Presidency, World Bank Group

 

9:30 AM | Youth Voices

 

9:32 AM | Policymakers Panel Discussion - Identifying New Solutions Through a Settings Lens   

  • Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, Minister, Technical and Higher Education, Sierra Leone 
  • Dr. Joanna Mucha, Member of Parliament, Poland 
  • Dr. Angela Jackson, Author & CEO, Future Forward Strategies
  • Dr. Dana Suskind, Surgeon, Professor & Author, Thirty Million Words
  • Moderated by: Lana Wong

 

9:57 AM | Closing & Call to Action

  • Mamta Murthi, Vice President, People Vice Presidency, World Bank Group

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Paschal Donohoe

Paschal Donohoe

Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, World Bank Group

Mamta Murthi

Mamta Murthi

Vice President, People Vertical, World Bank Group 

Haja Ramatulai Wurie

Haja Ramatulai Wurie

Minister, Technical and Higher Education, Sierra Leone 

portrait photo of Joanna Mucha

Joanna Mucha

Member of Parliament, Poland, Former Deputy Minister of Education

Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede

CEO of Shining Hope for Communities

Angela Jackson

Angela Jackson

Author of The Win-Win Workplace, CEO of Future Forward Strategies, and Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University

Dana Suskind

Dana Suskind

Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, University of Chicago

Norbert Schady

Norbert Schady

Chief Economist, People Vertical, World Bank Group

Joana Silva

Joana Silva

Deputy Chief Economist, People Vertical, World Bank Group

Alaka Holla

Alaka Holla

Lead Economist, People Vertical, World Bank Group

Lana Wong

Lana Wong

Moderator and Head of Partnerships for Moderate the Panel

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