The ABCDE agenda including speakers, discussants, and selection of parallel sessions is decided by a Steering Committee formed by representatives from the host country/institution, the World Bank and external academics.
This year's Steering Committee members include:
- Jon Lomoy
Director, Development Co-operation Directorate
- Felix Zimmermann
Policy Analyst, Development Co-operation Directorate
- Paul van den Noord
Economic Advisor to the Chief Economist
- Stefano Scarpetta
Deputy Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
- Falilou Fall
Responsable du Pôle d'analyse économique de la mondialisation
- Nathalie Broadhurst
Head of the Development Strategies Department
- Dorothee Stik
Deputy Head of Official Development Assistance , and Multilateral Development Institutions, Directorate General of the Treasury
- Claude Leroy-Themeze
Head of the Evaluation Unit for Development Activities. Multilateral Affairs, Trade and Development Policies, Directorate General of the Treasury
- Ann Harrison
Director, Development Policy, DECVP
- Claudia Sepulveda
Senior Economist, DECPO
- Adam Wagstaff
Research Manager, DECHD
- Shanta Devarajan
Chief Economist, AFRCE
- Ariel Fiszbein
Chief Economist, HDNCE
- Elizabeth King
Sector Director, HDNED
- Carlos Braga
Director, EXTEU
External Academics
- François Bourguignon
Director, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France
- Agustin Fosu
Deputy Director, UN University-WIDER
- Alejandro Gaviria
Dean School of Economics, University de los Andes, Colombia
- Rohini Pande
Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, USA
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