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Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

A high-level event focused on advancing pathways to eradicate poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet amid today¡¯s polycrisis. The discussion will center on the findings of the Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Pathways out of the Polycrisis, providing the first post-pandemic global assessment of poverty and shared prosperity.

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This high-level event examined progress toward eradicating poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet, and explored pathways out of the current polycrisis to achieve these interlinked goals. The discussion centered on the findings of the newly released Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Pathways Out of the Polycrisiswhich provides the first post-pandemic global assessment of poverty and shared prosperity.

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Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

09:30 a.m. EDT

Welcome and introduction by Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Global Director for Poverty and Equity

09:40 a.m. EDT

Presentation of the report¡¯s key messages by co-authors Maria Eugenia Genoni, Senior Economist, Poverty and Equity, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, and Christoph Lakner, Program Manager for Global Poverty and Inequality Data, Development Data Group, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

10:00 a.m. EDT

A conversation with Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, and Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University.

Moderated by Haishan Fu, Chief Statistician, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

11:00 a.m. EDT Closing Remarks by Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Global Director for Poverty and Equity
Indermit Gill

Indermit Gill

Chief Economist of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics

Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. Before starting this position on September 1, 2022, Gill served as the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, where he helped shape the Bank¡¯s response to the extraordinary series of shocks that have hit developing economies since 2020.?

Jeffrey D Sachs

Jeffrey D. Sachs

University Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Development

Jeffrey D. Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university¡¯s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General Ant¨®nio Guterres.

Haishan Fu

Haishan Fu

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group Chief Statistician and Director, Development Data Group, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Haishan Fu is Chief Statistician of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Director of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s Development Data Group. In these capacities, Haishan leads and coordinates the development, standard-setting, and implementation of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s development data agenda.

Luis Felipe L¨®pez-Calva

Luis Felipe L¨®pez-Calva

Global Director, Poverty and Equity, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Luis Felipe L¨®pez-Calva is the Global Director for Poverty and Equity at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group. L¨®pez-Calva has over 30 years of professional experience working with international institutions and advising national governments. He rejoined the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ in 2022 from the United Nations Development Programme, where he served as UN Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean since 2018.

Maria Eugenia Genoni

Maria Eugenia Genoni

Senior Economist, Poverty and Equity, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Maria Eugenia Genoni?is a Senior Economist with the Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. She is Global Lead for the Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report, the Statistical Modernization and Operations program, and the Real-Time Monitoring initiative. She has led analytical work and operations on statistics, poverty and inequality, and household risk management in the Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, and Middle East and North Africa regions. Maria¡¯s areas of expertise include poverty measurement and survey design, statistical capacity building, migration and forced displacement, and analytics related to poverty and economic mobility.?

Christoph Lakner

Christoph Lakner

Program Manager, Global Poverty and Inequality Data, Development Data Group, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Christoph Lakner?is?the Program Manager for Global Poverty and Inequality Data in the Development Data Group (Indicators and Data team) at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. He is also involved in the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s global poverty monitoring: he leads the Poverty and Inequality Data team in the Development Data Group,?which co-produces the?Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), the home of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳¡¯s global poverty numbers. He is a Global Lead of the Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report.

Date: October 15, 2024

Time: 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET

Location: Washington, DC and Online