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STICERD Public Events and Lectures

The World Bank and the Gates Foundation

Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy

Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes Conference

Matthias Doepke (LSE), Amanda Clayton (Berkeley), Rohini Pande (Yale University)

Thursday 10 September 2026 08:30 - Friday 11 September 2026 18:00

This event is both online and in person

Venue to be Confirmed

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Unless otherwise specified, in-person seminars are open to the public. Please ensure you have informed the event contact as early as possible.

Those unable to join the seminars in-person are welcome to participate via zoom if the event is hybrid.

About this event

The Gender Department of The World Bank Group, the Gates Foundation, and LSE’s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy are organizing the first edition of the Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes conference.

In partnership with African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Center for Global Development (CGD), Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR), APRU (Asia Pacific Women in Leadership-APWiL) and Women in Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean (WELAC).

Keynote Speakers

Amanda Clayton (Berkeley). Matthias Doepke (LSE) and Rohini Pande (Yale University)

The conference brings together leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore women’s leadership and its role in driving development outcomes. Across the programme, sessions will examine evidence on policies and interventions that expand women’s access to leadership roles, as well as the effects of women’s leadership on governance, economic performance, service delivery, organisational effectiveness, and broader social and economic outcomes in both the public and private sectors.

Programme

Please find the draft programme available here. 

REGISTRATION

Please note registration is mandatory to attend the conference.

For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe, by email: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.

This event will take place in Venue to be Confirmed.