African Development Bank President Adesina to Speak On Rising Global Middle Class On Sidelines of World Bank Spring Meetings

17 April 2024
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What: Panel Session on the Rising Global Middle Class Session at the 2024 World Economy Summit

Who: Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank; Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Raj Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation; Andrew Steer, President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund; Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO at World Resources Institute and others

When: April 18, 2024, 9:00 -12:00 ET (13:00-16:00 UTC)

Where: Green Rooms at Mellon; Washington, D.C. Click here to follow the event livestream.

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, will join a distinguished panel on April 18, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET for a discussion on the Rising Global Middle Class during the 2024 World Economy Summit in Washington, D.C.

The event will feature discussion of the debt burden developing countries are facing today and how governments and private sector players can foster economic growth to create greater opportunities.

Adesina will share his insights alongside Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Raj Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation; Andrew Steer, President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund; Ndidi Nwuneli, CEO, ONE.Campaign; and Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO at World Resources Institute.

The World Economy Summit, organized by global news platform Semafor, will take place April 17-18, against the backdrop of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings. With six sessions across two days, the Summit will showcase influential economic and business decision makers engaging in on-the-record conversations about the state of the global economic landscape.

President Adesina of the African Development Bank will be in Washington to attend the World Bank and IMF spring meetings.

The 2024 World Economy Summit will showcase influential economic and business decision makers in the world for on-the-record conversations about the state of the global economic landscape.

Register to attend this session in-person here.

Click here for more information about the World Economy Summit

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