Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people will reach working age in emerging markets, while only 420 million jobs are expected to be created. Closing that gap is one of the defining economic and geopolitical challenges of our time. World Bank Group President Ajay Banga will discuss what it takes to convert demographic growth into opportunity, from foundational investments and policy reform to mobilizing private capital at unprecedented scale, and why creating jobs must become the organizing principle for development.
Energy, Environment, & Transition
Studio Stage: A Pro-Market Path to Decarbonization
Efforts to decarbonize the global economy have increasingly run into political and practical challenges, with top-down approaches often proving fragmented, slow, or contested. In this Studio Stage talk, Professor Karthik Ramanna explores a pro-market approach to decarbonization, highlighting how rigorous…
