Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Overcoming Unfair Beginnings

January 19, 2024
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

From education to leisure and entrepreneurship to career opportunities, the socio-economic background we are born into continues to play a disproportionate role in determining our future. As rates of upward mobility fall, what are the biggest obstacles to economic opportunity and how can business, government and civil society work together to overcome them?

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Speakers

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Subhashini (Shuba) Chandran
Senior Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
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Margery Kraus
Founder and Executive Chair
APCO
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Zeblon Vilakazi
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
University of the Witwatersrand
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Vivi Yulaswati
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation
Indonesia Government

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