Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - The Girl Effect on Development
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Channel: World Economic Forum · 2009 · News & Politics
http://www.weforum.org/ 31.01.2009 An educated girl will invest 90% of her future income in her family, yet little more than half a cent of every international development dollar is spent on her. What needs to be done to realize the potential of the "girl effect" on developing economies worldwide? Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank, Washington DC Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Mark G. Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Nike, USA; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Consumer Industries 2009 Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York; Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Welfare of Children Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh Chaired by Helene D. Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE USA, USA
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