
Mamta Murthi
@mamtamurthi
@WorldBank's VP for People (Human Development). Economist. Mom. Passionate about policy research. Love to read.
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Another “Women in HD” meeting World Bank today with a focus on addressing gender-based violence. Our work in #Brazil and West Africa shows education and social protection can embed measures to #EndGBV. Look forward to scaling up and collaborating further: wrld.bg/8klH50UUqxG


Great exchange with Florencia Lopez Boo of NYU Global TIES for Children, on maximizing #HumanCapital development in the early years. Our upcoming World Bank report emphasizes homes as critical arenas where early human capital investments create lifelong benefits for better jobs & productivity.


Inspired by yesterday's discussion on women's leadership with Mary Robinson, Ireland's 1st woman President Embassy of Ireland, USA . Looking forward to deepening our collaboration with Project Dandelion as we work to support economic opportunities for women. #InvestInPeople


Was delighted to mark #IWD2025 yesterday at World Bank as we recognized our outstanding teams creating economic opportunities for women worldwide. Their innovative work across sectors is advancing women's economic participation—vital to our jobs agenda & ending extreme poverty.




Was honored to share insights on leadership at the World Bank’s Youth2Youth panel yesterday w/ Manuela V. Ferro and Radi Anguelova. I shared thoughts on risk-taking, work-life balance, and finding your voice. The key to voice is to start small, build confidence & gradually grow.



Fascinating session at #WBGDigitalSummit on AI's transformative potential for human capital development. Thanks to Khan Academy's Sandeep Bapna, mDoc Healthcare's Nneka Mobisson & Jong-Sung Hwang, National Information Society Agency, Korea, for showing how AI is delivering for people.


Investing in nutrition yields extraordinary returns. Read Axel van Trotsenburg's piece on how strategic nutrition investments combat malnutrition, reduce poverty, & support the World Bank Group's goal of providing quality health services to 1.5B people by 2030. wrld.bg/1fcw50Vskxm


Great piece from World Bank VP Manuela V. Ferro and José Manuel Barroso emphasizing the need to invest in the early years and the - often missed - link between better #nutrition and #immunization. #InvestInPeople The GFF Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025/0…

Still energized by the first Social Protection lecture yesterday by Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Banerjee and the discussions with Martin Raiser & @Iffath_Sharif – crucial conversations as we work toward World Bank’s goal of reaching 500M people with social protection by 2030.


Supporting local vaccine production advances our World Bank goal of reaching 1.5B people with quality health services by 2030 while driving job creation. Had a great meeting last week with José Manuel Barroso of @Gavi on strengthening vaccine manufacturing capabilities in Africa.


Great discussions at our State of Social Protection report launch with Jamele Rigolini, Nentawe G. Yilwatda and Shanta Devarajan. The World Bank is committed to #InvestinPeople with social protection – creating pathways to jobs & resilience for those who need it most: wrld.bg/I8QV50VxSvu


Investing in higher education and a highly skilled workforce is an economic imperative for Africa. Proud to reflect with World Bank Africa VP Diags la 🌹 🎥🇲🇷🇸🇳 on 10 years of Africa's Higher Education Centers of Excellence – and the bright future ahead: wrld.bg/osC450VA4Qy
