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In 2007, ten WWB network members were named on Forbes magazine's first-ever list of the world's top 50 MFIs. [ 8 ] In 2009, thirteen network members were named on the Global 100 Composite Ranking [ 9 ] by the Microfinance Information Exchange (the MIX), a nonprofit organization that provides business information and data services for the ...
Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist [1] is an American public policy expert who served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank, representing the U.S. as the largest shareholder at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
Okonjo-Iweala spearheaded several World Bank initiatives to assist low-income countries during the 2008–2009 food crises and later during the financial crisis. In 2010, she was the chair person of the IDA replenishment, the World Bank’s successful drive to raise $49.3 billion in grants and low-interest credit for the poorest countries in ...
Jennifer Scanlon, a professor of gender, sexuality and women's studies at Bowdoin College who wrote a biography on Hedgeman, said she "by all accounts, should be a household name." “Often a woman among men, a black person among whites and a secular Christian among clergy, she lived and breathed the intersections that made her life so vital ...
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (French: [kʁistin madlɛn ɔdɛt laɡaʁd]; née Lallouette, IPA:; born 1 January 1956) is a French politician and lawyer who has been the President of the European Central Bank since 2019.
Name Milestone June 4, 1784 Élisabeth Thible: First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon. [5] [6] [7] 1805 Sophie Blanchard: First woman to pilot a hot air balloon. [8] March 8, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche: First woman to receive a pilot's license. [9] 1910–1911 Lilian Bland: First woman in the world to design, build, and fly an aircraft ...
Since 2004, Forbes, an American business magazine, has published an annual list of its ranking of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Edited by prominent Forbes journalists, including Moira Forbes , the list is compiled using various criteria such as visibility and economic impact.
Lawrence Summers (born 1954), American economist and World Bank vice-president; Robert Summers (1922–2012), American economist and academic; William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American social scientist; Sun Yefang (孙冶方, 1908–1983), Chinese economist; Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952), Malaysian economist and government adviser