Dr. Melanie Walker is Director of the President's Delivery Unit and Senior Advisor to President Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank Group. She joined the Group from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she served as Deputy Director for Special Initiatives, a team charged with exploring cross-disciplinary interventions and incubating new foundation programs across both health and development. She is the co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Future Council on neuro-technology and brain science.
Nearly 20 years ago, when I graduated from medical school, the world of healthcare was dominated by breakthroughs in the field of biology. But, that is changing quickly because biology is...
Currently, economically active poor families living in the developing world – particularly those dwelling in poor informally-settled urban areas – have few options when it comes to financ...
This year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at the Swiss resort of Davos has - rightly – focused on our rapidly transforming world. The array of challenges we face today is a testamen...
