Talent Management Course Students from Business Studies Department Participated in the 2023 Spring Meeting, Washington DC, World Bank Group, and International Monetary Fund

Talent Management Course Students participated in the 2023 Spring Meeting, Washington DC, World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, conducted online on 14 Aprile 2023. The meeting and event was one of important event which was moderated by Shakuntala Santhiran, International Broadcast Journalist and the in the presence of Oulimata Sarr, Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, Sengal, Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institutes of Technology and Axel van Trostesnburg, Senior Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnership , World Bank.

The meeting and event highlighted and focused on investing in Human Capital toward the Green Economy. As the objective of the meeting and the event focused on exchanging the experiences and updating with the latest knowledge regarding the accelerating the investment in human capital toward Greed Economy. As the Climate change is eroding human capital – the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their live- with long lasting implication for well- being and productivity. Climate shocks threaten to increase poverty level, reduce pathway to prosperity, and deepen inequalities within and between countries, but investing in human capital can help protect people from the worst effect of climate change and unlock their potential to drive the transition to a green economy. The evet explored how government, the private sectors, and partners can build sock resilience system that improve people’s ability to adopt and prepare people to work in the green jobs that will help mitigate climate change.

Further the discussion focused on investing in human capital through amongst other education, health, nutrition, and safety nets as it is critical to climate adaptation and resilience. Climate- smart education systems can help people develop green skills for climate mitigation and a green transition, while also nudging behaviour change for more climate – friendly consumption patterns. Stronger health system can help respond to extreme weather, population, and nature disaster. Adaptive safety nets can protect vulnerable households while also supporting diversified livelihoods to adapt to climate change and help to build resilience. Investing in human capital is the only way to build resilience to the effects of climate change and greener future.

Participated Students in Talent Management courses, gone through the experience of attending an international event and meeting and highlighted their interest with grate opportunities to link the outcomes of the meeting and event in their course and reflecting it with concepts learned. The meeting and event attended by an international participant from the worldwide.